In The Cabin

　　When we left Narita, a typhoon was coming around the airport, but it didn't have any effect on our flight. We spent a very comfortable time on the flight, watching movies, but the thick clouds gathered underneath and hampered our sight through the window.
　　I had three things that I wanted to see on the way to Kuala Lumpur. At first, I was eager to see the Senkaku Islands with the naked eye, of which China's going to deprive Japan without any single clear evidence. When our plane was located at the point which the first picture shows, the clouds spread like a carpet underneath the plane.
　　Secondly, I wanted to see Mt. Gyokuzan, the highest mountain in Taiwan. I confirmed the present position and took the second picture. When I shot it, I thought I was able to shoot the picture of Mt. Gyokuzan, but it might be, nay, should be just clefts of clouds. Mt. Gyokuzan used to be the highest mountain in Japan while Taiwan had been a part of Japan.
　　Lastly, the third thing which I wanted to see was the Spratly Islands, which several countries claim control of, and arrogant China is constructing their island, ignoring the verdict of the International Court of Justice.
　　After a time, an announcement told us to prepare for landing and the plane gradually went down. When the plane dove into the sea of clouds and went out of them, I saw the land of Malaysia.

(Vocabulary)
have an effect on sb/sth ～に影響を与える
feel the effect (of sth) ～の影響を受ける
Spratly Islands スプラトリー諸島