UA_Flyer

It was not my first time in India. I have transited via the old Delhi airports several times when I flew the UA RTW services between HK and London in the late 90s. As a 15-year old, my dad took me to London on BA, and we made a fuel stop in Bombay (now Mumbai). All these transits occurred in the middle of nights/early mornings in total darkness while I was in the state of jetlag.

When I learned I was going to be in Delhi for a week’s meeting, I was excited. India is the country I have read and heared so much about since I was a kid. From “Jungle Boy” to EM Foster’s “A Passage to India”, India has been a mythical place in my mind for a long time. With its vast potentials to be the next economic powerhouse, my visit also provided me an opportunity to, at least in my limited perspective, compare India with China, where I am stationing at the moment.

To get there, I chose Singapore Airlines. I must admit I don’t fly SQ often, but was confused, during the booking, by the 5 configurations amongst its 772/77W fleets. My selected itinerary (PEK-SIN-DEL-SIN-PEK) provided opportunities to try four of them, and they will be covered at the front and back of this trip report.










….. Stay Tuned!


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kampret

lucky you... I always welcome the opportunity to travel to Asia (being an Asian and all) but my current work only requires me to travel domestic.

Also nice pictures.. one of my goal is to experience business/first with SQ.. hey that's why I'm here in FT right? Wish they have those Subway sandwiches here

EXP4ME

Very much looking forward to this report. I've always enjoyed your reports for their photography, particuarly since you provide a lot from the actual destination. I love India, and think you'll tell the story very well with your camera. ^

matthandy

Looking forward to this!

UA_Flyer

kampret

wow you take good pictures... I'm gonna do the same when I'm at Changi this summer

UA_Flyer

kampret, EXP4ME, and matthandy,

Thanks for your comments and your interest in this trip report.

I must admit that I just got a replacement camera for my lost Nikon DSLR, and the replacement is a compact digital. It was not easy to shoot using a compact digital when I am so used to shoot with a Nikon DSRL with a wonderful zoom.

This photo trip report will show you some of the mistakes I have made using my new digital compact. I did not do enough homework to understand the features and capability of my new camera, and the quality of photos suffered as a result.

More photos to be posted shortly.

adrian2611

Just recently saw some of your TRs, you are a gifted photographer and enjoy your unique TR!!! Can't wait to see the rest of this TR!!!^

UA_Flyer

Singapore Airlines and Turkish Airlines are the only two *A carriers not using the *A Alliance lounge operated by Air China. The Air China Lounge is better, IMHO.

Premier Lounge is smaller and the offerings are not bad. I understand SQ used to own the parent company that operates the Premier Lounge.

Edit to add: Photo taking is not allowed in the lounge. I was asked to put away my camera. The photos below shown the inside of the lounge were taken using iPhone ( I was pretending to read my text messages).

UA_Flyer

UA_Flyer

This flight was on 77W that was eqiupped with the SQ signature Givenchy Business class seats. They are the same as those on the A380 and A345. The layout of the business cabin is 1-2-1. They are probably the most roomy business seats in the air today.

UA_Flyer

Thanks very much! Still going through all the photos taken and hope I find enough quality shots of Delhi to share them here.

lj1k

Interesting combo! Very creative!

hoyateach

Beautiful photos. I wish I could squeeze such art from my Canon EoS SLR.

UA_Flyer

Thanks very much for your compliments. As I indicated before, I was shooting with a brand new camera, and there were a lot of mistakes made. You will see some of the low quality photos later in this report.