Bhutan 🇧🇹
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life November 2023 This country has been on my bucket list literally for decades, and yet it ended up one of my last on the UN 193 list.But let’s give it away right now. This one raises to my Top 10 countries list. So where do I begin. […]
Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life June 2023 Kyrgyzstan facts This relatively small country has been under influence from its neighbours since centuries, via culture and power. The Russians in the past while under the USSR, culturally from Mongolian tribes and recently by China. The countryside is quite different from its Western Stans […]
Tajikistan 🇹🇯
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life June 2023 Tajikistan facts Squeezed in between by mountains and neighbours, Tajikistan is probably the Central Asian country which has more development ahead of itself than any other. The territory is divided by huge mountain ranges which make up for more than 80%. One can find huge […]
Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life June 2023 Uzbekistan facts Apart from huge Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan is by far the biggest , most populated and divers Stan. Reaching from the (mostly disappeared) Aral Lake, the Karakum Desert down to the Afghani border and all the way East to the Fergana Valley, more than 35 […]
Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life June 2023 Turkmenistan facts Just to get to this country requires some staying power. While it was never easy to visit before covid, it was then 3 years completely closed and under lock down, and even now requires an invitation letter and a hefty price for a […]
Yemen 🇮🇶
Alficionado ✨ treasuring the good sides of life March 3rd, 2020 A journey to Yemen is not the usual and everyday leisure trip. We were able to enter the country through it’s Northern border from Oman. This part is seeing daily life without civil war since it’s being supported and protected by the UAE which […]
Bangkok – Thailand 🇹🇭
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 20 July 6, 2016 Flight distance: 426 nmHours in the air: 1.05 Well, all great things have to come to an end eventually. In this case it meant flying our beloved “Töffli” (i.e. The Plane Pilatus PC-12NG) to Bangkok where it will be taken […]
Siem Reap – Cambodia 🇰🇭
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 19 July 4, 2016 Flight distance: 287 nmHours in the air: 1.00 The last day in Cambodia meant getting up really early to see the wonders of Angkor Wat and then later the last flight on to the final destination Bangkok. Facts & figures With […]
Phnom Penh – Cambodia 🇰🇭
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 18 July 2, 2016 Flight distance: 1389 nmHours in the air: 3.25 The problem with the fuel had been fixed the night before which meant that we made it in time to Cambodia. Here we meet the rest of the Frey family and headed […]
Brunei 🇧🇳
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 17 July 1, 2016 Flight distance: 2296 nmHours in the air: 5.20 Today was the longest single leg of the entire trip crossing the Philippines over to Borneo and finally Brunei. Not only was the weather lousy (hot and humid) but for some reason […]
Timor-Leste (East Timor) 🇹🇱
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 1 June 4, 2016 Flight distance: 2714 nm Hours in the air: 6.35 Due to long flying time to our next destination we rose to an early start. At Singapore’s Seletar Airport handling was very friendly and straight forward. Just before 9am we took […]
Singapore 🇸🇬
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STARTJune 3, 2016 Singapore Airlines got us in style and on time down to East Asia. As expected it is hot and humid, but that’s something we will have to get used to. Getting out of the airport and the hotel was very swift and […]