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Scoop Images: The View From The PM's Skytrain

By: Selwyn Manning
Published: Thu 4 Dec 2003 11:34 AM
The NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark is presently en-route to Nigeria to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Scoop Co-Editor Selwyn Manning is travelling with the party aboard the RNZAF's new 757 aircraft and will be reporting from the gathering of Commonwealth heads of state. The following images, posted from Oman, show the view from the two stopovers on the trip, Darin and Oman.
Sunset in Darwin
Dawn in Oman (1)
Dawn in Oman (2)
Oman

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