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Originally Posted by registerthis

Do you have any suggestions for this? I've heard it's best to start altering your sleep pattern several days before you go...and seeing as how they're pretty much on the opposite side of the globe, that's going to be significant. Jet lag actually concerns me, because it's a good way to not remember anything you're doing.

that's probably the ideal thing to do.. alter your sleep pattern before you go.
If you can't do that, I've done this going to Europe (on flights that arrive in the morning, Europe time). I stay up just about all night so that I'm exhausted on the plane, and can actually sleep on the plane. Then when the plane arrives, you've gotten some rest, and you are already shifted over in your schedule.

Whatever you do, avoid the temptation to take a nap in the afternoon when you arrive. That will just screw you up more. Stay up during the daytime at all costs. At worse, you feel bad only one day there. Of course, this is just my opinion.