The view from my "office"

[JohnM]

I had plenty of time for a leisurely run back to Salta today so I opted for the scenic route through another cloud forest. It was a gorgeous sans clouds day. It was only about 175km but it took a good three hours or more.

Here we go again... .

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It was a good sealed road, but incredibly narrow. Also, Sunday drivers were out in force, so another reason to take it slow and steady.

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Climbing up the E flank of the sierra, the vegetation was thick and lush; pop over the hill onto the W flank and it open up very quickly.

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[JohnM]

Erk. How did that happen? I must have tried to edit the typo in the first line too quickly.

 

[Cossie]

Erk. How did that happen? I must have tried to edit the typo in the first line too quickly.

That's alright, I can 'like' it again!

 

[JohnM]

Cerro San Bernardo and the cable car line above Salta, NW Argentina, from my hotel room late afternoon Sunday.

 

[Daver6]

Franschoek, South Africa

 

[JohnM]

Hauling out of Salta this afternoon.

 

[RooFlyer]

Back to shorts and T shirt today: ( east coast, Tas):





Not going this far, though:

 

[Denali]

View last week at the Hague. We avoided the bigger, more populated store (that buses go to) and went to one of the original buildings. Enjoyed a quick 10min private tour (up 2 steep flights of stairs if you have mobility issues but I made it so most will) and then escorted to the store and left alone. No pressure selling, picked up my Christmas decoration

 

[JohnM]

Home, sweet home for the next 19-20 hours EZE-(xGRU*)-DOH... .

(*2:30 to GRU for a 1:30 ‘technical stopover’ as QR calls it, then c. 15:15 GRU-DOH.)

 

[JohnM]

Hauling out of EZE. Currently on the run to GRU. WiFi is fast.

 

[JohnM]

Light options on offer for the short run to GRU. Most definitely not a NP salad .

Nice Malbec from Valle de Uco.

 

[JohnM]

I’ve hit the deck in GRU. Very surprised that the vast majority of pax are getting off here.

 

[JohnM]

The outside view right now.



The inside view right now.



Where the office is right now.



Don’t forget - I’m facing backwards...

 

[Denali]

Sydney just now (photo from dash cam)

 

[kookaburra75]

Spending a couple of days in Melbourne for a conference
Relaxing along the Yarra - remembering when I used to live in Melbourne


And then I look at the traffic, and remember why I haven't come back

 

[JohnM]

Flightpath took a northerly track. Pretty neat, as it went over the Sahara acroos much of Algeria, so parts of the world not so commonly tracked across. As I figured, and confirmed in a chat with the Captain, the path was because of the issues QR has with its regional neighbours.

But he did say that the track going to S America tends to go more to the S across the centre of Africa and the return track does tend further N anyway. Elapsed time turned out to be about 14:30 instead of the scheduled 15:15.

Also confirmed that QR is flying over Syria.

I had breakfast over W Algeria and then some dinner over the E Mediterranean. The wine supply was running low, so I missed trying the Pomerol. The FA was most apologetic but said a group of blokes over the other side of the cabin had been drinking pretty steadily while I was slumbering.

Must have been geologists or maybe medicos . Whatever, the usual situation of the poor old agriculturalist missing out... again . But at least the medicos may have an understanding and appreciation of where their wine and food comes from....







(Err, maps.me sometimes gets a little confused up there...)

Looking back at sunset.



Now in the Al Mourjan lounge waiting for the bird to PER (A380) (the bird from EZE was a B777) departing in about an hour.

 

[boomy]

Flying Australia to Europe on two of my favourite offices in the sky, A380 & B747.

 

[boomy]

Easter break in Rome.

 

[drron]

JohnM they had to be geologists on the other side of the cabin.any respectable medicos wouldn't have left any wine for you!

 

[love_the_life]

Flightpath took a northerly track. Pretty neat, as it went over the Sahara acroos much of Algeria, so parts of the world not so commonly tracked across. As I figured, and confirmed in a chat with the Captain, the path was because of the issues QR has with its regional neighbours.

But he did say that the track going to S America tends to go more to the S across the centre of Africa and the return track does tend further N anyway. Elapsed time turned out to be about 14:30 instead of the scheduled 15:15.

Also confirmed that QR is flying over Syria.

I had breakfast over W Algeria and then some dinner over the E Mediterranean. The wine supply was running low, so I missed trying the Pomerol. The FA was most apologetic but said a group of blokes over the other side of the cabin had been drinking pretty steadily while I was slumbering.

Must have been geologists or maybe medicos . Whatever, the usual situation of the poor old agriculturalist missing out... again . But at least the medicos may have an understanding and appreciation of where their wine and food comes from....

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(Err, maps.me sometimes gets a little confused up there...)

Looking back at sunset.

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Now in the Al Mourjan lounge waiting for the bird to PER (A380) (the bird from EZE was a B777) departing in about an hour.

What are your thoughts about flying over Syria?