I've had some pretty bad travel experiences in my many years, but the most recent one that comes to mind that was pretty bad was flying back from India in December 2010. It was a really long flight, about 18 hours, from Dubai to Houston. I was sitting in the very last row and we were caught in the middle of a winter storm. It's always the worst being the back during turbulence. The first few hours were all right and the weather wasn't too bad. But then, I checked the little flight tracker on the monitor and saw that we were above the North Pole. Can't be good, I thought to myself. I felt a little turbulence and they passed out the dinner. Not a good choice there. The seatbelt sign went on and the captain told the flight attendants to take their seats. Now, usually it's alright during turbulence and the attendants are up and about. But when the captain asks them to sit down, you know things just got real. I felt the first bump. Whoah! Then it got worse. The plane was dipping down and the meals were flying everywhere. This continued for about half an hour and people were screaming. I looked outside and saw lightning crack and wind. I saw the wind! I felt extremely hot and just wanted it to be over. I thought this was the end. I was too young to die! After a while, after the plane got over mainland, things started to simmer down a little bit. There was less bumps and the plane was flying smoothly. I was still paranoid though that I would feel another huge dip. To this day, that trip has made a little timid of getting on long flights and very uneasy at the thought of turbulence.
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