Waking up somewhere over the Persian gulf not usually so cloudy out this way yep, pretty cloudy still about an hour later, hang on . . . , zoom in  how about that Sharjah airport near Dubai Dubai outback :-)Emirates road and a lot of fog used to hate the traffic when I lived here Landed all lined up quick shower and a bite to eat and off we go again man, the smog has gotten worse, and that's the Burj Khalifa poking through man, can't get over that smog Dubai creek the birds replaced by skyscrapers and growing still The Burj is just towering over the other skyscrapers That's new awesome route plane is taking, loving it yep, still growing and literally on top of the worlds tallest building right now, just can't see it Dubai airport, just did a full 180 degree turn  and the mountains again south of Fujeirah Sohar port in Oman Suwadi Islands lonely cloud Oman mountains wait up, I see waves Right handers out at Al Ashkharah ( turns out there's a few right hand point breaks out this way ) Indian ocean clouds nice getting closer to India and now leaving India on the other side yep, waves down there as well 9 hours later , early Sydney time