Mollis – home home A nice and temperate morning greeted us at Pocinhobay. The sun was just coming up when we walked on the empty tarmac at Pico airport, as things are slow on a Sunday morning. The air was clear and we unpacked the plane for the last time and enjoyed the very comfortable …
Azores – a word everybody knows yet a place hardly anybody has been to So we have been in the air quite a bit over the last 2 days flying from Liberia in Costa Rica to Bermuda with a fuel stop on the Turks and Caicos Islands. Unfortunately Bermuda was just a stop to fuel …
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.
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 …
Liberia & the Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica – the land of plentiful A good hour and we landed in Liberia, in the western part of Costa Rica. Handling was not only pleasant and professional, it offered an extra level of lavishness. 🙄 For the first time ever without auxiliary reasons we are taking almost 4 …
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 …
Oranjestad, Aruba – the federated cultures of The Netherlands, the USA and the Caribbean Handling leaving Curacao was a dream again and happened to be topped off by receiving permission to fly very low around the southern part of the island, what a treat. Welcome to the USA, ahh, no sorry, Arrrruba! “Landing” at the …
Where pleasure meets biz in the Caribbean So I have to start with a nice episode back on Bonaire. Since I am responsible for ground operations and for simplicity reasons, as well as faster checkout in the mornings and paying restaurant bills, I make sure everything ends up on my tab. As we are so …
Kralendijk, Bonaire – one of the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands Venezuela really does not like us! When flying the approved flight plan to Bonaire we were told not to have any authority to fly over Venezuelan air space once getting closer to its borderline. After holding in circles for 20 minutes and hectic …
Africa and India combined in South America “I will never go back here”, said 9 years ago. Now what might be the reason for such a statement? Maybe because the checks at immigration are rigorous, it always rains here or the place it just a dump. Indeed, presumably because of drug trafficking immigration thoroughly searched …