1st of June Before we leave the hotel, a local monk is doing a ceremony for us to protect us on our further travel and life. At the airport, all smooth sailing except some delay to technical issues. The take-off is fantastic, demanding on the pilots, again flying through the valley. Flying over the plains …
1st of June Before we leave the hotel, a local monk is doing a ceremony for us to protect us on our further travel and life. At the airport, all smooth sailing except some delay to technical issues. The take-off is fantastic, demanding on the pilots, again flying through the valley. Flying over the plains …
30th of May Fantastic flight along the Himalayas and difficult but great landing in Paro. Not a very pleasant night in the Tibet International Hotel since it was noisy outside all night long. We meet Captain Sonam Choeda of Royal Bhutan Airlines for breakfast. He will be our navigator guiding us through the mountains during …
28th of May Rush hour in Lahore starts not at 08.00h. So we have a pretty smooth ride to the airport. There again everything is slightly disorganized but again with loads of checks and controls. What would we do without our handler. But we are in the air by 09.15h, flying off to Nepal together …
Great breakfast and again very efficient handling of everything at the airport. We are in the air by 08.55h, flying over the beautiful Pamir Mountains, Afghanistan (with much military air traffic) to Lahore. Here it is hot!! With all those people around (yes there are many) and formalities, forms it takes us a bit longer …
Interesting short flight over beautiful mountains. Software update of navigation system without any problems. Immigration and customs in record time!! Hyatt absolutely top again with super fast Internet. Finally we can make our followers happy again! Interesting sightseeing tour with Sitora, our local guide. Dushanbe in Tajik means „Monday“. And on Monday all museums in …
Short but bumpy flight to Almaty. There we park our smart little plane right next to a big, elderly lady: an Ilyushin TD76. They are working on it and we ask whether we can go inside and see the cockpit. Again people here are very friendly and we visit the 20 year old plane. What …
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. …