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
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Land of rivers With only 24 minutes duration, our hop today was probably the shortest of all. One might think it’s not worth it, think Africa again, it would have taken over 6 hours by car! And that did not take into account getting across the border through immigration, it took us over half an
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Land of rivers With only 24 minutes duration, our hop today was probably the shortest of all. One might think it’s not worth it, think Africa again, it would have taken over 6 hours by car! And that did not take into account getting across the border through immigration, it took us over half an
The land of everything There was significant traffic getting out of Monrovia on the way to the airport which was 35 miles to the south. That and an unprepared handler were the reasons for a late take-off. We wanted to be there timely since our next guest was waiting for us at the next destination.
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The “Land of the Free” After having mostly moved towards west the last few days and with going into our fourth trip week we now are already heading slowly northwards towards Europe again. Once on the ground Liberia could go by as a Central American or Caribbean country given its street scene and laid back
France African Style What a name for a country which generated expectations – needless to say that they were not met. While the level of infrastructure might be higher than in other West African countries, there is not much shine if you scratch behind the surface of these modern looking buildings; plus poor neighbourhoods and
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The Gold Coast of West Africa Having reached West Africa means short flights from now on until flying back to Europe. This one took us over the Gold Coast of former British Togoland, now Ghana. We got special permission again for a vista flight. Once one the ground handling was super fast and fuel already
Melting Cultures African Style Lagos would not let us go this easy. First endless 30 minutes for like 3 kilometers to the nearby airport and then the handler was not ready; we almost would have gone (and called back) without clearing immigration. Captain Tom made up for it through a great vista approach over Togos