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Category Archives: Mid-air thoughts

I’ve got you babe

January 25, 2015by Alex Leave a comment

A not-particularly-coherent and a little messy post from Emirates airline seats over the Indian Ocean and Saudi. Consider skipping this post and waiting for the next one, which will be set in Jordan and probably quite funny.

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Mid-air thoughts

Always get the french fries

June 8, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 6 June Location: somewhere over Kansas, US Airways flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Las Vegas, Nevada. Notable sightings: storms, so many storms, buffeting our little plane about. I’ve spent […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

Hot Child In The City

May 28, 2014by Alex 4 Comments

Date: Hard to say. Still 27 May, I suppose. Location: seat 26G (aisle), over the Pacific Ocean just about to cross the International Date Line, Japanese Airlines/American Airlines flight from […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

Monsoon and mountains; lotus buds and laundry; sadus, sweat and sweet tea

May 24, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 24 May Location: Somewhere over Thailand, seat 23A (window — view out of Nepal so required), Malaysian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to KL. Notable sightings: the last day on […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

“The accumulation of time in walls”

April 27, 2014by Alex 3 Comments

Date: 27 April Location: seat 35A, Jet Airways flight from Trivandrum to Mumbai, en route to Delhi Notable sightings: Indian airplane food. Not as bad as you might think. (Effect: […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

Orchids and expats in the sauna in the land of Tigers (beer variety)

April 11, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

  Date: 11 April. Location: seat 43G (aisle, thank goodness), Singapore Airlines flight, somewhere over the Bay of Bengal Notable sightings: the coolest hotel pool in the entire world, fabulous […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

Nest.

April 11, 2014by Alex 1 Comment

Date: 10 April 2014. Location: seat 43D (aisle, obviously), Singapore Airlines flight, somewhere over noth western Australia. Notable sightings: none to report. Airports and airplanes. Not a terribly auspicious beginning. […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

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