Jet lag: the bane of every traveler. Sure, most of us only have to deal with it once in a while, but for CNN foreign correspondent Will Ripley it's a frequent foe.
"Blackout curtains and melatonin" are a must according to Ripley. "I take a lot of vitamins. You're staying in different hotels, you're eating different foods; you want to make sure that you stay healthy and have stamina for working around the clock."
Since becoming the American cable news network’s Tokyo correspondent in March 2014, the 35-year-old Connecticut native has been sent to the Middle East twice, China around a dozen times and North Korea seven times. In total he has visited around 20 countries on assignment — and it's his first time living abroad.