Back from Taiwan

Published 2007-05-04

We got back from Taiwan yesterday after utterly uneventful flights. Although the 777 (Cathay Pacific) we took from Taipei to Hong Kong had the coolest feature for their seatback video. There was a camera mounted on the underside of the plane, and you could watch the ground (or clouds) pass by. This was really fun on take off and really terrifying during landing. But still: Cool.

Check out the photoset on Flickr.

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