Do you remember the first time you rode the plane? Nowadays,
it’s very easy for kids to experience their first plane ride as fares are
cheaper. Thanks to budget airlines that once had a vision that every person can
ride a plane once in their lives.
I took my first plane ride when I was 5 years old. Lucky to experience
that young, I was with my mom and my sister when all of us rode the plane for
the first time to travel. I had no idea what was this travel is all about, even
did not have any knowledge where we’re going. All I knew was that, we’re riding
the plane and we were going somewhere far where my dad studied his Master’s
degree.
Not all kids, during that time, had that chance. And
definitely, not all kids had the chance to travel to Europe so I am most
thankful to my lola (who’s in US) who gave us this opportunity.
Here’s my picture back then. We had a stopover in Hongkong
Airport and this innocent kid asked her mom why we were getting down the plane.
My mom answered, “they’re cleaning the airplane.” I returned to HKIA years
after during my 18th birthday, and all I can recall that changed was
when I was a child, there was coffee and you can drink water using paper cups,
literally paper-coned cups!
When this kid inside my tummy says that her first plane ride
was this and that, I will say, “you were inside my tummy swimming and relaxing while
mom and dad are taking the risk of this adventure!”
Can’t wait to travel with this Little Javier!
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