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BA Club Europe & First: Jersey - Washington-Dulles (December '08)

Snacking in the Jersey Terraces
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Jersey Terraces
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Club Europe Dinner
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Empty Club Europe...apart from us
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First check-in at Terminal 5
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Cabana in Concorde Room
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Dining in the Concorde Room
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Cheers!

Cheers!
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Concorde Room Signature Hamburger
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Lonely lemon tart
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View from the Board Room
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Board Room: Note the former Concorde seats
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Concorde Room bar
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Concorde Room
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Concorde Dining
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Concorde Room
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View over the apron
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Apron view
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Filling out disclaimers
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Elemis Spa reception
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Settling into 03K in First
Glass of Cattier Clos du Moulin & macadamia nuts

Holding before heading to 09R
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Turning onto 09R
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Canapes and glass of '99 Chateau Langoa-Barton
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Smoked duck with celeriac remoulade and a watercress and pomegranate salad
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Liam Tomlinâs confit of chicken with sautÃ©ed potatoes, black pudding and bacon

Liam Tomlinâs confit of chicken with sautÃ©ed potatoes, black pudding and bacon
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Warm chocolate fondant with chocolate sauce and winter berry compote
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Charbonnel & Walker chocolates with Twinigs tea
.
Â£1m!

Â£1m!
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More smoked duck before dinner
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Rather empty First cabin
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Seats 4E&F
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Irish style lamb shank stew with poached winter vegetables
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BA First & Club Europe: Washington-Dulles - Jersey (December '08)

First cabin aboard the 747
Picture credit: Matthew Lee - Contrails Aviation Photography

First Dining Room at Washington-Dulles
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Starter - portobello fries, wild mushroom consomme and shiitake mushrooms with
balsamic glazed cipollini onions

Vegetable madras curry with basmati rice, spinach and chick-pea relish and mint
chutney

Warm cranberry clafouti tart with pine nut brittle
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Wombat in the First lounge
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Brandy and canapes before departure
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First cabin
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Speeding across the pond
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Oyster mushroom risotto
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Hot chocolate and cookies
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Waking up in 04A
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The centre of the cabin
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The view
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Back to uncomfortable position
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Twickenham
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Concorde Breakfast Room
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Concorde Breakfast Room Menu
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Yoghurt

Yoghurt
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Full English w/Smoked Salmon and scrambled eggs
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Arrivals Lounge in Terminal 5
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Afternoon snack in the Gatwick First lounge
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Gatwick-Jersey: Club Europe
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Club Europe dinner
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The Bay Area (August '08)

Interesting cloud formations flying to Dulles
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Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
757 cabin

Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
Once above the clouds the weather was great

Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
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Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
Inflight entertainment

Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
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Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
Breakfast

Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
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Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
It doesn't matter how many times you do it, I never tire of looking and taking photos from the window on these cross country flights.

Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
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Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
San Jose, CA

Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
Salt pans at south end of the Bay Area

Flying United cross country (IAD-SFO)
Ramp at SFO

Kory's black belt test
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View over to Alameda
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Down towards the rowing club
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Approach to OAK, taken departing SFO
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Interesting sight en-route SFO-IAD
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Sailing in the Bay Area (August '08)

The Commodore
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Grand Marina, Alameda, CA
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At the helm
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Jack London Square
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Port of Oakland
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The back of Alameda NAS
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The mystery flag...
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The city of San Francisco
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Yerba Buena
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East span of the Bay Bridge
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New eastern span
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Yerba Buena
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Treasure Island
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Alcatraz and Golden Gate
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Getting a bit of wind.
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Dramatic enough? (The camera's tilted)
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The city
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Alcatraz
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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Watching on...
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Sausalito
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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Other wind powered traffic
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Alcatraz and the city
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Seal

Seal
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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Alcatraz
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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Coming into the Aquatic Park
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Balclutha
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Aquatic Park
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S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien
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The city
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Pier 39
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Others enjoying a wonderful day of sailing
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The city
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The Commodore
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Western span of the Bay Bridge
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City and bridge
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Wan Hai container vessel
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Western side of Yerba Buena
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Under the bridge
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Bay Bridge
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What a location!
.

Do you need a blanket? pillow?
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When the sun gets a bit much....
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Got to watch out for the big stuff!
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Going back into harbour
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USS Potomac in Jack London Square
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England & Jersey (July '08)

Flying over London
Arriving into LHR on BA292 from Washington

Avro Vulcan
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Panavia Tornado
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Gulfstream bizjet
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Russian equipment
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Something to spend the Xmas bonus on?
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Douglas DC-6
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Airbus A380
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Grace Spitfire
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Consolidated Catalina
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Catalina landing
Farnborough Airshow 2008

The Red Arrows
Farnborough Airshow 2008

World's most unlikely photog?
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Airbus A380
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Eurofighter Typhoon
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Eurofighter Typhoon
Farnborough Airshow 2008
Typhoon

Typhoon
Farnborough Airshow 2008
Typhoon

Typhoon
Farnborough Airshow 2008

F-16 Fighting Falcon
Farnborough Airshow 2008

F-18 Hornet
Farnborough Airshow 2008
Hornet

Hornet
Farnborough Airshow 2008
Hornet

Hornet
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Bell/Agusta BA-609 Tilt Rotor
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Aermacchi M-346
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Apache Longbow
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Red Arrows Departure
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Avro Vulcan
Farnborough Airshow 2008

The Blades Extra 300LPS
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Rockwell B1-B
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Vickers Vimy
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Great War Display Team
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Swift Aerobatic Display Team
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Aerostars YAK-50 Team
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Aerobatics at Farnborough
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Aerostars YAK-50 Team
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Rolls Royce Spitfire XIX PR
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Down at the front line...
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Rolls Royce Spitfire XIX PR
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Helicopter Display
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Hawker Hunters
Farnborough Airshow 2008

Nearing Jersey
Four days in Jersey

Coming in over the west side of the island
Four days in Jersey

Mont Orgeuil
Four days in Jersey

Millbrook Reservoir
Four days in Jersey

Nearing JER
Four days in Jersey

On final approach
Four days in Jersey

Corbieres
Four days in Jersey

The cave
Four days in Jersey

Local pigs
Four days in Jersey

Roast pork anyone?
Four days in Jersey
Piggies

Piggies
Four days in Jersey
Piglets

Piglets
Four days in Jersey

Roy's Garden
Four days in Jersey

Jersey flag
.

Lavender
Four days in Jersey

More pigs
Four days in Jersey
Typo?

Typo?
Four days in Jersey

On a bike ride....
Four days in Jersey

...I came across the airport
Four days in Jersey

St Ouens
Four days in Jersey

My brother's house
Four days in Jersey

Off for a walk
Four days in Jersey

Near Dannemarche
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Dannemarche Reservoir
Four days in Jersey

Aqueduct
Four days in Jersey

Local fauna
Four days in Jersey

Dannemarche Reservoir
Four days in Jersey

Then I got stuck behind the dam!
Four days in Jersey

Brother's house
Four days in Jersey

Alfie - playing the amputee
Four days in Jersey
Alfie

Alfie
Four days in Jersey

Heading back - St Ouens
Four days in Jersey

Dunsfold Park
Four days in Jersey

Pangbourne
En-route back to Washington

North Berkshire/South Oxon
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Pangbourne College
En-route back to Washington

WWTBAM in NGCW
En-route from London to Washington

Who do they make the cheque payable to?
En-route from London to Washington

Interesting clouds over Atlantic
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Nice use of B&W function
.
B&W

B&W
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Amazing sunset over Northern Virginia
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Alaska (June '08)

Driving from Anchorage to Seward
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Around Seward
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Alaska Sea Life Centre in Seward
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Around Seward
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Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned. Fox Island

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned. Fox Island

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned. Humpback whale.

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned. Otter!

Northwestern Glacier Cruise
that became Nature Cruise when the weather turned. Otter

Exit Glacier near Seward
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Lovely vista
Driving back to Anchorage

Patch of dirt?
Driving back to Anchorage

Just like in the mountains...
Driving back to Anchorage

Seward Highway and railway to Anchorage
Driving back to Anchorage

The water was ice blue!
Driving back to Anchorage

Camera doesn't bring out the icyness
Driving back to Anchorage

Talkeetna
On the drive to Denali National Park

The Alaska range far away...
On the drive to Denali National Park

Floating airport...not quite Kansai!
On the drive to Denali National Park

Floatplane aviation
On the drive to Denali National Park

Scenic flight anyone? maybe in better weather
On the drive to Denali National Park

Denali Viewpoint South
On the drive to Denali National Park

In the mall be as dumb as you want...
On the drive to Denali National Park

Denali Viewpoint North
On the drive to Denali National Park

Nearing Cantwell
On the drive to Denali National Park

Nearing our stop for the night
On the drive to Denali National Park

Our creekside cabin near Denali
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Teklanika
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Our ride for 13hrs
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Polychrome Lookout
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Kirstin at Polychrome Lookout
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Freezing at Polychrome
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Interesting colours
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Polychrome Lookout
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Arctic Ground Squirrel
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna
Fox

Fox
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

There's a bear up there somewhere
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Close encounter with bears
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Close encounter with bears
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna
Eielson

Eielson
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Wonder Lake
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Kantishna airstrip
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

The little house in Kantishna
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Tourist idiot at Eielson
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

What was left of where the bears were
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Where our bottoms were for 13hrs!
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna
The bus

The bus
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Toklat River Rest Stop
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Heading back to the WAC
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna
Wolves

Wolves
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

marking their territory...
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Sniffing and peeing...
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

The dance continued for around 20mins
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Only about two hours to go!
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Yep, still there...
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

More wolves
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Are they going to give up?
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Still marking their territory
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Heading back through Polychrome
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Polychrome Lookout
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Heading back to the WAC
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Near Teklanika
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

The plains...
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Almost back to the WAC...
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

The smooth tarmac is back!
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

210 miles down, 5 to go.
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Tree-a-saurus Rex
Bus trip into Denali National Park as far as Kantishna

Dog sled kennels at Denali
.

Driving out to Savage River
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

A lovely day for it
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Spot the caribou
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Savage River
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Where we're heading...
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Wildlife
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

After heading out for a few hours
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

So peaceful and quiet
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

The park road
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

A tributary of the Savage River
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness
A hare

A hare
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Very clear water
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Climbing up the little mountain
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Loking south
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Where we hiked
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

The Park road heading to Kantishna
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

The false summit
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Completing the 360 view form the top
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness
North

North
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Down the slope
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

My exercise for the day...
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

The rocky outcrop at the top
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Seen enough?
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness
North

North
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness
North

North
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Looking down back where we came from
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

And back up as we descend
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Better look of Savage River
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

The end of the public part of the road
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Almost down...
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Nearly there
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Just joking...
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Heading back to the cabin
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

The public part of the park road
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Back into the valley between Anchorage & Fairbanks
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Heading home....
Heading out to Savage River and walking out into the wilderness

Around our cabin
.

Moose heading off the road
.

$5.31/gallon!!!
.

Nenana River
.

Looking down into the valley
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Denali National Park
.

Driving back to Anchorage
.

Past Cantwell
.

The most odd 7 Eleven ever?
.

Denali viewpoint north
.

S.Glenn Highway crossing river
.

Trying the B&W function
.

The north end of Chugach State Park
.

Looking west
.

Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum
.

Lake Hood
.

Old Alaska Airlines 737
.

Middle of Anchorage
.

Anyone remember these fish
from the 'Amazing Race'?

The other salmon
.

Pretty flowers
.

...and cheesy tourist sign
.

The railway station
.

Why they say the mosquito
is the state bird of Alaska!

I'm sorry to hear St Louis
didn't work out for you? *wink*

Chicago (June '08)

Architectural Cruise
.

Architectural Cruise
Trump Tower on the right

Architectural Cruise
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Architectural Cruise
Tribune Building

Architectural Cruise
.

Architectural Cruise
Corns Cobs By The River

Architectural Cruise
.

Architectural Cruise
The Merchandise Mart - formerly the world's largest building

Architectural Cruise
.

Architectural Cruise
Sears Tower

Architectural Cruise
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Architectural Cruise
Navy Pier

Architectural Cruise
Lake Point Tower

Architectural Cruise
.

Architectural Cruise
Navy Pier

Architectural Cruise
Lake Point Tower

Navy Pier
.

Navy Pier
Winter Gardens

Sears Tower
.

Down at street level
.

Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain

Grant Park
.

Millenium Park
.

The Jay Pritzker Pavilion
.

Millenium Park
.

Cloud Gate
.

Crown Fountain
.

Michigan Avenue
.
The El

The El
.

Crossover
.
The El

The El
.

Sears Tower
.

Oneworld Explorer: First Class

British Airways First lounge in
San Francisco

The bear with a glass of
Bollinger La Grand Annee and some macedamia nuts. Boarding SFO-LHR

Departing from San Francisco

San Quentin Prison

Post departure drink and canapes

Warm rocket and goat's cheese
tart with 8yr old balsamic oil. Britsh Airways First San Francisco-London. Dining with Kirstin

Vegetable and lentil soup

Fresh salad leaves with balsamic
vinaigrette

Lobster salad with warm sesame
chicken, couscous-filled red pepper dressed with coriander dressing.

Birmingham, UK

BA First: London-Dubai
Bacon roll and glass of champagne in the Concorde Room at Heathrow

Concorde Room at Heathrow T4

Washbag, nuts, date and coffee

Canapes

Canapes

Terminal 5, where we should have
departed from

Terminal 4

Loch Fyne baltic salmon with
horseradish creme fraiche

BA First seat on this 777

Fresh salad leaves

Looking back at the wing from
seat 3K

Roast breast of Gressingham duck
with juniper berry jus, dauphinoise potatoes, mashed neeps and a panache of green vegetables.

Liam Tomlin's baked apple with
nut and fruit filling served with vanilla sauce

The view from BA107

Other traffic

Moving map

Ravioli from the snack menu

BA First: Dubai-London Heathrow
The Terraces lounge at DXB http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/1266

Taxiing to takeoff

Departing Dubai

'The World' off the Dubai coast

Canapes

Canapes

Lobster salad with a light
lemon mayonnaise

Caramelised onion and parsnip
soup

Fresh salad

Flying over northern Iraq

Poached king prawns on a light
pea, fennel and herb salad with creme fraiche dressing

Strawberry trifle with amaretti
biscuits, light custard and fresh cream with toasted almonds and pistachios.

Closing in on Europe...

Bear on the buddy seat

BA Club Europe: London-Vienna
First check-in at Terminal 5

Concorde Room at T5

Terminal 5 concourse

Champagne bar in Concorde Room

Concorde Room

Concorde Dining

Simulated fireplace

Enough fizzy to keep me going
at 6.45am???

Full English in the CCR

Departing LHR

Twickenham

Flying over London

More London

Club Europe breakfast

BA Club Europe: Vienna-London
The AIR lounge at Vienna - dull as dishwater

Ramp action at VIE

Heading back to London

Drinks service.

Chicken with macaroni - blah!

Sunset

Sunset

Turning over Henley-on-Thames

Windsor Castle

Cathay Pacific First Class:
London-Hong Kong Cathay Pacific First Class lounge at LHR

Cathay's First Class lounge

Seat 2A in First

Glass of Krug Grand Cuvee before
departure

Seat 2K: Too bad we got the old
First Class seats as a last minute substitution...

Departing Heathrow

First Class cabin in the nose of
the 747. 14 seats up here, though this is only nine on the new configuration!

The Dutch Coast

Caviar and Balik salmon 'Tsar
Nicolaj' with Krug Grand Cuvee

Over the Baltic Sea

Out in the Baltic Sea

Pork

Pork

Stir-fried sweet and sour pork

Ice cream with chocolate sauce
and marshmallows

Petit fours and hot towel to
finish up

Arriving in Hong Kong
11hrs and 6000 miles from London

Cathay Pacific First Class:
Hong Kong - Bangkok First Class check-in area at HKG

Dim sum in 'The Wing', one of
Cathay's First Class lounges at HKG

The Wing

Looking down onto the apron

The Wing - seating area

'The Pier' - Home to the other
CX First Class lounge

United 747

Departing HKG

Yoghurt

Yoghurt

Assorted Dim sum

Hainan Island

Closing in on Bangkok

Taxiing to the gate

Cathay Lounge at BKK
Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

Glass of William Deutz
Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

Departing Bangkok
Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

First Class cabin
Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

Timbale of potatoes prawn
with pesto and olive. Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

Chicken with coconut
lemongrass sauce steamed jasmine rice and sauteed mixed vegetables. Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

Cruising en-route to SIN
Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

Praline vanilla gateau
Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

Descending into SIN
Cathay Pacific First Class: Bangkok-Singapore

BA/Qantas First lounge
in Singapore JAL First Class: Singapore-Tokyo

BA/Qantas First lounge
JAL First Class: Singapore-Tokyo

The breakfast after flying
overnight from Singapore...not many pictures JAL First Class: Singapore-Tokyo

First Class washbag
JAL First Class: Singapore-Tokyo

Check-in at Narita
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

First Class lounge at NRT
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

The view
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

First Class lounge
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Beer vending machine!
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

First Class Lounge
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Seats 2H and 2K
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Singapore Airlines A380
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Terminal 1
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

The famous Narita hedge
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Passing over the coast
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Canapes & glass of
1993 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Lunch in JAL First Class
In the small dish: "Sakizuke" - Soybean Milk Custard with Steamed Sea Urchin In the main dish: "Zensai" - Steamed Sea-ba

Lunch in JAL First Class
Wan - Japanese Clear Soup with Pike Conger Mousse

Lunch in JAL First Class
In the back: "Nimono" - Deep-simmered Octopus & Vegetable in Sweet Soy Sauce. "Susumezakana" - Vinegared Seaweed with Ya

Lunch in JAL First Class
At the back: "Dainomono" - Simmered Spiny Lobster in Sweet Soy Sauce In the front: Japanese Pickles, Seasoned Mixed Rice

Lunch in JAL First Class
Chocolate mousse pyramid with chocolate eclair freshly plated from the dessert trolley

Lunch in JAL First Class
Finishing the meal service

First Class cabin
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Bowling...
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Refreshment
"Una Don" Eel Teriyaki on Steamed Rice

Ice cream
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Origami swans
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

Descending into SIN
JAL First Class: Tokyo-Singapore

BA/Qantas First lounge at SIN
BA First: Singapore-Sydney

Water feature in lounge
BA First: Singapore-Sydney.

Settling onboard
BA First: Singapore-Sydney.
Canapes

Canapes
BA First: Singapore-Sydney.

Dinner service
Chicken satay BA First: Singapore-Sydney.

Dinner service
Parmesan cheese veal Schnitzel with broccoli florets and Anna potatoes BA First: Singapore-Sydney.

Closing in on Sydney
BA First: Singapore-Sydney.

Entrance to Qantas
First Lounge at Sydney. The wall is living! Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

QF First Lounge at SYD
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Old style departure board
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Kitchen and bar
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Reception
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Dining area
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Breakfast in lounge
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Shorthaul Business seats
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Taxiing out
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Leaving SYD
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

Over the NZ coast
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

The Southern Alps
Qantas Business: Sydney-Christchurch (no First Class on this route).

CHC Domestic lounge
Qantas Business: Christchuch-Sydney (no First Class on this route).

CHC international lounge
Qantas Business: Christchuch-Sydney (no First Class on this route).

Departing over the Tasman
Qantas Business: Christchuch-Sydney (no First Class on this route).

DVD player
Qantas Business: Christchuch-Sydney (no First Class on this route).

Chicken with tomato and herb sauce
Qantas Business: Christchuch-Sydney (no First Class on this route).

Lunch service
Passion fruit and vanilla ice cream with glass of port and 'Run Fatboy Run' on the DVD player Qantas Business: Christch

Descending into Sydney
Qantas Business: Christchuch-Sydney (no First Class on this route).

Over Parramatta
Qantas Business: Christchuch-Sydney (no First Class on this route).

Reception at Qantas
First lounge at SYD. The living wall Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Buffalo yoghurt in the lounge
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Apron view
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Breakfast
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

The fantastic lounge
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Business Suite with PS3!
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Kitchen and bar
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Reception
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Massage room
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

The lounge
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

In seat 1K...in front of Liev Schreiber
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

My wife's seat: 1A
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Leaving Sydney
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Cronulla
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Over the Pacific
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Canapes and glass of
1996 Dom Perignon Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Does it look like Australia?
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Meal service
Salad of Spanish Iberico Ham with Char Grilled Peppers Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Meal service
Roast Duck with XO Sauce Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Meal service
Assiette - a tasting plate of desserts Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

San Clemente Island
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

LA in B&W
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

Akira washbag
Qantas First: Sydney-Los Angeles

9 seat First Class cabin
AA Flagship Service in First Class: Los Angeles-New York JFK

Leaving LAX
AA Flagship Service in First Class: Los Angeles-New York JFK

Over the coast
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Near cruise altitude
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Bagel & fruit plate
AA Flagship Service in First Class: Los Angeles-New York JFK

Breakfast
Three cheese omelette enhanced by a Poblano Cream Sauce served with Basil Pesto Potatoes and fire-roasted Turkey Sausage

The Rockies
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The Great Lakes
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Archos PED
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Warm cookies
AA Flagship Service in First Class: Los Angeles-New York JFK

Manhattan
AA Flagship Service in First Class: Los Angeles-New York JFK

Manhattan
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JFK

JFK
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Descending into JFK
AA Flagship Service in First Class: Los Angeles-New York JFK

Floyd Bennett Field
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Flagship Lounge at JFK
AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.

Breakfast
AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.

Airbus A300 anybody?
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Lunch...our flight was
delayed seven hours! AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.

First Class on MD80
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Climbing out over NJ
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Lunch en-route to Chicago
AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.

Ice cream
AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.

Interesting clouds
AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.

Not sure where...
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En-route to Chicago
AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.

The big smoke...
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Nearing ORD
AA First Class: New York JFK - Chicago O'Hare.
Chicago

Chicago
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Particle accelerator?
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Rainbow

Rainbow
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Flagship Lounge at ORD
AA First Class: Chicago O'Hare-Dallas

Flagship Lounge at ORD
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Apron

Apron
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Huge trainyard
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Coke and warm nuts
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En-route to DFW
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Mexican salad & cookie
AA First Class: Chicago O'Hare-Dallas

En-route to DFW
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Nearing DFW
AA First Class: Chicago O'Hare-Dallas

BA First lounge at DFW
My BAEC Gold card got us away from the Admirals Club AA First Class: Dallas-Fort Worth - Anchorage

BA First lounge at DFW
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Apron view
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Leaving DFW
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Somewhere....
AA First Class: Dallas-Fort Worth - Anchorage

Sorry....
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Beer and nuts
AA First Class: Dallas-Fort Worth - Anchorage

Asian chicken...not so good
AA First Class: Dallas-Fort Worth - Anchorage

Ice cream - delicious!
AA First Class: Dallas-Fort Worth - Anchorage

Cruising...
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Interesting clouds
AA First Class: Dallas-Fort Worth - Anchorage

Grand Canyon? The moron
ahead of us thought he saw it!! AA First Class: Dallas-Fort Worth - Anchorage

En-route to Anchorage
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Cookies!
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Getting nearer
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Descending into ANC
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Descending
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With no lounge at ANC
we found a wi-fi hot spot! AA First Class: Anchorage - Dallas-Fort Worth

The view is alright!
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Our 757 back to DFW
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Pre-flight beer
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Apron view
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Leaving Anchorage
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Mt McKinley/Denali 200miles away!
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The spectacular views
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Glaciers
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The spectacular view
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Dinner service starting
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The spectacular view
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Pictures don't do the colours justice
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The spectacular views
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Getting bored yet?
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Mexican salad again
AA First Class: Anchorage - Dallas-Fort Worth

The spectacular views
AA First Class: Anchorage - Dallas-Fort Worth

COOKIES!
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Sunrise over Texas
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Breakfast...a mint?
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Descending into DFW
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Landing at DFW early...
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Admirals Club in Terminal A
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The final leg begins...
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NAS Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
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Climbing out over East Texas
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Other traffic
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Could have done with a 100x zoom!
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Breakfast omelette
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En-route to Richmond
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Buena Vista, VA
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Nearing Richmond
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56,400 miles of travel coming to an end...
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Sydney (June '08)

View from our suite
at the Four Seasons

The Rocks
.

Park Hyatt & Harbour Bridge
.

The Rocks
.

The Opera House
though I suspect you knew that!

Filming '10 Years Younger'
.

Down near Circular Quay
I can see my hotel room!

Circular Quay
.

The bridge again...
.

The Opera House
Bennelong Restaurant on the left, the Concert hall in the middle and the Opera House on the right

Opera House Complex
.

Sorry...again...
.

Circular Quay
.

Getting up close with
the ceramics of the Concert hall

and again....
.

The Botanical Gardens
.

Bennelong Restaurant
.

Nice view of the city
.

And the Botanical gardens
.

Out into the harbour
.

Looking blue in the light
.
Me!

Me!
.

Again...
.

Going for a walk...
.

I liked the composition
.

Nice overview of the place
.

And again...
.

Trying to get both landmarks
in the same shot

Out over the harbour
.

Botanical Gardens
.

The cityscape...
.

Herb Garden
.

The Botanical Gardens
.

Better view of the city?
.

Interesting rock erosion
.

Over the water
.

Bridge and Opera House
.

As seen on Facebook (yawn!)
.

Woolloomooloo
Easy to remember. Sheep toilet cow toilet.

Botanical Gardens
.

Bats! Everywhere!
.

Back into the city
.

The Rocks - The Australian
.

After doing the Bridgeclimb
No cameras allowed up there unfortunately!

Looking good at night
.

Dark descends over the Opera House
.

The Australian - great pizza!
.

On ferry to the zoo
.

Nice head on view
.
Skyline

Skyline
.

and again...
.

and again....sheesh
.

there are some cute animals
in a bit!

Not on this one though
.

or this one
.

Could it be the next slide?
.

YES! Koalas!
.

Sleepy little buggers
.

Almost as lazy as me!
.

Kangaroos and wallabies
.

They came right onto
the path so you could touch them

Nice glasses
.

I think the term is
'chillaxing'

Wallaby!
.

Some more indigenous animals
.

Echidnas and Quokkas
if I remember

Local emu
.

Friendly kangaroo
.
Emu

Emu
.

Oh god...
.

Leave me alone!!!
.

I'm having nightmares
just thinking about it!

Wombats!
.
So cute

So cute
.

You just want to cuddle them!
.

Local elephants
.
Ta-da!

Ta-da!
.

Binturong
.
Fish

Fish
.

Seal or sealion?
.

Nice up close
.

Long moustache...
.
Hello!

Hello!
.

Very friendly
.

The sealion/seal show
.

Very streamlined
.

Huge leopard seal
.

Leopard Seal
.
Lion

Lion
.

Mountain Goats
.

Meerkats
.

The Mountain goat mountain
.

Red Panda
.

Snow Leopard
.

Kodiak Bear
.
Tapir

Tapir
.

Pygmy Hippo
.
Zebras

Zebras
.

Goats & Sydney
Nice combo

Chimpanzees
.

Giraffes
.
Koalas

Koalas
.

Koalas and keeper
.
Koalas

Koalas
.

Wombat!
.

My new favourite animal
.

Curious little fellow!
.

Possessed wallaby??
.

Kangaroos
.

Opera House by night
.

Circular Quay at night
.

Again? jeebus...
.

On Ferry to Darling Harbour
.

Going 'up' the harbour
.

Renovated wharves
.

At Sydney Aquarium
.

Darling Harbour
.

Around Darling Harbour
.

Interesting water feature
.

Opera House tour
.

Trying to get inventive
.

Very photogenic
.

Jorg Utzon's masterpiece
.

The tiles look blue
.

Bennelong Restaurant
.

I swear this is the last one!
.

New Zealand (June '08)

After flying 5000 miles from
Singapore we had a 200 mile drive to Lake Tekapo, our first stop.

The sunsetting very early
.

Lake Tekapo in the morning
.

Leaving for Queenstown
.

Driving to Queenstown
.

Stopping at Lake Pukaki
.

Aoraki/Mount Cook in the background
.

Lake Pukaki
.

Twizel - just for you, Dad!
.

Lakes like mirrors
.

En route to Queenstown
.

Lake Dunstan
.

Amazingly clear. You could watch stones
fall in the water after you threw them in!

Lake Dunstan
.

Roaring Meg near Queenstown
.

The River Wild?
.

White water...
.

Vineyards near Queenstown
.

The Remarkables
.

Down on the water in Queenstown
.

Kawarau Jetboats
.

Very quiet in the middle of winter
.

Some of the other craft
.

A beach?
.

Eel in the underwater observatory
.

Up the gondola
.

Nice view of Lake Wakatipu
.

And down towards the town
.

Lake Wakatipu
.

The Remarkables
.

Lake Wakatipu
.

Towards Coronet Peak
.

You can almost touch the sky
.

The sun going down, the lights
coming on

Fed up yet?
.

Lake Wakatipu
.

You saw it here first...or maybe
Facebook

My wife....
.

AJ Hackett Bungy Skyswing
.

We found a pub! With superb beer!
.

Are you trying to do a batwing?
.

All dressed up ready for jetboating
.

Just in case you missed it the
first time around

On the jetboat heading to the Kawarau River
.

Amongst the trees
.

Leaving Queenstown
.

AJ Hackett - where bungy jumping
originated

Gibson Valley Vineyard
.

The vines
.

Wine cave
.

Look before you leap?
.

Down the river
.

The bridge that was restored thanks
to money raised from the bungee jumping

140ft down....
.

They send a little boat for you
.

The Remarkables
.

Driving to Te Anau
.

Along Lake Wakatipu
.

Out in the middle of nowhere. Fantastic!
.

Lake Te Anau in the morning
.

Lake Te Anau
.

Enroute to Milford Sound
Mirror Lakes

Mirror Lakes
.

A sneak peek into spectacular scenery
.

That's what you look like getting up
too early...

Snow up there in June?
It's the southern hemisphere...

Just beside the road
.

Spooky clouds on the Milford Road
.

The Homer Tunnel
.

Pictures just don't do this justice....
.

Just don't know where to look
.

The bus gives some idea of the
scale

Another stop off
.

The power of water
.

Don't want to end up down there
.

It looks so serene
.

3hrs later...Milford Sound
.

Out into one of the most spectacular
places on Earth.

There's no getting away from it
This place is huge

Milford Sound
.

Out into the Tasman Sea
.

Milford Sound
.

Closing in on the waterfall
.

The spray beckons
.

Only the brave get wet...
.

Milford Sound
.

Kirstin and I
.

Milford Sound
.

Our vessel
.

Milford Sound
.

Coming back into harbour
.

Milford Sound
.

Looking back into the Sound
.

5,550ft Mitre Peak shows itself
.

In Te Anau...
And yes, the Chinese live there!

Can you see a Jersey cow?
.

Heading back towards Queenstown
.

Lake Wakatipu
.

Heading up over switchbacks
from Queenstown to Wanaka

Heading up over switchbacks
.

Going over the Crown Range
.

Back towards Queenstown
.

Great view of the valley
.

Down towards Gibbston Valley Vineyard
.

Where we'd come from
.

Looking cold
.

Trying to be artistic...yawn
.

Stopping for lunch in Wanaka
.
Wanaka

Wanaka
.

The Puzzling World
.

Water running uphill?
.

The Leaning Tower of Wanaka
Well worth a stop

The Puzzling World
.

Lake Hawea
.

Lake Wanaka
.

Stopping at the Fantail Falls
going over the Haast Pass

Around 7ft high!
.

At Fox Glacier
.

The stream we had to tackle to
get near the terminal face

Fox Glacier iself
.

Getting nearer to it
You could hear bits breaking off! Although it is actually advancing

Very mystical
.

Couldn't get much closer
.

To prove we made it!
.

One last look
.

The outflow...mucky water
.

Downriver....
.

Our helicopter for our helihike
.

Heading off to drop our guide
Unfortunately the weather turned and helihike was scrubbed

So we hiked it onto the glacier instead
.

Almost 1500 steps later!
.

Climbing up the side of it
.

Almost there
.

EXHAUSTED!
Moderate fitness level my arse!

Putting a brave face on things!
.

Getting near it
.

Down onto the glacier
with our crampons

Our expedition
.

Crevasse
.

Going into the ice cave
As you can see no bonus points for looking stylish today!

Nature at work...
.

And I thought my photo
was embarassing

Looking up the 13km glacier
.

Heading back to the start
.

after almost two hours on the ice
.

Onward and upward...
.

That looks like the way...
.

Can you see the moon?
.

Most embarassing shot of the trip!
.

Or does this one have the moon?
.

If you look closely you can
see those on the full day hike coming down the glacier

Making our way down the 1500 steps
.

Sorry, I have a dirty sense of
humour

Waking up at Rimu Lodge
near Hokitika

Our balcony
Amazing view over the valley

The single lane bridge
which also has railway tracks on it!

Looking inland
.

The Tasman coast
.

The beautiful beach
.

Looking south
.

Attempting to be artistic again
.

You think I'd give up??
.

The local Shetland ponies
.

alone...
.

Nobody about
.

Now the railway line
comes through a roundabout!

Heading towards Arthurs Pass
.

Arthurs Pass
.

Keas, the mountain
dwelling parrot

Arthurs Pass
.

Nice colours...but bastards!
.

Heading down towards Christchurch
.

Apparently this was funny...
.

Singapore (June '08)

View from room at Mandarin Oriental
.

and at night....
.

These buggers woke us up far too early!!
.

And the rain came!
.

Venturing out after the storm
.

Orchard Road
.

An unusual Mitsuoka from Japan
.

Singapore Botanical Gardens
.

Raffles Hotel
.

People paying to touch the water of the Fountain of Wealth!
.

The cable car to Sentosa
.

On the way out over the water...
.

Screw the glass bottom ones...
.

Nearing the place
.

Universal Studios Singapore
.

Getting a feel for the place
.

Approaching Sentosa
.

The luge down to the beach
.

Waiting for the luge.
.

Looking retarded
.

The lovely view of all the ships!
.

The beach - yuk!
.

Around Sentosa
.

Cafe del Mar, Singapore
.

Around Sentosa
.

The rubbish
.

Delightful!
.
Flowers

Flowers
.

Some of the local flora
.

In the aquarium
.

Singapore Botanical Gardens
.

In the aquarium
.

Singapore Botanical Gardens
.

Feeding the stingrays
.

The weird view of a stingray!
.

Kirstin with rubber shark
.

Some of the locals
.

Cafe del Mar Singapore
.

Hippest? The locals don't know how to spell 'dirtiest'
.

The luge/chairlift interchange
.

The most southern point of continental Asia
.

and the lovely view!
.

The lovely view!
.

Delightful!
.

Everyone obviously desparate to tell their friends they went to the most
southern point of continental Asia!

Around Sentosa
.

Around Sentosas
.

Around Sentosa
.

On the chairlift off the beach
.

Love the view!....hmmm
.

You can really appreciate the role of shipping in Singapore from here!
.

On the chairlift
.

Yes, I got a bit keen on ship pictures!
.

Over the luge
.

Almost there...
.

Is that the city!?
.

Heading off Sentosa, thank god!
.

Almost there...
.

The durians.
.

The centre of the city
.

Raffles Hotel
.

Walking around Singapore
.

The Padang
.

St Andrew's Cathedral
.

Singapore Cricket Club
.

City Hall
.
Padang

Padang
.

Singapore Cricket Club
.

Anyone for bowls?
.

Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall
.

Old Parliament House
.

Down in Colonial Loop
.

City Hall
.

Old Parliament House
.

Sir Stamford Raffles at Raffles Landing
.

Highrise Singapore
.

Across the Singapore River
.

The original Stamford Raffles statue
.

Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall
.

Around the middle of the city
.

The Fullerton Hotel
.

Singapore Botanical Gardens
.

The Singapore River and Cavanagh Bridge
.

Singapore River
.

Fullerton Hotel
.

Cavanagh Bridge
.

Looking back at the colonial district
.

Singapore River
.

Singapore River & Fullerton Hotel
.

The high-rise Singapore
.

Raffles Place
.

The old and new Singapore
.

Back towards our hotel...
.

The Merion statue
.

.
.

Walking up Connaught Drive
.

The Cenotaph
.

Tam Kim Seng Fountain
.

Tan Kim Seng Fountain
.

Local flora
.

Tokyo (June '08)

Tired commuters
on the early train into the city

Day 1: Ginza at night

Day 1: Shiodome

Day 2: Shiodome

Day 2: Ginza by day

Day 2: Breitling store in Ginza

Day 2: Breitling store in Ginza
The watch in the left display case is valued for sale for $179,000

Day 2: Breitling store in Ginza

Day 2: Ginza

Day 2:

Day 2:

Day 2: Tokyo International Forum

Day 2: Vending machines
Nothing special about these ones in particular, Japan is just stuffed full of them!

Day 2: Tokyo International Forum
Who knew convention centres could be this interesting?!

Day 2: Tokyo International Forum

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Trying to get that quintessential Japanese picture.

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Hibiya Moat near Imperial Palace

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Old meets new

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Kokyogaien

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Kokygaien

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Kokyogaien

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Sei Gate, Nijubashi Bridge & Fushimi Yagura

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Nijubashi Moat

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Sei Gate

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
At Sei Gate

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Nijubashi Moat

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Sei Gate, Nijubashi Bridge & Fushimi Yagura

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Sei Gate

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Kokyogaien

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Hamaguri Moat

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Takeshita Street in Harajuku

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
The gardens at Meiji Shrine

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
The un-cooperative iris gardens at Meiji Shrine

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
The gardens at Meiji Shrine

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Natural well in the gardens

Day 2: Walking around Tokyo
Meiji Shrine

Day 2: Around Meiji Shrine

Kirstin at Meiji Shrine

Me at Meiji Shrine
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Prayers at Meiji Shrine

Day 2: Around Meiji Shrine

Day 2: From Meiji Shrine to
Shibuya

Day 2: Shibuya

Day 2: Treasure Museum at
Meiji Shrine

Day 2: Around Meiji Shrine

Day 2: Near Yoyogi Station

Day 2: On the train back to the
hotel

Day 2: The view from the
Oriental Lounge at the Mandarin Oriental

Day 2: View from Mandarin
Oriental

Day 2: Molecular Tapas menu

Day 2: Chefs at Molecular Bar

Day 2: Molecular Tapas

Day 2: Molecular Tapas at the Mandarin Oriental
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Day 2: Molecular Tapas at the Mandarin Oriental
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Day 2: Molecular Tapas at the Mandarin Oriental
.

The view from the Molecular Bar at the MO
.

Near the Edo-Tokyo Museum
.

Ry��goku Kokugikan - Mainly used for sumo wrestling
.

The Edo-Tokyo Museum
.

At The Edo-Tokyo Museum
.

At the Beer Museum Yebisu
.

At the Beer Museum Yebisu
Looking like an idiot wearing my trainers...

At the Beer Museum Yebisu
.

The Johnnie Walker Bar in Roppongi
.

Roppongi
.

Roppongi & Tokyo Tower
.

Roppongi Hills
.

Tokyo Tower
.

View from the top of the Tokyo Tower
.

View from top of Tokyo Tower
.

Tokyo's very efficient and clean metro system
.

Heading out of the city to Mt Fuji
.

Day 3: Heading out of the city to Mt Fuji
.

Heading out into the country
.

Rice paddies
.

The mountain is out there somewhere.
.

What the mountain can look like!
.

Map of the park
.

Mt Fuji Visitor Center
.

The top! Apparently it is an easy climb. Maybe next time!
.

The summit! The clouds gave us a few minutes
before it closed back in again...

Above the clouds on the fifth station
.

The cheesy Alpine like buildings
.

And the rather cool looking trees
.

Ponies...
.

The roads less travelled...
.

More flora
.

One of the locals
.

It was quite chilly.
.

Plenty of snow to go round...
.

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And what it should look like from the visitor centre!
.

And the clouds come in
.

I guess someone has to ride the short bus
.

Down at Fujikyu Highland
.

The amusement park with the best view of any I know
.

Fujikyu Highland
.

Next stop...Hakone & Lake Ashi
.

The local fish on Lake Ashi
.

These beasts were BIG!
.

Lake Ashi
.

Our ride for an hour or so
.

Other craft
.

Incoming...
.

Like the badge
.

Boat de jour
.

I can look like a idiot too!
.

I didn't realise the Japanese had pirates?
.

Cruising Lake Ashi
.

The wind that made that flag fly made me pretty cold!
.

Cruising the lake of Hakone
.

Low cloud doesn't bode well for our cable car ride...
.

Lake Ashi
.

The bottom of Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
.

Flat Stanley on his travels
.

Lake Ashi
.

The swans - very Japanese
.

At the bottom of Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
.

They like their cartoon characters in Japan...
.

Riding the Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
.

Shinto Temple at top of the Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
.

Top of the Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
.

Riding the Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
.

Odawara Station
.

The Shinkansen
.

Our Shinkansen to Tokyo
.

Aboard the Shinkansen
.

Nearing Tokyo
.

Approaching Tokyo Central Station
.

Around Ginza
.

Around Ginza - very Bladerunner
.

Maybach - About $600,000 worth
.

More Ginza
.

Ginza at night
.

Lobby at our hotel in Shiodome (Conrad Tokyo)
.

It's 5.30am...lets go to a fish market!
.

Passing the Hamarikyu Gardens
.

Tsujiki Fish Market
.

Tsujiki Fish & Vegetable Market
.

Tsujiki Fish Market
.

Tsujiki Fish Market
Crikey that's one big tuna!

Tsujiki Fish Market
.

Pesky motorised transport
.

Tsujiki Vegetable Market
.

Capsule hotel
.

View of Hamarikyu Gardens
.

The Imperial Palace Gardens
.

Koi carp at the The Imperial Palace Gardens
.

The Imperial Palace Gardens
.

Why have a stop-go person when you can have a motorised thingermejig?
.

Wow, that's a black hole right there...150m into nothingness
.

Are you a convenience store or are you just happy to see me?
.

Around from Shimbashi station
.

Around Shiodome
.

Near Shimbashi station
.

The Shinkansen leaving Tokyo
.

Our hotel, the Conrad
.

Around Shiodome
.

The Shinkansen
.

For those who asked, here's your Japanese toilet pic!
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Hong Kong (May '08)

Arriving from London
Riding in the Rolls Royce Phantom en route to the Peninsula

Enjoying pretending to be rich!

I'd quite like to be behind
the wheel of this 6.75 litre beast!

Our $600,000 car....
for 45mins

Our driver

The famous Peninsula Courtyard

Two of the Peninsula's green
Rolls Royce Phantoms

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Room at the Peninsula
Very comfortable it was too!

View from the room

Victoria Harbour
Looking over at Hong Kong Island

Victoria Harbour

Tsim Tsa Shui Clock Tower

Staar Ferry Terminal

Around Kowloon

Kowloon Park

Nathan Road

Room at the Peninsula

Nice his and hers sinks with
TV in the bath
The bed

The bed

Approaching Hong Kong Island
on the Star Ferry

Mid Levels Escalator
on Hong Kong Island

Mid Levels

The Peak Tramway
Our own little stop on May Road.

May Road Stop
Getting on the tram at this point was hilarious as the hill was so steep!

Peak Tramway

Getting near the top of the Peak

On our walk around the Peak

Braving the humidity...

On our walk around the Peak

The Peak Tramway
Heading back down

Our ride....

Heading down

Steeper...

Steeper still!

Still going 100 years later...

Walking back to the Star Ferry

Taking the Star Ferry back to
Tsim Tsa Shui

The locals just take this view
for granted!

Hong Kong Island

Approaching Tsim Tsa Shui

Afternoon tea in the hotel
Quite a tourist attraction that some wait over an hour to queue for. As guests we jumped right in at the front :)

Not the best weather on
Hong Kong Island

45 stories up the famous Hong
Kong Skyline

Walking around Hong Kong Island

Our long ride on the Hong Kong
Tram...

Happy Valley

Our ride on the tram

Our ride on the tram
Two International Finance Centre

Our ride on the tram

Looking back at Hong Kong Island
at night. The pictures don't do it justice!

Hong Kong Island at night

Looking the other way for one
photo

Hong Kong Island at night

A crowd assembles for
'A Symphony of Lights'

Hong Kong Island at night

Nathan Road

A Symphony of Lights
from the 8th floor of the hotel

Getting the camera to work hard!

The pool at the Peninsula

View over Kowloon from the tower

Lobby of the Peninsula
Where we ate breakfast each morning

Bangkok (May '08)

Walking around Bangkok

Around Wat Pho

The Reclining Buddha

Jim Thompson House

Lumphini Park

At the Snake Farm in Bangkok

The Queen Saovabha Memorial
Institute

Pool & Tennis Court @ the Conrad

Room at the Conrad

Vienna (May '08)

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Dubai (May 2008)

Camels on Jumierah Beach

View from the window of our
hotel room on Jumeirah Beach

Wild Wadi Water Park
(Jumeirah Beach Hotel in background)

Wild Wadi Water Park

Burj Al Arab hotel

Wild Wadi Water Park

Looking down Jumierah Beach from
Wild Wadi

Wild Wadi Water Park

Atlantis Hotel on Palm Jumierah

Dubai Kartdrome

Is this designed for Germans?
Michael Schumacher, Boris Becker, Niki Lauda (ok, so he's Austrian!)

Ski Dubai at Mall Of Emirates

Construction around Jumeirah

Pool at Hilton Jumeirah
In the shadow of the new construction

Grounds of Hilton Jumeirah

Jumeirah beach

Jumeirah Beach

Hilton Jumeirah Beach

Grounds of Hilton Jumeirah

Construction around Jumeirah

Ski Dubai from Sheikh Zayed Rd

The Burj Dubai
The world's tallest building at 2,684ft

Peacocks near royal residence

Royal residence

Dune safari

Dune bashing in the desert

Dune bashing

Out in the desert...

Meeting the camels

Caption competition anyone?

Camel farm in the desert

Grumpy young camel!

He did that grunt noise...

Watching the sun go down

The desert camp...set up for
us westerners

Desert camp

The sun goes down...
and the sky is amazingly clear

Hilton Dubai Creek

View from room at Hilton Dubai
Creek

View from Hilton Dubai Creek

Dubai Museum

Bastakiya Quarter

Dubai Creek

Walking down the creek

Abra on Dubai Creek

Dubai Creek

Riding an abra on Dubai Creek

Walking along Dubai Creek

View from rooftop pool at our
hotel

Rooftop pool

The dhow wharves on Dubai Creek

Looking 'up' Dubai Creek

Looking towards Burj Dubai
Can't really get away from it in the emirate

Looking down the creek at night

January Flying Weekend

US Airways RIC-CLT
Coffee in a styrofoam cup in First Class...this is the new US Airways!

US Airways Club at Charlotte
.

Ramp action at CLT
.

This is definitely a US hub!
.

United CLT-ORD
Inflight entertainment

The 8 seat First cabin
aboard this 737 aicraft

US Airways A321 on approach
into Charlotte

After departure from CLT
.

On ascent out of CLT

Lake Norman, NC
.

.
.

Pretzels on a 2hr flight in F?
BA have a thing to show US carriers about how to do service on a 2hr breakfast flight!

More F cabin action
.

Approaching a wintry ORD
.

United ORD-PDX
Taxiing past American Eagle Embraer RJ.

The line for departure
.
AA 777

AA 777
.

The view seat 2A on this A319
.
Lunch

Lunch
Now this is more like it. The soup helped me stave off a bit of a cough!

.
.

Warm cookie to finish up.
Very tasty!

En route to Portland, OR
.

.
.

Enjoying the view
.

.
.

A glass of water...not vodka!

8 seat First cabin on the A319

.
.

Nearing Portland
.

.
.

The Washington side of the river
.

United Red Carpet Club @ PDX

Portland-San Francisco
The First seat aboard the 737

Ramp action at PDX
Heading out in the WA and OR wilderness

Climbing out of PDX

Heineken en route

Look hard...it's the Golden Gate
Bridge

San Francisco - Los Angeles
The First seat aboard the 757...in case you haven't figured it out United have a pretty standardised First seat.

Pre-flight coke
.

Approaching LAX...amazing

Lights as far as the eye can see
.

.
.

Are they are stupid as their
name suggests?

Best food of the trip!
3x3 and Animal Style Fries at In N' Out Burger on Sepulveda Boulevard

The aircraft in bound for the
northern runways at LAX come right over the outdoor seating...

United Red Carpet Club @ LAX
Before my LAX-IAD flight and just before the lounge closes. No pictures from my overnight flight....too tired!

Washington-Dulles to Richmond
Heading out of IAD on my last leg home...

Nice view of runway 12/30
and the new tower.

Looking back at IAD
.

.
.

King's Dominion at Doswell, VA
.

Approaching Richmond
.

Boston (February '08)

Flying up early from Richmond to
Boston on US Airways

Is the sky erupting?

Very empty flight today. Only
half a dozen or so passengers

Approaching Boston

A cold Logan

Newbury Street

Commonwealth Avenue
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Boston Public Garden

Boston Common

Beacon Hill

One of the perks of being in
authority I guess....

Massachussetts State House

A bird in the hand is worth
fifty in the bush?

The Granary Burial Ground

The old and the new....

Old State House

Fanueil Hall

The Paul Revere House

Pierce-Hichborn House

From the North End

Copley Square

The view from our hotel room.
The Church of Christ the Scientist

And in the other direction...
Fenway Park

Mucking around with the camera

Feels very European here...
especially the dreary winter weather!

Watch out above!

The European Masters in the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts

The impressive building housing
the museum

Something from home....

The front entrance

Prudential Center

The Church of Christ the
Scientist

The view from the 52nd floor of
the Prudential Tower

The view from the 52nd floor

A snow storm is a coming

Snow and lightning!

Ready to fly back to Richmond

and a short time later...

Jersey (December '07)

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Shenandoah Valley Roadtrip

The drive to Harrisonburg
on I-64 West from Richmond to Charlottesville watching the autumn colours

At James Madison University
in Harrisonburg

Wilson Hall

Around campus

Wilson Hall
The centrepiece of the quad

Just like the license plates

Wilson Hall

Back home...

With your brick

The campus east of Interstate 81

Skyline Drive - Front Royal to
Waynesboro....we did all 109 miles in one afternoon.

The first stop
Shenandoah Valley Overlook at 1390ft

Shenandoah Valley Overlook

Winding our way up the hillside

With views over the Shenandoah
Valley....now above 2000ft

Overlooking the Shenandoah
Valley

The long road ahead....
105 miles to go!

Beautiful autumnal colours

Hello!

Horses near Big Meadows
Milepoint 51

In-N-Out Run (October 2007)

Airborne Express 767-200

3x3 & Animal Style Fries

Me...eating

LAX

LAX

Lufthansa 747

In-N-Out

Eva Air 777-300

Montage of shots

BA 747 poking its nose over the
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British Airways 747

And this about the time when...
you can smell rubber and avgas!

Southwest 737

24L - Departing Traffic

United Red Carpet Club at LAX

Departing LAX

Passing over the coast...again!

Northridge to Burbank

Alameda NAS

The Bay Bridge

Yerba Buena Island

Treasure Island

Sausalito

Sausalito & The Waldo Tunnel

Marin Headlands

Flying back from Dulles to RIC

Central Virginia

Approaching Richmond

Richmond, VA

Downtown Richmond

Richmond International Airport

Labor Day Weekend in the Bay Area

The Golden Gate
The Golden Gate

Cincinnati
Cincinnati

United 877 from Dulles to SFO

At Jupiter's in Berkeley

The Brown Belt Test

The Brown Belt Test

HUGNH!

HUGNH!
Not sure how that sound is written phonetically.

And it is all over!
Go Kory!

The Brown Belt Test

Ready to celebrate with alcohol?

Just the ticket...

At Forbidden Isle in Alameda

Kory's friend and his wife from
the Alameda dojo

Enjoying one's self are we?

Yeah, I heard drinking too...
many cocktails can make one go albino too.

...and on the eighth day
God invented In N Out's Animal Style fries

Muir Woods National Monument
554 acres of Coastal Redwoods in Marin County

Muir Woods National Monument

A slice of an 1100yr old tree

Muir Woods National Monument

Enjoying the Ocean View Trail

Muir Woods National Monument

At the top of the Ocean View
Trail

Muir Woods National Monument

Sausalito

Parrot in Sausalito

Looking back over towards
San Francisco

Man doing incredible balancing
with rocks

Looking into the Bay

Sausalito

Over towards Alcatraz Island

Sausalito

The Golden Gate and namesake
bridge from the Marin Headlands

From a distance

And across the other side of the
Pacific!

We're getting nearer

And nearer still

Looking back towards Sausalito

Picture perfect

Into the Bay

And the dodgy camera functions

And more

And more still

It is pretty breezy up here

On the northern approach

Crossing the bridge

Waiting outside the House of
Nanking. Sometimes looking up and away from the street can give you a a surprise!

Great food?

Full yet?

Flying out from SFO over Alameda
and Oakland

Nice view back over Alameda

Great view

And off we go to Pittsburgh

Arrival in Pittsburgh
Thank god for that. US Airways was abysmal!

US Airways Club at PIT

Arrival in Richmond

Back in the brights lights of
RIC!

The Diamond below

Going home...(July 2007)

Blue sky and sunshine in the Stewards Enclosure
Blue sky and sunshine in the Stewards Enclosure 2007-09-04

Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta
Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta 2007-09-04

Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta
Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta 2007-07-05

Racing seen from the grandstand
Racing seen from the grandstand 2005-06-29

The good old British stiff upper lip. It's raining cats and dogs but we don't care.
The good old British stiff upper lip. It's raining cats and dogs but we don't care. 2007-07-05

Some nice cars parked up today
Some nice cars parked up today 2007-07-05

Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta
Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta 2007-07-05

Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta
Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta 2007-09-04

Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta
Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta 2007-07-05

The results of today's racing
The results of today's racing 2007-09-04

The Princess Elizabeth Cup - my brothers name is engraved on this trophy after his crew from Pangbourne College were tri
The Princess Elizabeth Cup - my brothers name is engraved on this trophy after his crew from Pangbourne College were tri

Just past the finish line, the town of Henley-on-Thames in the background
Just past the finish line, the town of Henley-on-Thames in the background 2007-07-05

Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta
Stewards' Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta 2007-07-05

With Annie and Charlie
With Annie and Charlie 2007-07-05

Trying my best for a nice photo
Trying my best for a nice photo 2007-09-04

MySpace material?
MySpace material? 2007-07-05

The crowds huddle close to the finish line...
The crowds huddle close to the finish line... 2007-07-05

I didn't realise the Amish were keen rowing fans.
I didn't realise the Amish were keen rowing fans. 2007-09-04

Such a versatile piece of headgear
Such a versatile piece of headgear 2007-09-04

Lounging in deckchairs watching rowing :)
Lounging in deckchairs watching rowing :) 2005-06-29

Looking down the final stretches of the course with the Stewards' Enclosure on the left
Looking down the final stretches of the course with the Stewards' Enclosure on the left 2007-07-05

Wolvesey Castle in Winchester
Wolvesey Castle in Winchester 2007-07-07

Wolvesey Castle in Winchester
Wolvesey Castle in Winchester 2007-09-04

Wolvesey Castle in Winchester
Wolvesey Castle in Winchester 2007-07-07

Wolvesey Castle in Winchester
Wolvesey Castle in Winchester 2007-09-04

Wolvesey Castle in Winchester
Wolvesey Castle in Winchester 2007-07-07

Wolvesey Castle in Winchester
Wolvesey Castle in Winchester 2007-09-04

The steps all the way up to St Gile's Hill
The steps all the way up to St Gile's Hill 2007-07-07

The nice views over the historic city of Winchester....ok, now to the pub!
The nice views over the historic city of Winchester....ok, now to the pub! 2007-07-07

Winchester Cathedral - because of the funeral of Major Paul Harding we were unable to go inside.
Winchester Cathedral - because of the funeral of Major Paul Harding we were unable to go inside. 2007-09-04

Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral 2007-09-04

Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral 2007-07-07

Founder's Day - Devitt Tower at Pangbourne College. Unfortunately we missed the parade due to schedule changes!
Founder's Day - Devitt Tower at Pangbourne College. Unfortunately we missed the parade due to schedule changes! 200

Back in my old boy's Paravicini blazer
Back in my old boy's Paravicini blazer 2007-09-04

The cricket match. The current 1st XI against the Old Boy's XI
The cricket match. The current 1st XI against the Old Boy's XI 2007-07-08

The three legged Labrador that had a real appetite
The three legged Labrador that had a real appetite 2007-09-04

Crispy the Norfolk Terrier
Crispy the Norfolk Terrier 2007-09-04

United Business Class: LHR-IAD

United Red Carpet Club at Heathrow - slightly refurbished since last visit.
United Red Carpet Club at Heathrow - slightly refurbished since last visit. 2007-07-09

United Red Carpet Club at Heathrow - We were the only people in the lounge at the ungodly time of 5.35am
United Red Carpet Club at Heathrow - We were the only people in the lounge at the ungodly time of 5.35am 2007-07-09

The London Lounge at Heathrow - The best Star Alliance Gold/Business Class lounge at Heathrow. Again we had the lounge t
Business Class lounge at Heathrow. Again we had the lounge t 2007-07-09

Upstairs in the London Lounge
Upstairs in the London Lounge 2007-07-09

The view from the window - runway 27L/09R in the background
09R in the background 2007-07-09

Taxiing round the south side of the central complex at Heathrow. On the other side of 27L/09R is Terminal 4.
09R is Terminal 4. 2007-07-09

Business Class cabin on this 767-300
Business Class cabin on this 767-300 2007-07-09

bmi Airbus and LHR fire trainer
bmi Airbus and LHR fire trainer 2007-07-09

Heathrow Fire trainer
Heathrow Fire trainer 2007-09-04

BA's Heathrow maintenance base. Behind the 747 is G-BOAB, one of BA's seven, now retired, Concordes.
BA's Heathrow maintenance base. Behind the 747 is G-BOAB, one of BA's seven, now retired, Concordes. 2007-07-0

The wing of N656UA with the runway we just departed from on the right side of the wing.
The wing of N656UA with the runway we just departed from on the right side of the wing. 2007-09-04

Nice reflection coming off the starboard Pratt & Whitney PW4000 SER
Nice reflection coming off the starboard Pratt & Whitney PW4000 SER 2007-07-09

Banking northwest. The lakes of west London visible in the background
Banking northwest. The lakes of west London visible in the background 2007-09-04

Relaxing on our way to Washington.
Relaxing on our way to Washington. 2007-07-09

Breakfast: Fruit plate and bread with yoghurt.
Breakfast: Fruit plate and bread with yoghurt. 2007-07-09

Breakfast: Followed by the cold deli platter: smoked salmon, salami, ham, gruyere cheese, egg and asparagus.
Breakfast: Followed by the cold deli platter: smoked salmon, salami, ham, gruyere cheese, egg and asparagus. 2007-07-09

Highly polished PW4000 engine. I could see myself reflected in it!
Highly polished PW4000 engine. I could see myself reflected in it! 2007-07-09

Heading out over the North Atlantic
Heading out over the North Atlantic 2007-07-09

At 36,000ft
At 36,000ft 2007-07-09

Relaxing, listening to my mp3 player at 36,000ft
Relaxing, listening to my mp3 player at 36,000ft 2007-07-09

Getting up at 3am was taking a toll on my wife
Getting up at 3am was taking a toll on my wife 2007-07-09

Passing over the southern tip of Greenland
Passing over the southern tip of Greenland 2007-07-09

Icebergs just west of Greenland
Icebergs just west of Greenland 2007-09-04

Looks like the edge of the ice shelf
Looks like the edge of the ice shelf 2007-07-09

Making landfall just north of Goose Bay
Making landfall just north of Goose Bay 2007-07-08

Hot nuts just before the start of the lunch service
Hot nuts just before the start of the lunch service 2007-07-08

Lunch: Smoked salmon and cream cheese plus salad with Honey Dijon dressing
Lunch: Smoked salmon and cream cheese plus salad with Honey Dijon dressing 2007-07-08

Quebec City and the St. Lawrence River
Quebec City and the St. Lawrence River 2007-07-08

Lunch: Filet mignon
Lunch: Filet mignon 2007-07-08

Dessert: Haagen Dazs ice cream
Dessert: Haagen Dazs ice cream 2007-07-08

Having just passed over Albany, NY
Having just passed over Albany, NY 2007-09-04

Allentown, PA
Allentown, PA 2007-07-08

Southwest Allentown, PA
Southwest Allentown, PA 2007-09-04

The Susquehanna River with Harrisburg, PA in the background and Three Mile Island in the middle of the picture
The Susquehanna River with Harrisburg, PA in the background and Three Mile Island in the middle of the picture 2007-07-0

BA001: LHR-JFK on Concorde

G-BOAD taxiing in September 2002 (this photo could well be one of the few photos of my flight)
G-BOAD taxiing in September 2002 (this photo could well be one of the few photos of my flight) 2007-09-04

Concorde ticket
Concorde ticket 2007-09-04

At Concorde Check in
At Concorde Check in 2007-09-04

Entrance to Concorde Room
Entrance to Concorde Room 2003-12-11

Concorde from the lounge
Concorde from the lounge 2007-09-04

Concorde Lounge
Concorde Lounge 2002-09-03

Concorde from the lounge
Concorde from the lounge 2002-09-03

Concorde and me
Concorde and me 2007-09-04

Bar in the Concorde Lounge
Bar in the Concorde Lounge 2002-09-03

Concorde Lounge, my seat mate is visible in the lower right hand corner of the photo
Concorde Lounge, my seat mate is visible in the lower right hand corner of the photo 2002-09-03

Just after boarding
Just after boarding 2007-09-04

View out of the window
View out of the window 2002-09-03

G-BOAE, the standby Concorde seen just after pushback
G-BOAE, the standby Concorde seen just after pushback 2007-09-04

Marilake display while over Pangbourne, Berks
Marilake display while over Pangbourne, Berks 2007-09-04

Breaking the Speed of Sound
Breaking the Speed of Sound 2007-09-04
Mach 2

Mach 2
Mach 2 2007-09-04

View outside window at cruise altitude
View outside window at cruise altitude 2002-09-03

View outside window at 58000ft
View outside window at 58000ft 2007-09-04

Me in the cockpit with Capt. Mike Bannister
Me in the cockpit with Capt. Mike Bannister 2002-09-03

Souvenirs from flight (some delivered by British Airways afterwards): Hallmarked silver baggage tag, aluminium baggage t
Souvenirs from flight (some delivered by British Airways afterwards): Hallmarked silver baggage tag, aluminium baggage t

Close up of page signed by Captain Mike Bannister (5th September 2002)
Close up of page signed by Captain Mike Bannister (5th September 2002) 2007-09-04

Concorde ticket wallet and boarding pass
Concorde ticket wallet and boarding pass 2007-09-04

My flight certificate (Many thanks to Bellerephon for sorting this out)
My flight certificate (Many thanks to Bellerephon for sorting this out) 2007-09-04

Writing kit. Sent to me by British Airways after the flight hence the reason behind a blank certificate
Writing kit. Sent to me by British Airways after the flight hence the reason behind a blank certificate 2004-03-13

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