Chris has been taking many photos to journal about his stay in India.  This helps the boys know what he does and what his experience has been like.  He has a neat photo journal of his flight to India.  He first flew from Madison to Chicago.  The next flight was non-stop from Chicago to Delhi, India – a 15 hour flight.  Then, he had to stay overnight in a hotel and take the first flight to Ahmedabad.  It was quite an ordeal. The boys and I will be taking the same flight at the end of September to go visit Chris for a month.  All I can say is thank goodness that there is plenty of movie entertainment for each child!  Whew!

Each photo is clickable to get a larger view.

We flew over on a Boeing 777. This was the view of the cabin from my seat. The seats in cattle class, errr . . . coach (shown here), are configured two on the side, five in the middle, and then two again on the other side.

Each seat has a mini TV screen either on the back of the seat in front of it, or on an arm that pulls out and up from the arm rest.

The welcome / main menu screen for the “in-flight entertainment system”.

If you choose the “Flight Path” option, it loops through several screens that show trip data. On one, you get real-time data on altitude, ground speed, and outside air temp.

On another, you get a “big picture” view of the flight path.

The plane indicates the location along the flight path, and the screen also shows day and night areas.

We were flying over Greenland at 35,000 feet (about 6-1/2 miles) through air that was nearly 70 below zero.

While you’re on the plane, you get one meal and then a snack bag. This is what the in-flight meal looks like; I got the vegetarian option, which was actually pretty good.

Some fiords in Scandinavia.

The coast of Poland.

Northeastern Afghanistan from 41,000 feet.