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 on our way in direction Panama City. Following a 3h30, we touched down in Leticia (Columbia), an airport in the middle of the Amazon Jungle. The fuelling went smoothly, and …
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 to continue onwards on our journey and travel to Chile’s capital; Santiago de Chile. Once we arrived at the airport, we quickly set-up the plane to avoid the blistering wind …
RMF’s last country and the gateway to Antarctica In the two days leading up to our arrival in Punta Arenas, many of our conversations revolved around whether RMF would be admitted into Chile, and therefore complete his UN countries, or not. As we had learned from our guide in El Calafate, the inflexibility of Chileans …
Two thrill-seeking days in the Argentinian Capital After a very positive experience in Montevideo, we hopped over the Rio de la Plata river and flew the 30 minutes to Buenos Aires, our third planned stop. Unfortunately, immigration and customs required another complete plane and baggage search, which was done in the pouring rain. Unlike in …
The Switzerland of South America. Monday started off with a normal Pilots breakfast, before heading to the Airport in Sal. At the airport, everything went relatively smoothly and we were in the air for our first leg of the day within the hour. The first leg comprised a flight from Sal to Natal, which took …
Nicaragua – volcanos and colonial history After it was clear that Venezuela became a no-go we obviously got some extra available time since Angel Falls and Caracas would have been main attractions while staying a few days. I looked at the map and noticed that Nicaragua, which I have never been to, is very close …
Panama – the country with so many faces We are leaving the islands of the Caribbean for now, heading to Central America. Approach to Panama City was very nice and impressive seeing all the vessels awaiting the passage through the canal. On ground we were immediately hit by “famous” local weather conditions, really hot and …
Rock Monkeys Dakhla airport was empty when we arrived and despite a missing handler we were able to leave on time. Favourite winds brought us to Gibraltar, but we did not have much time left since we lost two hours because of the time difference. That meant visiting the Rock of Gibraltar and its famous …
French Riviera African Style We got up to a cool morning in Banjul, just barely 20 degrees, apparently less than in Switzerland and a clear sign that we are heading North. Saying goody was not easy but the quick flight to Dakar sure was. Already from the air you can see the different development stage …
Visiting family Well, I was way to nice yesterday when I praised the locals in Bissau. Again, lot’s of people seem to be involved with our flight and just when we wanted to start the engine we were told there was not yet permission to leave. That was at 9:30 and from then on people …