What I hate most about flying
THE THING I hate most about flying is the landing. And, it seems to be worsening. I start getting nervous when the pilot announces that we are about to land, squeeze the arm-rest when the descent begins and until the plane begins its taxi on the tarmac, and just become plain restless when told to remain seated and buckled up while the bridge is being set up.
I’m not homophobic, but after spending eleven hours next to a gay couple who wouldn’t stop bitching about the service the whole time and even brought their own (rather spicy) food, I think I’ll stay clear of that demographic in future travels. (Well, maybe I’m slightly homophobic in extreme situations, like that one time when I was around twelve and my brother took me on a meeting at his plumber’s house, and we came face to face with the three sons all wearing dresses!)
Anyway, the past two weeks in Mauritius were fulfilling. We managed to do the things we set to do, had a good time even if I was connected to the office and working everyday (sometimes more than I would if I were at the office), and, spent a Chinese New Year in Mauritius for the first time in eight years!
Pictures are still in the camera which stayed with Priscilla in Mauritius… Yep, that’s right: I’m on my own for another month.
Eddy.
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Landing (not in bad weather) is my favourite part of flying. I don’t know if your experience was as bad as Sheron’s first London-Toronto trip. Someone was farting on a regular basis. It was so bad, that we had to find some other seats :-)
I’m glad you got to do what you wanted to do. And if I have been to Mauritius for Chinese New Year a few times since moving to Canada, I never managed to do some scuba diving until last year.
I even got to experience a cyclone :-)
Comment by Patrick Ng — Saturday, 9 February 2008 23:07 GMT #
You could have taken this shot when landing in Heathrow :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/morisien/1050679531/
Comment by S — Saturday, 9 February 2008 23:47 GMT #
Patrick– Cyclone Gula was threatening when I was there. The way the cyclone bulletins were issued caused a controversy. At 0800 on Thursday 31 Jan, a Class 3 cyclone warning was issued and the public told to expect a Class 4 warning in the afternoon. Then, at 0830, all warnings were removed. This was a major inconvenience that many attributed to a lack of professionalism.
Stephane– Unfortunately, I didn’t have the camera and missed some nice shots of the Alps and London by night.
Comment by Eddy — Sunday, 10 February 2008 09:26 GMT #
Eddy: At least you were not stuck in Mauritius. I was, and it was such a pain in the butt because I had to constantly call the airline company (Air Mauritius in my case) to know when I would be leaving. I was scheduled to leave at 21:00 initially. Then it was changed to 01:00 the next day. However, I did not leave until 06:00. There was some (maybe a lot) lack of good planning at the airport. Because of the cyclone, I had to take two more vacation days :-( On one side, I got to spend more time with my family, but on the other hand the level of stress was not what I wanted.
I have some similar shots of London, though not too many. I like landing so much that I actually shot a short clip of “Le Flamboyant” landing at Heathrow where you can also see the reverse thrust on the engines :-)
Comment by Patrick Ng — Monday, 11 February 2008 13:33 GMT #