Leipzig - Bishkek - Dubai

We started out our day of flying from Leipzig, Germany with three captians, one first officer, eight flight attendends, one mechanic, one ops. rep. and 275 Marines bound for Bishkek. The meal on the first leg was very good (its hard to call any meal served on a plane great, but I really like this one); little bratwurst, sauerkraut, and mashed potatos.

The weather at Bishkek, Manas airport was a lot better than forecast, but still cold. In Bishkek we picked up some more Marines headed home to Japan - the very long way. There are many countries that we can not fly over when we carry the military.















We had to fly back around Iran, which added 3 hours to the flight time, to Dubai, U.A.E. We rolled into the hotel about 22 hours after we left Leipzig. Out my window, I had a good view of the Burj Dubai tower, tallest building in the world.