Blog

All of my travel impressions in one place!

Below, you can find all the blog entries from my many travels around the world. 

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Eric Frey

Greenland

Day Twenty-Six: Yellowknife to Nuuk We left Yellowknife early in the morning, which was the default setting for the trip, but due to the constant

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Eric Frey

Alaska, United States

Day Twenty-One: The Pacific Crossing – Sapporo to Unalaska We had just finished our day in Sapporo and were getting ready to leave for the

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Asia
Eric Frey

Sapporo, Japan

Day Nineteen: Kyoto to Sapporo We left Kyoto early to drive to the Osaka airport, from which we would fly north to Sapporo. The flight

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Eric Frey

Kyoto, Japan

Day Seventeen: Hiroshima to Kyoto Since Kyoto does not have an airport, we flew from Hiroshima to Osaka and then drove an hour and a

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Eric Frey

Hiroshima, Japan

Day Fifteen: Okinawa to Hiroshima We flew into Hiroshima from Okinawa, and somewhere on the approach the captain hatched a new plan. He’d worked out

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Asia
Eric Frey

Naha (Okinawa), Japan

Day Thirteen: Sanya to Okinawa We flew over from Sanya to Okinawa. After landing, we had a lengthier customs procedure than in the other countries,

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Asia
Eric Frey

Sanya, China

Days Nine – Twelve: Holidays in Sanya We left early in the morning for Sanya, on the southern tip of Hainan Island. On paper, this

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Eric Frey

Hanoi, Vietnam

Day Six: Yangon to Hanoi The departure from Myanmar began with the airports ground crew putting their shoulders into the side of the aircraft and

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Eric Frey

Yangon, Myanmar

Day Four: Karachi to Yangon We left off in Pakistan, where the security check treated us to a masterclass in peak efficiency. Our luggage was

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Eric Frey

Karachi, Pakistan

Day Three: Karachi  The day started off with Gold Gate, which involved one of the travelers, who for anonymity purposes shall hereinafter be referred to

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Asia
Eric Frey

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Day One: Mollis to Samarkand (via Altenrhein and Ankara)  We left off at 7:15 on Monday morning. Our first leg was from Mollis to Altenrhein.

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Other
Marc-Philippe

Project Been – Done

With the conclusion of Transamerica 2022, I have been able to reach my goal of travelling to all 193 UN countries on this planet. Over

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Other
Marc-Philippe

World Record 2022

In Jul 2022, Cedric and I, along with Pilots Tom and Pascal, attempted to break the world record for most countries visited in 24h. We

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Europe
Marc-Philippe

Mollis, Switzerland

5 legs and 17h+ of flight time to return We started the return with a 0200 arrival at the Caracas Airport to get back to

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Marc-Philippe

Caracas, Venezuela

A country in turmoil After Uyuni, we flew to Cochabamba on a public flight, quickly picked up our baggage, prepared our aircraft and made us

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Nature
Marc-Philippe

Uyuni, Bolivia

The worlds largest salt flats Following our stay in Mendoza, we made our way northwards, crossing over the Argentinian border into Bolivia. Bolivia, a land-locked

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Culture
Marc-Philippe

Mendoza, Argentina

Argentina’s wine capital After two busy, nature based days in the Atacama desert we made out way back to Argentina, this time to Mendoza. In

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Marc-Philippe

Atacama Desert, Chile

The world’s driest desert We bid farewell to Cedric in Santiago, and continued our journey northwards to the Atacama desert. The flight form Santiago was

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Marc-Philippe

Santiago, Chile

Chile’s cultural, political and financial centre Although we were sad to leave behind the beauty of the Torres del Paine national park, we were excited

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Nature
Marc-Philippe

Torres del Paine, Chile

One of Patagonia’s crown Jewels The next stop in our journey was Puerto Natales, or more specifically, the Torres del Paine National Park. The flight

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