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Saturday Oct 21, 2017 #
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Travel day. Not the easiest of long hauls I've ever done - both flights were full, there were many long queues (an hour just to get into the transfer area at Abu Dhabi), and at the end of it all my bag was just about the last one off - but made it home.
The timing of this flight was a bit different to most times I've done this route, which means it's the first time that I've really had a good chance to see the incredibly stark mountains on the Oman/UAE border properly (from the air). Also got to see the land where the route clips the southern tip of India (looking surprisingly dry) and crosses Sri Lanka (showing some evidence of the landslides I've been writing about).
Also interesting, flying over both in the middle of the night, is that the lights of Istanbul are far brighter than the lights of Adelaide.
The timing of this flight was a bit different to most times I've done this route, which means it's the first time that I've really had a good chance to see the incredibly stark mountains on the Oman/UAE border properly (from the air). Also got to see the land where the route clips the southern tip of India (looking surprisingly dry) and crosses Sri Lanka (showing some evidence of the landslides I've been writing about).
Also interesting, flying over both in the middle of the night, is that the lights of Istanbul are far brighter than the lights of Adelaide.