The view from my "office"

[ellen10]

We are in Napier NZ cycling. There is so much damage from the recent cyclone, the shoreline is littered with debris, the train line is damaged in many places, the highway north will take 8 months to repair. The town is now suffering from very little tourists.

 

[jxv]

We made it to CAI on Wednesday, but one of our suitcases had been left behind in DOH! It arrived overnight and we wasted all Thursday morning to retrieve it from the airport. On DOH-CAI the J seats are sold as F. I was looking forward to visiting the Al Safwa F lounge, but due to rescheduled flight from BNE and a delay we had only 50 minutes to connect, no time for lounging.

The views of and from our suite:

 

[drron]

Well some had a good view from their QF office yesterday aT LAX.

Qantas crew member causes delay after accidentally deploying slide

Passengers were forced off a flight from LAX to Sydney at around 10:30pm on Sunday after a crew member accidentally ejected the emergency slide by 'jiggling' the handle.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Port Power]

We are in Napier NZ cycling. There is so much damage from the recent cyclone, the shoreline is littered with debris, the train line is View attachment 318667View attachment 318668View attachment 318669damaged in many places, the highway north will take 8 months to repair. The town is now suffering from very little tourists.

While the damage is devastating and ongoing suffering to locals will last a long time, I could help but comment about the town “now suffering from very little tourists”. They probably don’t need much room! I hope regular sized tourists will return as soon as possible to help out the economy.

 

[Duggo]

Office hours of course

 

[zig]

Emblase El Yeso just out of Santiago Chile.

 

[jxv]

Relocated to Giza this afternoon. Improved view just missing the pyramids. They are visible from the café.

 

[RooFlyer]

Relocated to Giza this afternoon. Improved view just missing the pyramids. They are visible from the café.

Which hotel was that? I was in the Steigenberger with a very similar view but I don't recall another one nearby.

 

[RooFlyer]

Lighthouse Hotel, Cleveland, Brisbane.



And the mascot

 

[jxv]

Which hotel was that? I was in the Steigenberger with a very similar view but I don't recall another one nearby.

Marriott Mena House. We are here for a few days as part of an Avalon Waterways tour/Nile cruise.

 

[kermatu]

Tough day in the Auckland office.

 

[Quickstatus]

Well some had a good view from their QF office yesterday aT LAX.

Apparently everyone (as in everyone) was offloaded and coralled in the Lounge Office. As with all offices, it was dry

 

[Port Power]

 

[Port Power]

Tonight’s office, Sofitel Darling Harbour. I’m only Accor ALL Gold, so obviously don’t rate the full waterfront view. There is the end of Darling Harbour in view, though. Not a car park in sight either, but I do have a good view of cars on the overpass roads.

 

[OATEK]

Cronulla

 

[Port Power]

The night view is lovely, especially with the full moon beautifully on display.

 

[jxv]

Pyramids and the Sphinx today.




Air pollution over Cairo.


We used to have an Egyptian Pharaoh Hound, very difficult to train. Interesting to see her image in an ancient tomb.

 

[drron]

The view from our office now. Temperature has dropped, wind has picked up, white top on the canal and lots of thunder.

 

[jxv]

Cairo sightseeing. The new Grand Egyptian Museum is still not open, so we went to the old Egyptian Museum. It was so crowded that we couldn’t really enjoy it and left early.



Then to the Citadel for the Mohammed Ali Mosque.



Later we visited two Coptic churches, including the Hanging Church. Through a hole in the floor you can see that it is built on top of two towers of a fort. Because those towers are now below street level you can’t see this from outside.

 

[RooFlyer]

Cairo sightseeing. The new Grand Egyptian Museum is still not open, so we went to the old Egyptian Museum. It was so crowded that we couldn’t really enjoy it and left early.

Did you see if the Tutankhamun exhibit is still there? At some stage they’re going to have to move it across to the new museum and there will be a period where the GEM is still not open, and Tutankhamun is not on exhibit at the old Museum.