Thursday, August 2, 2007

From the air

I'm typing this in the air somewhere over a former soviet republic I
suppose. We have about three hours to go before landing in Chengdu.
The flight is almost full I believe. Many Chinese on board of course
(60% of the passengers or maybe more?). The staff is charming and the
food is good. It's a real pleasure to fly with KLM. The aircraft type
is a Boeing 777, modern and relatively comfortable in the economy class.

The girls (Cheukyi, Tenzin and Zoe) enjoyed the entertainment system
so much that they just turned it off and are only now trying to get
some sleep. We will land in Chengdu around 12.30 p.m. local time,
drive to the hotel and drop our bags there before going to the travel
agent to book the flights to Lhasa and to the bus station to get seat
on the bus to Kanding/Dartsedo tomorrow. We will probably not have
the possibility to get some sleep before tonight. It may be better,
doing a siesta would probably not help with the jet lag.

Oh, I watched "Flushed Away" after dinner. I saw it in the cinema
with Cheukyi a few month ago but it was still a lot of fun. Try to
catch it on DVD if you didn't see it yet!

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