Gizmo does New Zealand - November 25

Exposure: 1/30
Aperture: f/4.5
Camera: NIKON D70
Lens: 10.0-24.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
ZK-OKE at Gate 41 of Hong Kong airportFlight NZ39¹ left on schedule just after midnight local time.

On the first leg I tried to snatch a bit of sleep, and watched a couple of films². We didn't have too long to wait at Hong Kong before we were off again on the final leg of our voyage. I managed to watch another four films³ until at the end of a very, very long flight we had some nice views of Essex and surrounds, including my home town and office, as we headed towards Heathrow.

Exposure: 1/1600
Aperture: f/4.5
Camera: NIKON D70
Lens: 10.0-24.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
Southend-on-Sea; you can see the pier sticking out into the Thames estuary, and the airport on the right Exposure: 1/800
Aperture: f/4.5
Camera: NIKON D70
Lens: 10.0-24.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
Wickford, Benfleet, Canvey Island and Basildon Exposure: 1/1250
Aperture: f/4.5
Camera: NIKON D70
Lens: 10.0-24.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
Dunton
Warley Exposure: 1/320
Aperture: f/9.0
Camera: NIKON D70
Lens: 10.0-24.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
Looking up the Lee Valley past Wiltham Abbey towards Hoddesdon and Harlow; White Hart Lane is at the bottom right
Looking east towards Dagenham

And that was it; after a smooth taxi ride back, I pulled my car out of my parents' garage, drove home... and slept. A lot.

Best holiday ever. The only disappointing bit was having to come home and go back to work.

¹ Another 777-200ER, this time ZK-OKE.

² Horrible Bosses (better than I expected) and Cars 2 (most amusing, like the original).

³ Captain America (thoroughly unconvinced), Green Lantern (what the heck was that all about?!), The Next Three Days (best not to examine the plot too hard) and Bad Teacher (mildy amusing).

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