Friday 30th November: Up early, and straight into a taxi, travelled through Penang at rush-hour. An experience. There is a local saying, that if you can drive in Penang, you can drive anywhere.
The sunrises over the mainland. In the distance the bridge to the mainland can be seen.
A short wait at Penang International Airport, and then back on the Silk Air flight to Singapore.
The view from my window as we prepared to taxi out to the runway.
During the hour and half flight, we headed down the Malacca Straits. One of the many ships seen, this Maersk 37,000 dwt tanker.
..and an MSC leaving the berth at Port Klang. (very poor quality)
Before I knew it we were on the approach to Changi, with views of shipyards at Batam, Indonesia.
As well as the SD15 type 'Amar' and 3 laid up LNG tankers awaiting conversion.
The VLCC 'Yangtze Friendship' passes underneath, heading from the Gulf to China.
.....and plenty of ships in the Eastern Anchorage.
Once on the ground at Changi Airport, a short ride on the SkyTrain to the terminal for the onward journey.
Not much was seen from the plane on the way home, due to not having a window. It meant I coould catch up on movies. The only picture I did take was this of this mountain range as we passed over Afghanistan.
After nearly 19 hours of travelling I arrived back at Heathrow - it was still Friday..... a weird feeling!
all copyright Krispen Atkinson
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