AUG 30, 15 .. THE FLIGHT .. ULAANBAATAR TO HONG KONG ..

I wanted to title this post : That'll be the day .. 

As in : That'll be the day .. When I get tired of the excitement of an International Flight ..

I am not positive why the below flight boards continue to excite me but they still do .. Seeing them still gives me the tingles ..

That'll be the day .. When the above and below flight boards no longer cause a little thrill to run through me ..

I wonder about the top name below .. Hum-m-m ..Where is and what is HOH HOT !

You I KNOW Miss Hong Kong .. 

Captain! You consider the below situation to be 'exciting'.

Captain! What is wrong with this picture .. You could be home .. Ah-h watching the evening news.

Exactly .. I could be home watching the news .. NOT here in Mongolia looking at the biggest bag I have ever seen in my entire life.

I need to go back-to-the beginning .. Back to the two people responsible for practically all of my Mongolian adventures.

I never grow tired of saying THANK YOU Deegi (left) and Changer (right) ..

I really like these photos of the two of them ..

Just what I desperately needed in a dramatic moment of a 'blood sugar crash' from all of the excitement ..

Oreo Cheesecake .. It was OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD !

What a chuckle this short story is. After I had passed through checking my bag and getting my boarding pass then security and customs and immigration I came into a large room full of people with no sign of departure gate numbers anywhere.

Further .. my boarding pass had no gate number on it. So I asked a uniformed man .. "Where are the boarding gates?" .. 

He looked at me blankly .. shrugged .. and waving-at-the-crowd before me uttered something about there being only one gate ..

"Ulaanbaatar International Airport has only one departure gate?"

My flight was called and suddenly everyone poured from the one large room into a long corridor. I just followed along and noted there were actually five (count them FIVE) departure gates. Ah-h-h that is more like it Ulaanbaatar Int'l .. five departure gates !! Chinggis Khaan would be proud of this.

NOW YOU JUST HUSH-UP MISS HONG KONG .. DO YOU HEAR ME !!

Have I failed to mention during my stay here in Mongolia that it rains from time-to-time ??

It really was a dark and threatening day ..

You get what you get .. 

We are about to taxi onto our departure runway ..

Deep breath .. Here we go off for Hong Kong ..

The Ulaanbaatar Int'l Airport ..

I wonder IF that air was safe-to-breathe ..

Let's you and I fly to Hong Kong today Mr. Flying Mongolian Horse ..

I never know but what someone may be looking at my website for the first time ever and that someone may never have been on an airplane. So I show these cabin photos for them ..

From the rear looking forward ..

Time flies when you are having so much fun. Suddenly it was dinner-time !

I myself can NOT answer this question: After the many airline meals I have eaten .. Why do they always excite me and why do I so enjoy them?

Time to open the lid and see what wonder awaits my taste buds.. 

WOW ! Chicken and rice with a roasted pepper on top .. A nice potato salad with lettuce and tomato with a roll and a dessert pastry ..

I am 'into my dinner' ..

I really enjoyed my meal ..

 Every single time I walked past the below couple as I headed to the back of the plane they were so friendly to me ..

I asked .. they are from Taiwan ..

The clouds are always an adventure .. These were no different ..

I was looking forward and I spotted the below cloud formation. 

I continued to photograph it as we approached closer ..

And closer ..

The above and below photos are practically identical with the above photo being a telephoto closeup ..

I also was attracted to the below cloud formation as we flew into it .

Fascinating images ..

By the way .. the 'brown-thing' at the bottom of the photos is the aircraft wing ..

Is that land that I see above and below ?

Hong Kong come in ! .. Hong Kong do you read us ?

I just got a' little tingle' writing that I am flying into Hong Kong !!

Ten Four OM 267 .. We have you on our radar .. Come on in .. Welcome to Hong Kong ..

Construction and more construction .. It never seems to cease ..

Miss Cathay you sure are one-enormous bird !! 

You sure are looking-good ..

Ladies and Gentlemen .. Please be careful when you open the overhead compartments .. Luggage may have shifted during our flight ..

A nice flight Chinggis Khaan ..

Just like back in the 1950s .. down an outside stairway we all walked ..

Similar to Washington Dulles .. into a bus out at the aircraft ..

I was literally first onto the second bus .. Heh-heh-heh .. I just got to the entrance door of the first bus and I quietly stepped-aside and waited for the next bus .. 

My buddies from Taiwan .. did we meet in a past-life .. We hooked-up onboard and on-the-bus .. Amazing .. Such wonderful people ..

Here we go Patti .. Get on the Bus My Dear One ..

Hong Kong baggage pick-up ..

My luggage carousel was Number 6 in the distance ..

Hong Kong Arrival Hall 'A' ..

I decided to really do a photo-shoot as to what it looks like as you come into the Arrival Hall ..

Onto the train heading for Hong Kong Central ..

Another great trip .. Hello Miss Hong Kong ..

On the bus heading for home ..

My immediate travel plan is to return to Ulaanbaatar Mongolia this upcoming week .. Possibly flying North on Friday ..

Stay Tuned .. Thank You So Much To You Who Are Following Along Here ..

Smiles .. Cap ..