Once at the airport our luggage was checked. Boarding for the 12 hour flight to Dubai involved surviving a crush of passengers at the gate. Given that we all had assigned seats the mob scene made no sense. It was a "Gong Show". (Students you can google and find out what this means to "Old Mrs. Grew".)
The same chaos continued onto the plane where all of these same people tried to crush multiple pieces of carry-on luggage into overhead bins designed for much smaller bags. This pushing, crushing and heaving continued for 20-30 minutes delaying our departure from the gate. Finally, when all bins were safely secured we taxied to the runway and took off.
The flight itself was uneventful and I managed to sleep for part of the 12 hour journey. The Dubai airport was not busy and my layover was quite pleasant and relaxing.
The next flight took us from Dubai to Nairobi. These flight maps taken off the screen on the back of the seat in front of me are what I would like my students to study and research(see photos and questions below).
This flight was followed by a second short flight from Nairobi to Kisumu. It was great to arrive, check into my hotel and go for a walk in the bright Kenyan sunshine.
Students, study these photos and see if you can find good answers to the questions below:
Q.1 There appears to be a blue shape moving across this map of the world and our flight path. What do you think this shape represents?
Q.2 Why do you think the shape appears to be moving?
Q. 3 What do you think that the vertical lines mean on the bottom map?
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