What a strange experience - flying backwards. I've always had a preference for travelling in a rear facing seats on trains. The fact that the club class window seats on a BA 747-400 face backwards, gave me a chance to try flying backwards! It was a very different experience - taking off you are pulled out of your seat, and landing pushed in to it... While the shutters are down, to allow people to sleep, it was hard to notice any motion at all - as it should be with no acceleration. But watching the impressive storm clouds pass under the plane, it was strange to be going backwards. Shows how much the eyes and brain are fooling you - the difference between not being able to sense motion with no external view and the impression watching the outside world was noticeable.
Arriving safely in Hong Kong, there was a second strange experience - landing on an airstrip built in the middle of the sea. Until very shortly before actually landing, there is nothing to land on! We skimmed over some of the many boats, small and large, trading round Hong Kong.
 | Then for the second holiday in a row the nice words "sir we've upgrade you to a suite" - in Hong Kong space is at such a premium that actually means to a room with enough room for a seating area, a desk, (and a bed) with a large dressing/bathroom - not three rooms in the less compact Hawaii! It does come with views to rival Waikiki as urban beauty rather than natural |
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