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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Goodbye 2015...

And finally we are here today, the last day of an eventful year, an year called 2015.
As I sit by the window, watching the last sunset of this year on a freezing evening - 5 degrees below zero, flashbacks of the highlights of the year are running on in my mind.


This year had been a landmark year for us marked with major events and most importantly memories that will remain vivid for a lifetime.
The incredible travels that we undertook this year took us far and wide and brought us in touch with exciting new cultures and food that will make our taste buds tingle forever. The incredible people we met in our journeys touched our hearts and our souls in unimaginable ways. Though we are far apart, we do feel a sense of oneness with them.


And then this year, we shifted base and moved out to Korea. Setting up base here was an experience in itself and definitely wasn't easy afterall we were so emotionally connected to our home in Mumbai, a nest that we had built after years of struggle!
The challenges here were significant - new way of life, a new culture, a new language and indeed a lot does get lost in translation. Even though a translation app comes in handy, there are quite a few comical moments that we come across!
And we look forward to a new year, the sun dawning on 2016, a year in which we have a lot to do, so help us God!


Sunday, December 27, 2015

Plane Spotting At ICN ... Part 4

And as is expected, it was Plane Spotting time after we landed at Incheon, after a four hour flight from Palau...


When I see blue, I know I am in Incheon...
Indeed, Korean Air has one of the nicer liveries around...


And so does Asiana, but I am partial to Korean Air...


Braking...


And a lot more blue...



A Korean Air Boeing 747-400 freighter...



The Asiana maintenance bay...



Korean Air Airbus A330 in the SkyTeam livery...


Korean Air Boeing 777 - one of the smoothest jets around...


Up, up up and away...


Blue, blue and lot more blue, but I won't feel blue...


An exotic find - Lao Airlines Airbus A320...


Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777 - another livery I love absolutely...


United Boeing 737...


The biggies... The grace of the Boeing 747 is incomparable to the Airbus A380...


A China Southern Airbus A320 taxiing towards a Malaysian Airbus A330...



Aha... Finally see the Jin Air Boeing 777 that they have acquired from Korean Air...


Air Asia, Philippines Airlines and Jeju Air...


And quite a few more - Thai, Cathay Pacific, Air France, Singapore Airlines and Garuda Indonesia...



Jeju AIr Boeing 737...


A Philippines Airlines Airbus A320...


Air Asia Airbus A330...


Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330...


Singapore Airlines Airbus A330...


A Korean Air Aibus A330 taxis...



The remote terminal used by foreign carriers...


An Airbus A320 of VietJet - a Vietnamese carrier led by a woman entrepreneur Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao...


Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 on its way back to Hong Kong...


Jeju Air Boeing 737 again...


And Incheon Airport welcomes us back from Palau...

Up In The Air .... Part 29



Sunrise over the Pacific...


There is nothing more thrilling than to see the sun rise, for it signifies the dawn of a new opportunity...


And it takes seconds for darkness to give way to light...


That's how life also is...


And the new day has dawned....



Approaching Incheon airport...


Songdo from Up In The Air...


A different perspective of Songdo...



Gosh! It's minus 11 degrees Celsius outside!


A better view of Songdo...




The Incheon Bridge...



Incheon Bridge always reminds me of the Bandra Worli Sea Link back home...



On short finals into Incheon...