5-6-11 /Moscow-Singapore

When we landed at Moscow, the first good sign that the flight would be ok was that we docked next to an El-Al 767-300ER bound for Tel Aviv, and that automatically made me think of Simone, which by this point its been almost a week since I had seen her, and I already missed her sooo much!

The weather and people of Moscow that day was dreary. I would probably have to say that Moscow is one of my least favorite airports, up there with the airport at Philly. The airport seemed to be stuck in the cold war era of inefficiency, as all the passengers were forced to deplane and go through a russian security checkpoint, as if we haven't been through enough security checkpoints already.

There was only 1 person handling all the passengers that deplaned, even though there were 4 open counters, the lack of organization was frustrating, probably also because I was sweating and still recovering from an 11 hour flight. 

We finally got back on the plane, and we were sitting next to the same guy, we hoped he wouldn't be there... but oh well. I was pretty frustrated with the whole ordeal and my clothes were pretty damp with sweat, I was just hoping to get back on terra firma. One of the things that kept me going was hoping that things would be much better in Singapore, also looked forward to watching more movies. 

Will probably avoid flying into Moscow in the future if I can help it. 

So I settled into my seat hoping to watch a movie, but when I got back, my in-flight entertainment system was on the fritz, which made me pretty pissed. However I went and got a change of clothes and we got some food, and I felt a lot better. Had a steward reset my entertainment system and all was much better.

I started off the flight by watching “Black Swan” (I AM THE SWAN QUEEN!), then “The King's Speech” and finished up the flight with “The Mechanic” all pretty great movies. I can see why both “Black Swan” and “The King's Speech” won Oscars. Landed in Singapore in the early morning, after flying over Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Malaysia. I was able to see the glow of Cities in India, and the glow of Kuala Lumpur which is pretty huge. I also saw a group of clouds which I'm pretty sure were storm clouds because I saw flashes of light within them... either that ot it was explosions. Not sure, but Now onto Singapore!

Views from Singapore as we descended towards the airport, Airport must be on the outskirts of town as I remembered Singapore's lights being much more vibrant. Also sorry for the poor quality of the photos, I wish my camera could do most of what I have been seeing justice.