7th of June After another great breakfast we hop on the boat that brings us to Dharavandhoo airport. The whole crew is expecting us already and after a friendly good-bye we fly to Malé to get fuel and clear immigration. Again the handling is far from efficient and we lose quite some time. A four …
5th of June Nice breakfast in this really cool hotel. We drive to airport in rush hour – but going the other way. A big delegation is waiting for us, clears us very efficiently and the chief of air traffic control (a lady!) shows us where it all happens! We are up in the air …
25 minutes to check out of hotel but smooth ride to airport and in the air on time. Dhaka airport is something special; but our handlers do a great job. They are worth every Dollar; just to get us through all the controls!! Long flight to Colombo where we have a reception committee of 16 …
1st of June Before we leave the hotel, a local monk is doing a ceremony for us to protect us on our further travel and life. At the airport, all smooth sailing except some delay to technical issues. The take-off is fantastic, demanding on the pilots, again flying through the valley. Flying over the plains …
1st of June Before we leave the hotel, a local monk is doing a ceremony for us to protect us on our further travel and life. At the airport, all smooth sailing except some delay to technical issues. The take-off is fantastic, demanding on the pilots, again flying through the valley. Flying over the plains …
30th of May Fantastic flight along the Himalayas and difficult but great landing in Paro. Not a very pleasant night in the Tibet International Hotel since it was noisy outside all night long. We meet Captain Sonam Choeda of Royal Bhutan Airlines for breakfast. He will be our navigator guiding us through the mountains during …
28th of May Rush hour in Lahore starts not at 08.00h. So we have a pretty smooth ride to the airport. There again everything is slightly disorganized but again with loads of checks and controls. What would we do without our handler. But we are in the air by 09.15h, flying off to Nepal together …
Great breakfast and again very efficient handling of everything at the airport. We are in the air by 08.55h, flying over the beautiful Pamir Mountains, Afghanistan (with much military air traffic) to Lahore. Here it is hot!! With all those people around (yes there are many) and formalities, forms it takes us a bit longer …
Interesting short flight over beautiful mountains. Software update of navigation system without any problems. Immigration and customs in record time!! Hyatt absolutely top again with super fast Internet. Finally we can make our followers happy again! Interesting sightseeing tour with Sitora, our local guide. Dushanbe in Tajik means „Monday“. And on Monday all museums in …
Short but bumpy flight to Almaty. There we park our smart little plane right next to a big, elderly lady: an Ilyushin TD76. They are working on it and we ask whether we can go inside and see the cockpit. Again people here are very friendly and we visit the 20 year old plane. What …