When you find yourself wide, wide awake at improbable hours, with no chance of drifting off again, my advice is simple: Go with it.
Sure, jet lag can leave us with crushing headaches and heavy-limbed exhaustion. But decoupling your body clock from your surroundings isn’t all bad.
If I hadn’t been wracked with insomnia in northern Finland, I wouldn’t have witnessed the eerie pre-dawn twilight of a summer sun that never fully sets . I would have missed the sun rising over Rabat, Morocco, sipping a mint tea and watching the walls of the medina stain with a pink glow. Even when snug in a hotel room, the quiet in those earliest hours, when the world hasn’t turned on yet, feels profound. I’ve gotten some of my very best writing, and thinking, done in those times.
Carey Jones is a food, drink and travel writer, and co-author of the upcoming book Every Cocktail Has A Twist. She lives in California, USA.The latest travel news, tips and inspiration delivered to your inbox.
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