Sky at Thirty Five Thousand Feet Clicked on a flight from Dubai to Manchester For more pictures of the skies see the Skywatch page.
Category: Air Travel
Almost Time to Head Back
Apls Alps from 35 Thousand Feet It is almost time to head back now! I walked around a lot today. But could not go the Lake District. Today was the only day when it did not rain. But when it rained with some sun, there were rainbows. The pity is that they were quite fleeting…
Hopping Over!
Delhi-Dubai-Manchester This time it is not a direct flight. I am hopping via Dubai and yet hardly any time there. Anyway you will find some pictures of the Dubai airport later. I have once spent 23 hours 40 minutes in transit at Dubai and yet did not venture out then! I wonder if they still…
Announcements at IGI, New Delhi Airport
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXL_eMLNt6c&hl=en&fs=1&] Last Call to Board a Flight Has it ever happened to you that your name was called on the PA system because you were supposed to board your flight? Never happended to me, though I always get curious as to why people are not at their boarding gates!
Flying from Delhi to Jabalpur and Back on Kingfisher Red Airline
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yB2E4SqVVM&hl=en&fs=1] Kingfisher Red Flight IT 4375 Approaching Jabalpur I tried to get train tickets between New Delhi and Gondia (a station close to Kanha) but June being school holidays all the trains were running packed. Then my dad insisted, “Fly, why do you wish to spend so much time on a train?” I was paying…
Lazy Sunday Photo- An Ariel View of the Hindukush Mountains
An Ariel View of the Hindukush Mountains I clicked this picture on 5 May 2009 from a window seat of the Flight VS 301 from New Delhi to London. See that is why I like taking window seats even in a flight. Many thought I would overgrow this habit and start looking for an aisle…
Touch Down at Heathrow
Virgin Atlantic Flight VS 301 from New Delhi Landing at London Heathrow On May 5, 2009 I made this video from a window seat of the flight. It was a Tuesday (on Tuesday many Indians do not eat nonvegetarian food even if they eat it otherwise) and they had run out of vegetarian food and…
Flying Over Hindukush Mountains
Flying Over Hindukush Mountains Flying over the Hindukush Mountains is such a great feeling. Though this is the first time I managed to click pictures!
Lazy Sunday Video- Gaitore Ki Chhatariyan, Jaipur
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JTFnrxla54&hl=en&fs=1] Gaitore Ki Chhatariyan, Jaipur, Rajasthan In all my previous visits to Jaipur I never heard of Gaitore Ki Chhatariyan. It is a beautiful structure, our auto driver said it is popular with tourists but when we went there in the afternoon we had it almost entirely to our self. PS. No, I have not…
Selling Cashewnuts on Indigo Flight!
Shrinidhi is quite irked to discover that Indigo Airlines sells 4 to 5 cashewnuts for Rs. 50. Without any further delay, let me come to the point. Of so many items they sell on board, ‘flavored’ cashew nut seems to be the most popular and tasty one. They sell a small packet of cashewnut for…