I"ve been very busy so haven"t updated the blog lately ( how time flies) After checking in I did catch that early morning flight to Amsterdam (from there changing flights to Manila) It was a beautiful sunny day and after taking our seats. It seemed like an age before the plane finally took off, very quickly climbing to 31000 ft.
Looking out the window there were hardly any clouds to obscure the view of a huge patchwork of English countryside interrupted by small masses of grey (the towns) I actually saw the Wash near the horizon although Boston was hidden by mist & cloud. I never saw the sea because it was hidden by mist & fog yet in what it seemed like no time at all the plane started to descend. As it came through the mist there were rooftops a few hundred feet below. After landing I waited for my luggage on the tarmac (it was only a smaller plane) but I didn"t realise at first that it"s atomatically loaded on to the next flight. The airport was huge but I had over 4 hours to kill to the next flight so tried to get a bit of sleep.
I woke up and after going the wrong way a few times, I eventually found my way to the gate for the Manila flight (the part of the airport where you wait for your flight) I was just in time but I needn"t have worried because it was late taking off anyway they usually are. This plane was huge with seats ten abreast. Naturally I had a window seat but this time there was DVD screens on the back of every seat. This time it wasn"t long until take-off and the plane rose much more steadily. On the screen you pressed a button & it told you the expected flight time, speed & altitude, which country we were flying over even the outside temperature. I was more interested it entertainment and after being given little folding headphones, I was spoilt for choice for films & music with radio stations etc. even games. cont later
