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  This month www.healthnut.com.au brings you handy travel tips to help make your overseas trip a safe and enjoyable one. You will find handy advice on how to deal with jet lag, what to pack in your first aid kit, and information on common medicines.  
 
  jet lag  
     
  Rest is necessary to restore the body both mentally and physically to normal pattern, especially if you will be travelling east or west. Use 'The Rest Formula' and tables following to work out your Rest Period and have enough rest before enjoying the sights or returning to work so that your body regains peak efficiency.  
 
  the rest formula  
     
  TT
+
TZD
+
DTC
+
ATC
=
Rest Period		  
     
 

Where:
TT=Travel Time divided by 2
e.g. on a 6 hours trip TT=6hrs/2=3hrs

TZD=Time Zone difference in excess of 4 hours
e.g. Auckland (24:00) to Mexico City (06:00)
TZD=24 - 6 - 4=14hrs

DTC=Departure Time Co-Efficient
(refer table - use local time)

ATC=Arrival Time Co-Efficient
(refer table - use local time)

  
     
     
  tables  
     
  example
Flight BAO11 departs Brisbane at 12:00 on Thursday and arrives in London at 06.55am on Friday.
TT (29.55hrs/2)   15hrs
TZD (10hrs-4hrs=6hrs)   6hrs
DTC   1hr
ATC   3hrs
Rest Period   25hrs
 
     
  world time zones  
  Adelaide   21:30   Luxemburg   13:00  
  Amsterdam   13:00   Madrid   13:00  
  Athens   11:00   Melbourne   22:00  
  Auckland   24:00   Mexico City   06:00  
  Bangkok   19:00   New York   07:00  
  Beirut   14:00   Oslo   13:00  
  Belgrade   13:00   Ottawa   07:00  
  Berlin   13:00   Paris   13:00  
  Bombay   17:30   Peking   20:00  
  Brisbane   22:00   Rangoon   18:30  
  Bucharest   14:00   Rio de Janiero   09:00  
  Buenos Aires   09:00   Rome   13:00  
  Cairo   14:00   San Francisco   04:00  
  Cape Town   14:00   Singapore   19:30  
  Chicago   06:00   St Petersburg   15:00  
  Copenhagen   13:00   Stockholm   13:00  
  Delhi   17:30   Sydney   22:00  
  Hong Kong   20:00   Toronto   07:00  
  Jerusalem   14:00   Tokyo   21:00  
  Kuala Lumpur   20:00   Vancouver   04:00  
  Leningrad   15:00   Vienna   13:00  
  Lisbon   13:00   Warsaw   13:00  
  London   12:00   Washington   07:00  
  Los Angeles   04:00   Winnipeg   06:00  
 
     
  departure/arrival time co-efficient  
  Time Period   DTC   ATC  
  08:00 - 11:59   0hrs   4hrs  
  12:00 - 17:59   1hrs   2hrs  
  18:00 - 21:59   3hrs   0hrs  
  22:00 - 00:59   4hrs   1hrs  
  01:00 - 07:59   3hrs   3hrs  
  more  
     
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other handy tips >>
  
     
 
 
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