Whilst I always try to capture my travels when on business, I am inevitably more focussed on the task at hand. Phone-calls and discussions with colleagues mean many opportunities are simply missed. Being on holiday allows me more concentration on my photography.
This post summarises my journey – looking out of my window seat. My favourite shot is the one above of the Thames and Houses of Parliament. Have a look at the larger version for more detail.
We’re spending the Eid holidays in London. A cold, wet, freeeezing London. Great…
During summer it always feels like a holiday being here. Even when we lived here. For some reason, I associate the summer weather with all the tourist attractions. It has been a few years since we spent more than a quick stop-over in London around this time of year. Winter-London feels like I’m back home. Many old memories of frost, coats, scarves, hats and numb toes.
During our final approach into London’s Heathrow, I saw our 777 perfectly drawn onto the clouds. For those familiar with the area, you can just see the GlaxoSmithKline building in the centre left.
Ok, not quite that bad. However, this 40-minute journey was delayed by 40 minutes!
Air traffic control were having some fun with this pilot. Two and a half circles after flying into London’s air space, we made our final approach West into Heathrow.
I didn’t have a window seat but managed this photograph of the screens 
Since moving back to Kuwait I am flying less often with BA. My frequent-flyer card changed from Gold to Silver and this week back to BLUE! Only two days ago! I know it’s only fair, but it sounds crazy that after all the money I spent with BA over five years, I now have a card that one can get by simply filling in a form
I have to admit that T5 is wonderful. You don’t need to have access to a lounge here. I had to kill three hours. However, a nice meal, good coffee (I’m travelling!), a newspaper and a walk around the shops, made it feel much shorter. The views, from inside the terminal building, of the runways and taxi ways, are the best I’ve seen from many airports.
Now that I fly around the Middle East more than I do around Europe, I have to make a new friend – Emirates.
I already miss BA.
I recently joined an online Kuwaiti forum dedicated to Aviation. Nice group of people, mostly captains I think. The website is rich with information on aviation and links. Photos and videos of airplanes and airports, and much more. Best of all, in my opinion, is access to a softward that allows you to see planes over Kuwait… LIVE! You have to qualify for access by registering and writing in the forum.
It’s such a small world, I found out that the founder is the brother of an old friend.
Visit KuwaitStorm.
I posted some of my old photographs at their forum, and while searching for images I came across this one. I took this earlier this summer just before landing at Heathrow. If you look carefully, you can almost see the London Eye in full. Almost direclty opposite are the houses of parliament which are visible in the larger versions.
I’ve flown British Airways for more than ten years. They have constantly improved their service, systems, food, seats and lounges. Of course there are problems now and then, and I’ve had my fair share of rows with their staff (the inherently stupid ones), but today I’m writing this from the BA lounge at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5. Wow… The furniture, ambiance, size, food, drinks, reading material, service (I could go on for a while)…
Most impressive, I’m sure you’ll agree, is the view.
The sun is setting over Heathrow’s horizon.
I took this an hour before we boarded.
