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 order to get there, we had to stop over at a customs airport, which in this case was the Chilean coastal town of Antofagasta. After a short flight, we landed …
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 …
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 …
14th of June After breakfast driving to the airport. We start to realize that this is actually the most dangerous part on our trip! Immigration and security is efficient; so efficient that they find our Swiss Army knives and take them away from us. Take-off on time and for the first time: we are happy …
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 …
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 …