sonny photos

Hong Kong > Sydney

Quick Shower and steamed bun and off again not familiar with Hong Kong, but I guess this must be that new airport on an island of Hong Kong still a lot of apartment buildings Discovery Bay hong kong's disney land Ap Lei Chau with Lamma Island, so if I was sitting on the left hand side I would get a great view of Hong Kong I guess Aberdeen marina, with what looks like an amusement park zoom in, yes, Hong Kong Ocean Park South China Sea



somewhere around the Phillipines or Indonesia land ahoy, that would be Australia on the right, Croker Island , just of the Northern Territory in the Arafura Sea These Islands, just near Croker Island, the big one is called Mc Cluer Isladn and the small one I can't find a name for, but anyway, thse islands, even though they are in a sea as opposed to an oceam , appear to have the possibility for surf, maybe not often, but still zoomed in, and that's definitly waves hitting the outer reef the group of Islands of Croker Island no wonder it was so hazy remote part in the north, Arnhem Land at Junction Bay woauw, and look at the path of the river :-) zoom in and a screen grab from google earth Liverpool river near West Arnhem Edward Island in the Gulf of Carpenteria
Maria Island west tip of west Island
West Island beautiful, but wary of crocodiles, also, would be lots of crabs the ridged backs of crocodiles formed million years ago in the landscape and another day draws to a close a few hours out of Sydney. At least on this flight, as opposed to all of Qantas flights now, I am arriving in the evening, and not at the un godly hour of 5 or 6 in the morning ( depending on daylight saving ) And as well as now not being mr zombie jet lag all day, I got to see some amazing australian landscapes, have some dinner and go to bed :-)

London > Hong Kong

of we go again Somewhere near Poland I think The way the windows are set up, or rather the seats in Cathay Pacifics 747 is so annoying, I really have to stretch and contort my body to try and look out the window Russia going into night time china

nearing Hong Kong never been to Hong Kong ( transiting Hong Kong airport does not count ) and I guess there are a lot of Islands around Hong Kong and lots of boats

Brussels > London

The Schelde River making its way through Belgium into Holland and North Sea The bend in the river schelde at Antwerp closer look, anyone living in Antwerp will know exactly what we are lloking at here further down river, Doel From one smoke stack in Doel to another in one of London's suburbs, although this is more disaster looking, looks like a house fire great shot of London zoom in another look at that fire hope everyone involved are alright

Milan > Paris

nice summer colours on this departure day love this shot like a challenge :-)
love it one of the many lakes outside Milan at the foothills of the alps snow and melting lakes see-ing more of the Alps as opposed to on our way over to Milan







we were descending to land, and as I looked out the window, I thought , why is the captain accellarating to land ? And off we went again tht plane you see in front there, well, it was taking a bit too long to take off for this captains liking, adn he felt it un safe to land, when it was still on the tarmac , slowly taking off, so he did a TATA, turn around try again Will be going there soon for Raf Simons show at the Bourget Airport, where Gagosian has anb art galery set up well , with this Tata, get to see Paris disney world

Paris > Milan

and we're off again, so many planes dithis time Milan for the men's shows Lugano airport, there wasn't much to see of the Alps this time, covered in clouds Lugano and lake Lugano. Did you know that part of Lake Lugano belongs to Switzerland heading down to Milan





arrivato

Lisbon > Dubai > Male

Lisbon airport, so after yesterday's surf lesson, it's of to the Maldives today with a very excited crew and we are off flying over Portugal into Spain

woauw, check it out, dam on top of mountain ? this is looking familiar, yes, it is Gandia, half way between Javea and Valencia and yes, there we have it, the distintive mountain Montgo de Toscamar and Javea woauw, looks so small from up here, can see the main beach, and the area my parents live leaving Sapin behind oh, but first the Island Sant Francesc de Formentera that sits alongside Ibiza ( can't see Ibiza as we are right over it ) looks like we won;t be getting many more photos now we did fly along the coastline of Algeria and Libya, so I got to see some of it , but too dark to take any photos we landed at Dubai at 4 in the morning, so now, 5 hours later ready to take of to our destination, the Maldives, exciting, never been Sharjah, just suburbs north of Dubai group of man made islands of Jumeirah, Dubai, which will look like a map of the earth once done, so if youhave the money, you can literally buy a country as an island aaah, Dubai Jumeirah beach and the famous Burj Al Arab outer suburbs of Dubai crazy how much development goes on here sand dunes turned into mini cities, complete with high rise building and villa's with lush green grass and another sub divisionm ready to go but looks like some time has passed between asphalt and first brick road to Oman near Hatta coast of Oman flying over the Arabian sea for a few hours and then we should be there and yes, after a few hours first Atoll sighting woauw, Atolls everywhere, and the colours amazing even in overcast and rain wonder if that's our boat for the week fast forward landing, customs control, baggage collection, meeting Jacqui ( yes, she flew over from Sydney day before and met us at airport ) buy sim card and now we are on our Dhoni boat to meet up with our boat for the week everyone is excited to get onto our boat, but we are all also very tired, the anticipation is keeping us awake and there she is clouds start to break up in time for our first sunset, we were all a bit dampened by the arriving in a downpour of rain, wondering if we would see any sun on this trip, but this sunset is a promising sign

After a day in Belgium is off Again, Brussel > Madrid > Lisbon

leaving the darkness behind

after an hour of big blanket of cloud, Spain loving the patterns

nearing Madrid and look, June, summer time, and still snow on mountain tops near Madrid









I'm not sure that this is usual for this time of year 30 min at airport and off again, Lisbon bound flying west big nose spain portugal border Setubal and Setubal bay, just south of Lisbon

Lake Albufeira Kite Surfing at Caparica beach looks like some fun waves down there mouth of the mighty Tejo river Port Of Alges, Lisbon old aquaduc, wonder if this is roman ?

about to land
Lucky for me, client landed 30 minutes before me from Amsterdam, so we both rode to hotel together.
But must say, there is something about Portugese, they love to play tour guide and give us all the explanation and history, at first it was great, but then it became too trivial especially when we wer trying to have our own conversation lol

Helsinki > Brussels

an hour later and off again woauw, check that Island out looks more like in the tropics than scandinavia

Denmark Oslo Albert Canal , Antwerp The ring around Antwerp A12, Kontich Zengat in the distance E19, Rumst

Singapore > Helsinki

somewhere over Arabia

oil fields, with burn off glowing in the landscape here comes the sun  


big lake near Pskov


near Pskov





descending down to Finland and a lot darker looking going down to darkness, woauw what a change


just of Helsinki

Sydney>Singapore part 2

I'm having a ball taking all these photos. Normally this flight departs at 4 ish in the afternoon, but Qantas changed the schedule, so now it is more of an afternoon flight so instead of half the flight being in darkness, all the way to Singapore is in daylight Timor sea

I have a feeling this is East Timor YEs, Timor, and this is near Wini, West of Dili looks very lush down there pretty cloud over the Savu Basin

Flores Region, Indonesia and looks like surf down there looking across Flores and East Nusa Tenggara, lots of dormant volcanos down there woauw, look at that Isalnd looking at the active Volcano of Pulau Palu and this is apparently Pulau Sukun desa Semparong Kabupaten Sikka, with Sukun lake, like to add a visit to this island to my bucket list

love those tropical cloud formations



mucking around with the curves on this shot :-)



Kuala Pembang





as you can see, I am really enjoying this flight with all these wonderful sights to photograph

awesome colours Bintan beach off Singapore landing on sunset, perfect timing Singapore Strait how I keep tabs of where I am when I take the photos ( and google earth )