CI057 TPE🇹🇼- MEL 🇦🇺/ Taipei Taoyuan - Melbourne / maybe the greatest view onboard I have so far

A China Airlines A359 registered as B-18918 performing CAL57 from RCTP to YMML / Taipei Taoyuan - Melbourne

ATD : 0305 hour
ATA : 1347 hour
flight time : 8 hours 41 minutes
Great Circle Distance : 7409 km/ 4604mile
Actual Flight Distance : 11085 km/ 6842 mile
my seat : 72K

This flight was late because disruption of aircraft turn around from typhoon at that very day, 3 hours 35 minutes late for departure and result in 3 hours plus late at arrival.

Right after take off from R05L at RCTP, we had a right turn to join B591 and have a lovely touch on Taipei metro at about 3.30 am.

Colorful dawn light shown on sky above Philippine the the vast Pacific ocean till we reached Australia continent.

In the end was the gorgeous Melbourne city skyline following landed at R34 at YMML.

00:00 taxi to R05L
00:50 take off from R05L
07:15 right above Taipei metropolitan
08:30 sun rise with colorful sky
12:20 the vast Australia land below
20:43 approaching YMML
22:20 hello Melbourne
26:30 land at R34