Apologies to all, this blog has been interrupted for the past 6 days – I have just emerged from behind the Great Firewall. I managed to make a couple of small posts by using my mobile phone to access the blog using 3G/4G data. However this was very slow and my data limit was reached quickly. Trying to access www.blogger.com or any Google-related site using hotel or other wifi was not possible. I suppose the Chinese have their reasons, it is their country and they can do whatever they think best. Before coming to China I should have set up a web-access email site not associated with any of the big USA companies. Once in China I should have got a local sim card. However things in China were pretty hectic. On arrival at Shanjie (Thursday 27 April) we were greeted like heroes, with champagne, flowers, reporters, photographers. Then after very many photographs we went off to the hotel, which was full of airshow people, and had dinner...
Hello to anyone who has looked at this blog and wondered why there have been no new posts. This results simply from a lack of time and more urgent must-do items to attend to, including meals and sleep. The route went from Al Ain (in Abu Dhabi) to Ahmedabad in India. From there we flew across India to Chittagong in Bangladesh. Photo:refuelling at Chittagong Then we went from Chittagong to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, arriving there on 20th April. These were all long, long flights. Parked at Chiang Mai International Airport Here is route map for the itinerary from Abu Dhabi to Ahmedabad (India), Chittagong (Bangladesh), Chiang Mai (Thailand). Marie asked for a map! It was good to spend a few days in one place here in Chiang Mai after having long flights every day. Street scene Bar menu Two crews planning flight into China .... On Saturday 22nd April we flew the Mooney to the nearby airfield...
Ben's family in Oxford have been enjoying these updates and cheering you on through the bureaucracy. Thank you for the photos.
ReplyDeleteI see the blue arrow is heading north east - good luck today.
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