This time the flight program switches between English and Russian

Our flight path took us over Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia on our way to Moscow. Now, to my mother: I had no idea we'd fly over Afghanistan, really. However, since we were only in Afghani airspace, and since we never touched down in the country, I feel that I have still kept my promise of not going to Afghanistan, like you wanted.

Sunrise over the southern Russian steppe.

Important words in Russian.

After a seven hour flight, during which time I did all of sleep and watch Princess Diaries 2 (which is actually very funny), we arrived in Moscow. Aeroflot is not as bad as I've been warned. We received a dinner which, though it was a bit below the quality found on most other airlines, still tasted alright and held off hunger. We got drinks and free headsets as well. Plus, they have those headrests which you can adjust to lean the side of your head against, which I like very much.

Sheremetevo International Airport outside of Moscow. Terminal two is for international flights, and terminal one, which we were driving to while I took this picture, is for domestic flights. After the mild weather in India, the sub-freezing blast which hit me when I exited the airport here served a stinging notice that this was indeed Russia.

The plane (also Aeroflot) which would take us from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod. For those of you looking at your maps, Nizhny Novgorod is east of Moscow. If you find a city simply named Novgorod, that's a different place and not where I am.

You know, since the whole point of this webpage is to let you see things for yourself, here's a map. I'm in the city circled in red.

Sunset as we fly to Nizhny Novgorod. By the time we landed at 6pm, it was already pitch black.