Mi viaje era desde la Habana a Frankfurt, Alemania, un vuelo de unas 13 horas, que tenía una escala en Madrid.
Nunca antes había volado, y los videos de YouTube no ayudaban demasiado, estaba a punto de tener mi propia experiencia.
Llegué al aeropuerto José Martí gracias a los colegas del Servicio Geológico, que siempre están dispuestos a echarle una mano a los colegas orientales.
Me esperaba una bestia llamada Airbus A380-800 con capacidad para 508 personas.
El despegue fue lo peor, porque yo sentí cada chirrido del avión, cada estertor, cada turbulencia. Pasados esos primeros segundos el vuelo volvió a ser tranquilo. Alcanzamos la altura de vuelo y no hubo mayores inconvenientes hasta que la historia se repitió en Madrid.
Una vez en el avión me percaté que el vuelo no era en línea recta, sino que salimos de Cuba, bordeamos la costa atlántica de Estados Unidos, para luego hacer algo parecido con la costa Europea y llegar a territorio español.
El piloto intentó aterrizar tres veces en Madrid, y por el viento no lograba alinear el avión.
Digamos que fue otro susto.
La segunda parte del vuelo fue más placentera, porque era un avión más pequeño, que voló a menor altura sobre los Alpes europeos. Fue entonces cuando creo que comencé a disfrutar la experticia, a pesar de estar en la cola del avión y sentir varias fuertes turbulencias.
Los Alpes son una cadena montañosa que se extiende por buena parte de Europa. Siempre leí sobre ellos con mucho interés, pues son un ejemplo de colisión de placas continentales, en este caso, la placa africana y la placa europea.
Comencé a apreciar estar cerca de la ventanilla y poder a hacer mis primeras fotos.
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When I first traveled outside of Cuba, certainly the most terrifying thing was the idea of flying on a plane. The idea of flying in a pressurized cabin at 10,000 feet didn't appeal to me. Furthermore, as if that were not enough, just a few months before, a plane leased by Cubana de Aviación had crashed minutes after taking off, leaving hundreds dead. My trip was from Havana to Frankfurt, Germany, a flight of about 13 hours, which had a stopover in Madrid.
Having never flown before, and YouTube videos weren't helping much, I was about to have my own experience.
I arrived at the José Martí airport thanks to colleagues from the Geological Service, who are always willing to lend a hand to their eastern colleagues.
I was expecting a beast called Airbus A380-800 with capacity for 508 people.
Takeoff was the worst, because I felt every screech of the plane, every rattle, every turbulence. After those first seconds the flight was calm again. We reached flight height and there were no major problems until history repeated itself in Madrid.
Once on the plane I realized that the flight was not in a straight line, but that we left Cuba, skirted the Atlantic coast of the United States and then did something similar with the European coast and arrived at Spanish territory.
The pilot tried to land three times in Madrid, and due to the wind he could not align the plane. Let's say it was another scare.
The second part of the flight was more pleasant, because it was a smaller plane, which flew at a lower altitude over the European Alps. It was then that I think I began to enjoy the experience, despite being in the tail of the plane and feeling several strong turbulences.
The Alps are a mountain range that extends across much of Europe. I always read about them with great interest, since they are an example of a collision of continental plates, in this case, the African plate and the European plate.
I began to appreciate being close to the window and being able to take my first photos.
[Tomada desde mi móvil Samsung J3 Star/.Taken from my Samsung J3 Star cell phone.(Los Alpes suizos, con nubes encima, mi primera experiencia fotográfica desde un avión/Somewhere in the Swiss countryside, one of my first aerial photographs/The Swiss Alps, with clouds above, my first photography experience from an airplane]
[Tomada desde mi móvil Samsung J3 Star/.Taken from my Samsung J3 Star cell phone.(Algún punto de la campiña suiza, una de mis primeras fotografías aéreas/Somewhere in the Swiss countryside, one of my first aerial photographs]
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I arrived in Germany at the end of winter, so my stay was not so difficult. 6 months later I took the same route but in the opposite direction. I returned eager to see my family, I returned changed in every way, with new learnings from such different cultures. I returned with new friends from the other side of the Atlantic who have been like family ever since.
Since then, I haven't always managed to take photos on flights, but every view from the air is a special experience. Over time I got used to airplanes, although takeoff and landing still seem like terrible moments to me.
Below I leave other shots, from other trips and moments that have not been as intense as that first one, but that does not make them any less beautiful.
[Tomada desde mi móvil Redmi 9A/.Taken from my Redmi 9A cell phone.(Sobrevolando Costa Rica rumbo a Panamá en un vuelo de Copa Airlines/Flying over Costa Rica heading to Panama on a Copa Airlines flight]
[Tomada desde mi móvil Redmi 9A/.Taken from my Redmi 9A cell phone.(La entrada al canal de Panamá, los barcos se alinean para comenzar el viaje que los llevará al Océano Pacífico en horas/The entrance to the Panama Canal, ships line up to begin the journey that will take them to the Pacific Ocean in hours]
[Tomada desde mi móvil Redmi 9A/.Taken from my Redmi 9A cell phone.(La entrada al canal de Panamá, los barcos se alinean para comenzar el viaje que los llevará al Océano Pacífico en horas/The entrance to the Panama Canal, ships line up to begin the journey that will take them to the Pacific Ocean in hours]
[Tomada desde mi móvil Redmi 9A/.Taken from my Redmi 9A cell phone.(Ciudad de Panamá/Panama Cyty]
//:# (!pinmapple 8.93525 lat -79.56053 long Entrada al cana de Panamá d3scr)
[Tomada desde mi móvil Redmi 9A/.Taken from my Redmi 9A cell phone.(Sobrevolando Ginebra/Fly over Geneva]
//:# (!pinmapple 46.20203 lat 6.14164 long Ginebra d3scr)
[Tomada desde mi móvil Redmi 9A/.Taken from my Redmi 9A cell phone.(El Lago Lemán, en las orillas de Lausana/Lake Geneva, on the shores of Lausanne]
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If you've made it this far, I hope you find it interesting and motivating. We will meet soon at another appointment with Geographical Geology.
Linda experiencia la que tuviste, y que bueno que ya perdiste el miedo a viajar en avión. Lindas fotos.
Lo que se dice perder el miedo jajaja, no....pero bueno.....mejor decir que me acostumbré
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El primer viaje en avión siempre es aterrador, hasta que vives la experiencia. Las fotos soy muy bonitas. Saludos 👋
Digamos que yo aún no me acostumbro, solo me he adaptado jajaja. La cosa es que vuelas en un tubo metálico a 10 000 pies de altura. Si algo sale mal, el chance de que te salves es muy bajo.