Views from the office

Every once in a while we get some awesome views from the office. This one is taken over the Pacific just about as we crossed the International Dateline. It's a Japan Cargo B747-400F about 2 miles ahead of us and 2000ft above. On days like these, I really really love my job.

I'm now in Anchorage, Alaska. It's my first time here and it is definitely different. For a start it doesn't really get dark. It was the summer solstace yesterday and the sun didn't set until about 11:30pm but even at 3am it was still light enough to read outside. Very strange especially when you add into the mix the confusion of the body clock caused by an 8 hour time change and crossing the dateline. On Saturday we left Hong Kong at about 6pm flew through a very short night for about 10 hours and arrived in Anchorage at about 11:30am on Saturday. It's a bit like I went back in time and that's without even counting on the fact that I am now in Alaska which is like stepping back in time anyhow. Needless to say I didn't sleep properly and woke up at about 7am.