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A LONG-HAUL flight normally means being in the sky for longer than six hours. But if you’ve ever had the misfortune of flying for even three hours without any in-flight entertainment, you’ll know it can feel like the longest flight in the world.
So, when you board a plane that was more “budget” than you originally thought, or perhaps you’re the unlucky fellow who ends up behind the only screen which isn’t working, it can be very frustrating.
But there are plenty of ways to keep yourself entertained. Here are a few things you can do at 30,000 feet in the air to keep yourself being for being bored to tears when the 21st-century digital comforts aren’t an option.
Learn a language
Whether you’re traveling for one hour or 18 hours, you can learn basic words and phrases in the language of the destination you’re visiting.
From “Hello”, “Please”, and “Thank you” to chat-up lines, directions and ordering food, use your travel time to take away an unnecessary language barrier when you arrive.
Some of the best offline language apps include Memrise, LingualLift, and HelloTalk. But our favorite is the critically acclaimed Duolingo.
The app is completely free and helps you learn a language in as little as 10 minutes’ worth of practice per day. The app already has over 100 million active users and combines gamification and learning for a fun, yet educational experience.
Read
For some, being told to read instead of watching television is like when you’re hungry and your mom tells you to have an apple.
For others, reading is a favorite past time. But for those in between, reading is often relegated to a zone which is only accessed when all other entertainment options are exhausted.
Yet, often, when those who are indifferent about reading get stuck into a book, they realize how much they’ve missed it.
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Take a browse through Penguin’s list of “21 Books You’ve Been Meaning To Read“. The list includes classics such as War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy as well as contemporary masterpieces such as Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.
Anticipate boredom with downloads
By pre-downloading films and television series, you eliminate the risk of sheer boredom if there’s no in-flight entertainment.
The flight time also gives you a guilt-free pass to binge on your favorite series without the niggling feeling that you should be doing something else.
Podcasts are a great option for those who crave less screen time but the same amount of entertainment. Podcasts topics cover everything from football, to cheesemaking and feminism to myth-busting. There is quite literally a podcast for everyone.
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Both IOS and Android operating systems support podcast downloads and have millions to chose from.
Just be sure to download these to your device before leaving WiFi or internet connection.
Free up storage
This task is as boring as it sounds and often people leave it so long that their phones end up blocking access to messages and emails until they’ve freed up some space.
So when’s a better time to get rid of duplicated photos, unneeded texts, and futile apps than on a flight with nothing else to do.
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We don’t suggest you spend the whole duration of the journey freeing up storage. But if you can dedicate 15 or 20 minutes to the cause you’ll be able to take a lot more photos at your destination.
Board games
While a full-size Monopoly board might not be viable, magnetic scrabble or chequers sure are.
These travel-size versions of classic board games are perfect for playing in mid-air or while you’re waiting around in terminals.
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Their size makes for easy packing and many of them are magnetic, so you can throw the whole board in your bag and reopen it with the pieces in the same place.
Get creative
How often do you put off starting creative projects because you “don’t have time,” you’re “too tired,” or any other classic excuse?
We’re all guilty of it but think of your flight as the time to start.
Whether it’s writing a book, drawing or drafting out the blueprints to the scale-size replica of Noah’s Ark, flight time affords you the opportunity to focus your mind on getting creative, without the usual distractions or excuses.
There are of course some other ways we can think of passing the time when you’re a mile-high in the sky.
But we’ll leave that to your imagination.
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