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 🙂
Departing Bangladesh a few weeks ago, I promised myself I’d keep an eagle eye out the window for anything I could legitimately call a mountain. Thus I offer you the Hajar Mountains in the northeastern UAE, most likely in the emirate of Fujairah, but possibly also in Ras al Khaimah or perhaps even Oman though I’m reasonably sure we were west of Oman by this point…
Coming back to NL from Chicago in May, we took off into a bit of a rain storm with low clouds, so I grabbed some views of the sprawling city before it vanished beneath the clouds as we climbed. Below, taken very shortly after the one above, you can get a bit more sense of the Lake Michigan shoreline off to the east as the plane banks to head northeast and we’re looking pretty much due east.
Two more airborne shots from my Cox to Dhaka flight last month. North of Chattogram (Chittagong) and looking east northeast, above; and still in Cox, looking south, below.
Reasonably confident that’s Utah above, along with most of the images below, but I think by the final couple we may have reached Colorado. I remember straining to catch a glimpse of the Great Salt Lake which was well to the north of our trajectory, and it might be in some of these, but it’s long enough ago that I’m sorry to stay I’ve forgotten :-). No more shots remaining from that 3rd May flight, fear not.
Reasonably confident that’s Utah above, along with most of the images below, but I think by the final couple we may have reached Colorado. I remember straining to catch a glimpse of the Great Salt Lake which was well to the north of our trajectory, and it might be in some of these, but it’s long enough ago that I’m sorry to stay I’ve forgotten :-). No more shots remaining from that 3rd May flight, fear not.
(so much world, so little time....) 