99% certain I’m showing you the city of Ijmuiden, a lot of North Holland (the province) including Amsterdam, the Markermeer & the Ijsselmeer, a lot of Flevoland (the province) and even bits of Overijssel & Friesland (the provinces)…what makes me 1% unsure is that, enlarge it as I try, I can’t really quite find Amsterdam landmarks that I recognize, which just goes to show how perspectives can change, or how much resolution one mobile phone’s camera can generate. These are all from shortly after takeoff for my December flight to ORD.
Oops, have to catch up a few series b/c I skipped them for a full rotation. I do love the Dutch countryside, whether seen from the air or a bike. Especially on a relatively clear and sunny day.
This post is my reminder to any of us sweating in northern summers that we wanted more sun, back when the days were short and snow blanketed the ground e.g. during our flight from Kirkenes down to Oslo back in January 🙂
Above left, the fields of North Holland as our plane took off for my last trip by plane in September. Above right, the cities fields and rivers of Bangladesh south of Dhaka en route to Cox later the following day. Below, Dhaka from the air and other shots of rivers and countryside we flew over after taking off from Dhaka about 11 days later…
Lakes and fields of NL as seen after take-off from Schiphol in September, and lakes and suburbs of Dhaka in Bangaldesh, as seen before landing the following day 🙂
A bit of the English west coast, I believe (I feel like I remember thinking I might finally see Liverpool from the air, but if anyone who knows the coast better can say different, lmk), as seen from the airplane approaching Amsterdam when I returned from my long US visit earlier this year.
The plan is to be back in close proximity to legitimate mountains for some quality time starting one week from today, so with any luck we won’t need to drag out these Hajar Mountain photos as seen while flying over the UAE and Oman last month for too many more entries, but being the wise blogger that I am, I did take more than one photo of this dry desert-dwelling mountain range, as you see 🙂
(so much world, so little time....) 