2013 Highlight: Best flight of the year
December 19, 2013 • Spiritual Adventures
This year was full of flights around the world and I am very grateful for all the speaking opportunities, side trips, vacations and amazing people that I met along the way. There were a lot of flights to say the least and countless hours on planes. (Ps/ I plan to plant a lot of trees in the near future for all the flying I do plus I love trees – part of my 150 year plan.) But the best flight I had was one that I did not plan. In September I was scheduled to be in Kuala Lumpur then Bali for a couple of talks. The Emirates flight I was suppose to take (NYC to Dubai to Kuala Lumpur) was changed and the other option I was given was a Cathay Pacific flight from NYC to Hong Kong then Kuala Lumpur.
That flight was 15 hours long but the route we took was not something I expected. We headed north east from New York (instead of west), flew over the North Pole flew then over the 2 places I have always wanted to see, Siberia and Mongolia. Daylight the entire flight and I was blessed with spectacular scenery. Here are some photos taken from the plane. It got my vote for the best flight of the year!
More chunks of ice can be seen in the water as we approach the North Pole. An island with a lake on it.
The “start” of the North Pole. From here onwards it was just white everywhere.
Views of the North Pole
Flying over Siberia.
Mongolia! I’ve seen it from the air and now I want to see it on the ground!
Western China in the morning.
A 46 second video showing the flight over Mongolia.
And here’s a list of all the places I have been blessed to be this year!
January
Buffalo, USA
Toronto & Ottawa, Canada
Munich & Hamburg, Germany
Kitzbuhel, Austria
February
Kolkata, Varanasi, Allahabad, New Delhi, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Chandelao in North India
March
Sydney, Australia
Queenstown, New Zealand
Charlotte, North Carolina
May
Portland, Oregon
Toronto, Canada
Nosara, Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica
June
St.Thomas, US Virgin Islands
July
Sydney, Australia
August
St.Louis , Missouri
New Orleans, Louisiana
Portland, Oregon
September
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Central Java, Bali & Lombok in Indonesia
October
Perth, Brisbane & Byron Bay in Australia
November
Kitzbuhel, Austria
Munich, Berlin & Hamburg in Germany
Prague, Czech Republic
London, UK
December
Eagle, Avon and Boulder, Colorado
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