I HOPE ..

MAKE NO MISTAKE .. I FULLY REALIZE HOW BLESSED AND HOW LUCKY AND HOW FORTUNATE I AM TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AS I DO. THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY WEBSITE HERE IS TO REALIZE MY DESIRE THAT .. IN SOME SMALL WAY .. ONE OF MY POSTS OR ONE OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS WILL MAKE ONE PERSON'S DAY JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

TO FEEL GOOD .. DO GOOD !

I HOPE THAT SOMEONE VISITING MY WEBSITE WILL SEE SOMETHING ON IT THAT THEY WILL NOT EVER BE ABLE TO SEE OR TO DO OTHERWISE .. AND THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WILL MAKE THEIR DAY OR THEIR LIFE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER !


IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH AND ADEQUATE MONEY TO FOLLOW-YOUR-DREAM .. WITH DISCERNMENT .. FIND THE COURAGE AND HAVE THE GUTS TO DO WHAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO DO!


TRULY THIS IS MY DOXOLOGY .. MY PRAISE TO GOD!

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Wednesday 9 September 2015

SEP 9, 15 .. THE FLIGHT .. HONG KONG NORTH TO ULAANBAATAR MONGOLIA ..

Here in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia the temperature this morning was 34 F (1 C) and it felt a tad chilly ..

A few-days-ago I wrote the below words .. 

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

That'll be the day when I stop this globe-trotting ..

I have been off-line for a few days as I have transitioned back to Mongolia from Hong Kong.  

Here we go loop de loop .. Here we go loop de li ..

From my studio apartment in Sheung Wan Hong Kong all of my flights begin with a ride in the shuttle bus to the Hong Kong Airport Express Train Station.



At the Hong Kong Airport Express Station I check my bag and get my boarding pass ..


I have absolutely no inclination to check to see IF they really mean the below timing .. Be there RTG 20 minutes before departure time .. Period ..


Look at the above boarding-pass .. I am blessed to be flying from Hong Kong North to Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaater Mongolia .. 

I AM SO BLESSED! THANK YOU MY CREATOR!

Off to the train ..


On the train and off to Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport ..


We are almost there .. a quick 25-minute extremely comfortable air conditioned train ride .. 




Off the train ..


Into Terminal 1 (T1) for Mongolian Airlines ..


Into security and immigration ..


After the above hour and a half .. I am hungry! Just look at this sandwich shop ..



Spicy Chicken with all-of-the-fixings the on a fancy roll .. US$ 8.77 .. It was worth every cent ..


Nice seating ..


Off to my boarding gate .. Tuesday the 8th of September 2015 .. I am flying to MONGOLIA .. Hot-Diggety-Dog !


Here we board a bus for the trip out to the plane on the tarmac. 


I 'time-this' so that I get a seat. How? I get to the door and step aside and wait for the next bus. This way I am able to get one of the very few seats on the bus out to the plane ..

A quick Rhetorical Question: 

Are all-of-them on their smart-phones!


The bus driver waits patiently until the bus fills up .. 


A scene or two en route out to the plane ..


Huge aircraft .. absolutely enormous .. positively fascinating to me. Going out to the satellite terminal on the shuttle bus you get to see things you do not get to see when you board from the main terminal boarding gates as you walk out a jet way to your aircraft.



Let me say this again .. 

That'll be the day when this is no longer exciting and thrilling to me ..

Into the satellite terminal and up the twin escalators we all go ..


Etch This Into-Your-Minds People !!



Having etched this into your minds .. PUT DOWN your smart-cell-phones and look where you are going and please watch what you are doing!

Here we all are out in the satellite terminal ..

Yes the Chocolate Shop is still here and in business ..




I do not know who the below Most Charming Miss is .. nor what she is doing .. but I could NOT resist snapping her photo ..



The satellite terminal has all the amenities believe me ..



An old friend ..



I am at my departure gate .. EARLY .. no drama today sport's fans ..



Look away for a split-second and below is what you get ..



Out in the satellite terminal we are far removed from the main terminal complex. Out beyond the windows is the great-beyond. Several photos further below you will see the gigantic main terminal complex as viewed from my seat on the aircraft.



I get to the departure gate EARLY .. I position myself at the departure gate EARLY and I wait .. This is what-I-do (ala Peyton Manning) ..

I will be sitting for the next four and one-half hours .. I will happily stand for 15 to 20 minutes to be the first to board .. will you just look at the line behind me!



I wonder why no one else does this. Seldom IF ever am I beaten at this game. OF course some airlines force you to wait because they board by seat rows .. those seated at the tail-end of the aircraft boarding first. I beat that system by just stepping aside until my section is called.

Below are several views looking back at parts of the main Chek Lap Kok terminal complex .. 








We are out on the taxi-way now .. The below aircraft are taking-off ..





We are next to fly .. Deep Breath .. Here we go ..


Ladies and Gentlemen .. We have lift-off .. We are on-our-way back North to MONGOLIA ..


Below is a view of the above control-tower complex that I snapped as we passed it while still on the ground ..



Our last look at Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International ..



Today's Rhetorical Comment:

Happiness is different things on different days in different places. Happiness changes constantly.

Today .. On This Flight .. For Me .. Happiness Was .. TWO things:


Happiness above was an empty center seat next to me so that I could put my carry-on back-pack under the seat next to me and completely out of the way of my feet .. plus the extra room to my right .. plus (see further below) room for my meal to spread out to my right onto the empty center-seat tray table ..

Happiness below was a seat-mate who slept almost the entire flight and did NOT opt to eat his meal ..

We two really got-along-extremely-well ..  


What is that in the background Captain across the center aisle?

That'll be the day when I stop being thrilled with my airline meals.

Oh Come On Captain!  .. This is a program of honesty.

That'll be the day when you are no longer thrilled with ..

 ANY MEAL set before you.


Do you all see what I mean about happiness being an empty center seat next to me?



Just another fun meal on Mongolian Airlines! Hot spicy chicken in a red-sauce over noodles with veggies and a roll .. A great potato salad with my desert-to-die for on the upper left ..



I ate the veggies first and then mixed the chicken and red-sauce into the noodles ..

Great cabin service ..


That'll be the day when I no longer am interested in nor do I care to photograph scenes that I am able to photograph out the window ..

Yes sometimes I sleep because I am totally exhausted .. sometimes I am in an aisle seat .. but NOT flying here in Asia!

Scenes en route North to Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA ..





I found myself wondering IF there was some high-level air pollution present in the upper levels of the clouds. We were between China and Russia ..










There she is .. Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA ..






The sky suddenly 'cleared-up' and the day was bright ..



Miss Hong Kong! You can be such a nice lady! Thank You So Much Miss Hong Kong for keeping your thoughts to yourself about your Chek Lap Kok International Airport .. aka a vast global transportation hub .. that is certainly one of the major air terminals in all of the world ..

Miss Mongolia also thanks you. So too does Chinggis Khaan .. Ulaanbattar's air terminal's namesake ..




"How?" .. I ask you .. "Can I NOT snap the below two photos!" .. What an elegant and majestic 'bird'.




Oh My .. Here we go loop-de-loop .. Immigration was intense .. 






Happiness is ALWAYS : Seeing my bag coming ..



What a day in Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA!  



59 Degrees F and just absolutely sparkling ..



One of my 'home' airports .. How neat is this? 



So nice to see my best-of-friends Changer ..




Leaving the grounds of Chinggis Khaan Air Terminal .. Just look at the day will you!





 "Changer .. I really feel like I am back home!" 


What a magnificent room ..


A full kitchen ..



My view ..



Yes! Oh Yes! I think that I will put-my-feet-up and I will stay awhile here in MONGOLIA ..


These few words can .. in no way .. express the joy that I am feeling ..

IF THE ONLY PRAYER YOU EVER SAY IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE IS THANK YOU .. IT WILL BE ENOUGH .. MEISTER ECKHART ..

Thank You Oh God Of Abraham .. My Creator .. For All Of My Abundance ..

With Great Humility .. Cap ..

8 comments:

  1. I cannot fathom the day when you will not be excited about traveling! I felt like I was with you on the bus and train getting to the Hong Kong Airport. That spicy chicken sandwich at "Panopolis" sandwich shop looked divine! Interesting, that actually did look like smog ABOVE the clouds when you were in the air. Nice that you had the spare seat between you and your aisle-mate. And, what a GORGEOUS day greeted you in Ulaanbaatar...crystal clear, deep blue sky. Lovely! Hugs to being back in Mongolia after another super flight. Patti

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    1. Thanks for your re-reading this post after we published it ..

      Here is the simple answer to your thinking about me not being excited about traveling ..

      Health .. That'll Be The Day .. When my health fails then the travel will cease to be so much fun. In fact when the health fails LIFE ITSELF ceases to be much fun.

      Well you have been with me in several Emergency Rooms at all hours and I have kept a pretty positive attitude haven't I. Remember when Dr. Cliff Merchant at Prov said to me as he started to incise my chest .. "This will hurt like hell." To snub Cliff I did not even flinch .. And lunch after my left leg was put into a cast when I fell on the ice in March of 2004 at the Iditarod .. And at Beaumont in April 2007 ..

      Happy you liked the post .. I never know and then out a post comes. Once I begin to snap away then a post will happen.

      Proof-reading three (3) today is amazing .. No wonder you are in bed sleeping .. Thanks So Much for your support .. Love .. Cap ..

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  2. What a great post and that last photo was PERFECT!!! Soon......

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    1. Soon YOU may very well be here in this room with Patti and I in Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA .. Then YOU can put YOUR feet up on the bed .. Smiles .. Cap .. And about YOUR close-out post on India .. phenomenal work ..

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    2. Cap, one question: Did you eat your seatmate's airplane meal?

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    3. Did I WHAT? Did I leave a perfectly good meal for the trash? Did I ingest it? Ask The Shadow .. THE Shadow Knows .. Smiles .. and Joy .. pardon me while I (burp) .. Cap ..

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    1. Well ! What may I ask .. Have We Here .. It looks to me like a comment from 'Zilla here on blogspot ..

      Smiles .. Cap IN Mongolia ..

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