Day Twenty-Six: Yellowknife to Nuuk We left Yellowknife early in the morning, which was the default setting for the trip, but due to the constant time changes had become quite tiresome. The flight to Nuuk was around four and a half hours, and somewhere over the Labrador Sea we quietly handed back five hours to […]
Day Twenty-One: The Pacific Crossing – Sapporo to Unalaska We had just finished our day in Sapporo and were getting ready to leave for the overnight flight across the Pacific when the chief pilot came to us with news that looked likely to end the trip altogether. There was a NOTAM out at Adak reporting
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Bermuda – A stop on our way back over the Atlantic. Leaving Liberia, we made a quick and efficient fuel stop in Turks and Caicos, before travelling onwards to Bermuda where we would spend the night.
An odd French place in Northern America The “oldest Glarner”, a common, sometimes strong wind greeted us at the airport in Mollis, together we some loyal friends who bid farewell. A pleasant first leg to Iceland came to an end with a not so easy landing in strong winds at Keflavik airport. The weather was
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Today is our last day of flying; as planned. What did not end as planned is the location: Fort Lauderdale in the USA instead of Mollis in Switzerland. It is what it is; we are healthy, happy and had a fantastic journey and experience. Nice breakfast, long check-out and up in the air after one
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Towering pyramids poke above the jungle‘s green canopy to catch the sun. Howler monkeys swing noisily through the branches of ancient trees as brightly colored parrots and toucans dart from perch to perch in a cacophony of squawks. In the morning the elevator in the hotel is still out of order; they are working on
With its size of 22‘966 km2, Belize is about half the size of Switzerland. Population is around 308‘000, about 25 times smaller than Switzerland. Languages spoken are Spanish, Creole and English (official language). The day begins really good: having a cup of good Nespresso coffee on the balcony of the hotel with the sun coming
Another long flight from Norfolk, VA to Chichen Itza. The main reason to go here are the fantastic Mayan ruins. We start with the light and sound snow in the evening Finally better weather and warmer! We take-off from Norfolk and air traffic is quite busy. No problem for our pilots and after reaching our
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Great to be back in the colonies!! It is so similar to our part of the world yet so different . Due to strong headwinds, the flight takes us 2 hours longer than planned. Norfolk, home of the US Navy – and great steak houses. The complimentary breakfast at the motel is not that great;
We leave Greenland with fascinating impressions and fond memories: the cruise in the icebergs, the remote location of Ilulissat, the look of its people and the immense size of this island. Happy Valley Goose Bay is a town of 7‘000 in Labrador, Canada. Another long flight ahead of us; 5 hours and the last