Barnstorming, 2008
[having trouble getting pix off the camera onto the computer – will be added later] Not quite an alpine start, but everything in aviation does take a little longer. The […]
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The Hajj, aviation-style
One of the five pillars of Islam is the Hajj, the obligation that every able-bodied Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their life. Any pilot will […]
Capitol Days
If the inflight map is to believed, we’re crossing the the state line out of Kansas now, westbound. Thirty eight thousand feet, somewhere near midnight on the way back to […]
At 56th and 5th
Paused at the corner of this steel-glass canyonHis neck craned back into the dithering blue,The citywise swarm parts, unnoticingToo busy anymore to even mock this bumpkin‘s indulgence:“Ooh – look at […]
Skyscrapers of stone
Last week at this time, I was weighing the fine balance of subfreezing night air in Central California’s Pinnacles National Monument against the smoky blaze of a campfire overfed with […]
Impending Jet Lag
Back home for almost a day now, just waiting for the jetlag to kick in. That’s the way it always is, you know – you get home feeling like, this […]
Chance makes a connecting flight
Pasteur wrote that “Chance favors the prepared mind.” But it seems that Chance sometimes takes pity on people who would be prepared if they weren’t just so damned tired. I’m […]
Southbound with Alanis
35,000 feet over South India, Alanis Morissette on the headphones as a painted sunset fades over the Arabian sea, and I’ve finally got a moment to breathe and reflect. I […]
Dharavi
Some statistics: Over 50% of Mumbai’s population lives in a slum. At over 7 million people, that’s larger than the entire population of most states in the US. We’ve spent […]
To market, to market
Waaay behind on my bloggage, so just a few words, and a pile of pictures of our ramble through some of Mumbai’s markets. Started out in Crawford market – spices, […]
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