He's probably just a Russian who got disturbed on his vacation, you might be overestimating the excitement.
If we're sharing, my longest one to date is:
Cuzco - Lima (long layover, we got to visit Museo Larco and eat pizza) - Panama - Dominicana (technical stop, but we had to disembark) - Frankfurt - Moscow.
It was pretty painless, I only regret missing one lunch by being asleep.