The Winged City
Mechanics and Protocol
The Skytrain is approaching the platform. Please stand clear and make way for alighting passengers.
Open twenty-four hours.
Gates open three hours before scheduled departure time.
Follow the signs to customs clearance and immigration.
Photography of the airport tarmac is not permitted at any time.
All flights will operate subject to traffic demand. Some flights may be combined subject to traffic demand.
“Malaysia four-one-nine heavy, make a right turn on runway three-one right, move up behind company on Echo.”
Ensure fire detectors in the front and aft baggage holds are unobstructed and display a full charge.
Please return your vest at the end of your shift. Thank you.
Passenger Tubes
Secure the overhead compartment flap properly and be careful when opening as loose items may fall out injuring those seated underneath.
Do not smoke in the passenger compartment, toilets, or when the sign is switched ON.
The cabin lights will be dimmed for landing. Ensure window shades are open and return your seat to its full upright and locked position.
As Living Space
The viewing gallery is located in the passenger concourse and is free to all visitors and passengers.
Please refrain from touching the models.
Smoking lounges are provided for your comfort and convenience.
Supervised play only.
Make your family smile with great tasting LIPTON Mango Iced Tea! It’s the perfect blend of thirst quenching LIPTON Iced Tea and the sweet taste of mangoes.
For security reasons, please do not leave your baggage unattended. Should you spot unattended baggage, contact the airport police immediately.
Please check-in early if you prefer bulkhead or emergency exit seating.
Customers are advised of a 15% price increase on all menu items effective November 1.
Currency exchange services are available for all of the airport’s destinations.
Carry-on baggage must not weigh in excess of six kilograms.
Have your ticket and passport available for inspection upon entering the plane.
Some Favourite Stragglers, Part I
A Gotchic cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania.
For the longest time my favourite “photo moment” of the trip was caught by this out-of-focus, halloween-orange snap from our train as it pulled out of the Saint Petersburg station, leaving our friend Marina and her out-of-frame father on the platform waving goodbye. It’s not much of a shot but I’m glad I have something to remember the moment by.
Our cabin, to the left of the number markings, on the Trans-Siberian.
Waiting for the MRT train in Singapore.
Payphones at Changi International Airport, Singapore. Was this really only yesterday?
Backlit boards at a bus station in Kota Bahru, Malaysia.
An otter feasts at the Singapore Zoo.
Gawking shadows at the croc tank.
This Week in Photos
This post takes us through all but the last two days of a six-month trip that ends twelve hours from the time published at the bottom of this post. I’d really like to skip ahead those twelve hours and maybe twelve more; I hate saying goodbyes, especially one as difficult as this will be parting ways with Will.
Expect a flurry of backed-up posts after I’ve had some time on the weekend to sort through the themed sets I’ve been working on. For now, though, here’s a handful of snaps from our last week spent bumming around the rather dull Malaysian islands of Perhentian:
Bottlecap chess. Photo credit Will van Engen.
Players on a break.
Low tide.
Catching crabs on the shoreline.
Will looks out to sea (a shot for the rellies).
A solar farm under construction.
Solar graffiti.
Solar out to sea.
Boat to the mainland.
Friendship.