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 searched not once, not twice, but three full times. Only after the Captain stepped in with a pointed reminder that we were minutes from missing our departure window did they […]
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 as the Princess of Bäch. Said Princess, in an attempt to pay homage to Mansa Musa, unfortunately discovered that Uzbekistan has very strict gold export controls. She was duly found
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. A short flight of 18 minutes brought us to Altenrhein, which is at the frontier of one of Switzerland’s foremost industries… bureaucracy. Seems that Swiss customs have decided that Mollis
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Vibrant city Tel Aviv and the Holy Land An uneventful flight, yet with some detour around Syria brought us into Ben Gurion Airport, and with that definitely hot summer weather in the 30ies. After as short swim on a rooftop over the beach of Tel Aviv we got a glimpse of the vibrant life in
Memorable F1 race in windy city Driving to the airport early Saturday morning, we noticed again how pristine Switzerland is. Things went fast all the sudden and we were up in the air in no time. Beautiful aerial views of the Swiss mountains, Lichtenstein, the Austrian Alps all the way down to the plains in
Well, all great things have to come to an end eventually. In this case it meant flying our beloved “Töffli” (i.e. The Plane Pilatus PC-12NG) to Bangkok where it will be taken over by the crew again which brought it to Singapore in the first place. Many thanks and great job, Pascal. The remaining time
Phnom Penh The problem with the fuel had been fixed the night before which meant that we made it in time to Cambodia. Here we meet the rest of the Frey family and headed on towards the “Killing Fields”. There is nothing to be added to the horror of this dark piece of history in
Good timing was with us when we left for the short “ride” over to Vanuatu. This subtropical island has a different groove with an interesting mixture of French/English culture and language. A short tour around town in the later afternoon gave a good first impression of an island being more “touristy” than expected. Today Thomas
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Handling for the first time was painful at Port Moresby which just complemented to our overall impression but we were airborne just about 15 minutes later than scheduled. We are still mostly heading eastwards, loosing yet another hour today which amounts now to 9 hours ahead of Central Europe. We went for an in-depth look
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Handling for the first time was painful at Port Moresby which just complemented to our overall impression but we were airborne just about 15 minutes later than scheduled. We are still mostly heading eastwards, loosing yet another hour today which amounts now to 9 hours ahead of Central Europe. We went for an in-depth look
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