24th of May Smooth 3 hours flight south to Samarkand. Nice view on the mountains, bit lake and the wide landscape below us. Unfortunately he Internet access here is not the fastest again. Therefore no upload possible. Sorry folks!! But today is another rest day for the crew anyway. Therefore, yes it is 25th of …
22nd of May Two hour flight to Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyz Republic. Easy immigration and no customs at this huge airport (built by the Americans for the Afghanistan war). Hyatt hotel is fantastic with super fast Internet. And today is an official rest day for the crew. Therefore it is rest day 23rd of May …
Smooth going through security (3 different x-ray machines) but no immigration. Departure at 09.15h and flying for 1 1/2 hours over Turkmenistan desert. Just unbelievable that in the old days they traveled through here with the caravans. Internet in Bukhara is extremely slow – so next full update will be in Bishkek, our next stop. …
Leaving Iran was again no problem as coming in: everybody is very helpful and friendly. What a wrong image we have in the west of these people. Of course there are some issues (no free access to information, etc.) but hopefully this will change. Ashgabat is different!, very different. Another wonderful landing by Captain Frey! …
17th of May Ride to the airport is no problem and so is security and handling. Mr. Mohammed asks us whether he can fly with us to Shiraz since he prefers that over a regular scheduled flight. We agree but still do not know what is role is. We suspect that he works for the …
15th of May Breakfast at the hotel is top and we get picked up and an easy drive to the airport. There Mr. Mohammed is already waiting for us. Take-off is slightly delayed due to some issues with filing our flight plan. But all works out and we are in the air soon. The flight …
After a rainy night in Georgia we make another attempt to take-off. Again very efficient handling on the ground and at 09.15h we are airborne; 1 1/4 hour after leaving the hotel. The flight plan takes us over Aserbaijan, the Caspian Sea straight down to Teheran. During the approach we are first impressed by the …
12th of May Eight o’clock sharp, Nur picks us up at the hotel and off to the airport. We have to leave before 10.00h since Mr. Holland from France is arriving for a state visit! So we have to get out of Monsieur’s way. Mount Ararat is now clear and the view very nice. Handling …
10th of May Rainy morning today. OK breakfast and then smooth drive to airport. Again we get photographed several times by automatic cameras on the way. Big brother is watching you! Security check is easy and the 2 border police men love our plane. We take pictures with them and they are over the moon!! …
Big day today!! Loading up the plane is no problem. Since we took out one seat, there is plenty of room for all the baggage. Goodbye to our family members that came to Mollis and the a very nice take off by Captain Frey. The flight itself is also very smooth and we make good …