Antarctica 🇦🇶 & South Georgia 🇬🇧
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life February 2005 and 2011 Trip to the South End A trip to this large continent is like no other. It takes time, patience and unfortunately not insignificant money to get there. But it’t worth while. Getting to Antarctica is through the tip of South America, which is […]
The Caribbean 🇰🇳🇦🇬🇩🇲🇱🇨🇹🇹
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life January 25th, 2023 My ultimate tour through the Caribbean This might be the last Caribbean tour for a while. After visiting a good number during the TransAmerica2021 trip together with friends, this time I am back as a solo traveller exploring the islands I have not seen […]
Pico, Azores 🇵🇹
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 12 October 14, 2021 Liberia, Costa Rica – Bermuda Flight distance: 2036 nm (Fuel stop in Turks and Caicos)Hours in the air: 4:48 October 15, 2021 STOP 13 Bermuda – Pico, Azores Flight distance: 1880 nmHours in the air: 4:54 Azores – a word […]
Willemstad, Curacao 🇨🇼🇳🇱
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 8 October 5, 2021 Kralendijk, Bonaire – Willemstad, Curacao Flight distance: 79 nmHours in the air: 0.24 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 […]
Kralendijk, Bonaire 🇧🇶🇳🇱
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 7 October 4, 2021 Georgetown, Guyana – Kralendijk, Bonaire Flight distance: 744 nmHours in the air: 2:24 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 […]
Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 5 October 1, 2021 The Valley, Anguilla – Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Flight distance: 345 nm Hours in the air: 1:06 The most pristine beaches in the Caribbean Getting out of Anguilla was a swift affair, let alone that we had to […]
The Valley, Anguilla, BOT 🇬🇧🇦🇮
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 4 September 30, 2021 Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands – The Valley, Anguilla, British overseas territory Flight distance: 252 nm (Pick up stop in BVI) Hours in the air: 0:30 The Valley, Anguilla Today’s formalities in the US Virgin Islands were swift and easy […]
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 3 September 29, 2021 Scrub Island, BVI- Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands Flight distance: 60 nmHours in the air: 0:24 The US in The Caribbean! A short hub over and we were in St. Thomas, at the airport that is. What followed was a fine […]
Scrub Island, BVI 🇬🇧🇻🇬
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 2 September 28, 2021 Saint Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Scrub Island, BVI Flight distance: 2577 nm (Fuel stop in Bermuda)Hours in the air: 3:06 / 2:30 First dive into the Virgin Islands Another hectic morning awaited us. We needed fresh Covid tests which […]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇫🇷🇵🇲
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 1 September 26, 2021 Mollis, Switzerland – Saint Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Flight distance: 3248 nm (Fuel stop in Keflavik, Iceland)Hours in the air: 3:48 / 4:12 An odd French place in Northern America The “oldest Glarner”, a common, sometimes strong wind greeted us at […]
Malta 🇲🇹, Lampedusa 🇮🇹 and Tunis 🇹🇳
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Balkans, Black & Mediterranean Sea 2017 STOP 5-7 July 6, 2017 The leg to Malta was a bit longer and therefore we arrived a bit later than usual. Lunch at the seaport underneath Valletta was followed by a wonderful afternoon in the old part of the ancient […]
Palau 🇵🇼
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 16 June 30, 2016 Flight distance: 1482 nmHours in the air: 3.10 After some difficulties with airspace control we made it to Palau before lunch. We had a fantastic view over the island during our approach. Everything here looks neat and it seems that […]
Guam 🇬🇺
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 15 June 28, 2016 Flight distance: 296 nmHours in the air: 0.50 lI was a short ride over to Guam. Now being on US Territory handling was very professional and fast so we were at our hotel already before lunch.Besides being home to Andersen […]
Northern Mariana Islands 🇲🇵
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 14 June 24, 2016 Flight distance: 2074 nmHours in the air: 3.40 Sometimes small details make a huge difference. We had great uncertainty whether we could move on from Pohnpei due to a fueling problem. Turns out they came up with a fix overnight […]
Pohnpei Islands (FSM) 🇫🇲
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 13 June 23, 2016 Flight distance: 1574 nmHours in the air: 3.20 Leaving the Marshalls was easy (even though we left a day early) and favorable winds brought us to Pohnpei in just over three hours. What seemed to be an easy handling process […]
Marshall Islands 🇲🇭
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 12 June 22, 2016 Flight distance: 1028 nmHours in the air: 2.45 For the first time we were greeted by not so nice weather, in the morning that is. We decided to rent a car (some would call it a wreck) and drive up […]
Nauru 🇳🇷
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 11 June 21, 2016 Flight distance: 420 nmHours in the air: 2.10 A short hop and flying time of under two hours brought us to the tiny island and nation of Nauru. The entire landmass is just over 20 square-kilometer and one can comfortable […]
Kiribati 🇰🇮
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 10 June 19, 2016 Flight distance: 1343 nmHours in the air: 3.20 Flying almost another 3 hours straight north (equivalent to Rome – London) we reached another wonderful lagoon. However, Kiribati has about ten times as many people and this is visible on ever […]
Tuvalu 🇹🇻
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 9 June 18, 2016 Flight distance: 1176 nmHours in the air: 3.10 After some heavy downpours over night we were lucky to get out of Apia in good weather. A good two hours of flying time later we were approaching Tuvalu, our first classic […]
Samoa 🇼🇸
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 8 June 17, 2016 Flight distance: 963 nmHours in the air: 2.25 What a difference two hours of flying over the ocean make! Everything here is nice & neat, clean, organised and in good shape. The people are a joy and our hotel finally […]
Tonga 🇹🇴
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 7 June 16, 2016 Flight distance: 972 nmHours in the air: 2.20 Leaving the Yasawas in Fiji was easy but had its potholes since managing to get on the seaplane entirely dry was a challenge. Nadi handling was just a joy again and off […]
Fiji 🇫🇯
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 6 June 13, 2016 Flight distance: 1361 nmHours in the air: 3.10 Getting up early did not help today since we had to deal with moody and incompetent handling agents. So we left slightly delayed but got compensated with a warm welcome in Nadi. […]
New Caledonia 🇳🇨
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 5 June 12, 2016 Flight distance: 611 nmHours in the air: 1.50 It was only a short hop over to New Caledonia, so we arrived around lunch time. Everything here looks just like in Southern France, a bit touristy but well organized which is […]
Vanuata 🇻🇺
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 4 June 10, 2016 Flight distance: 1352 nmHours in the air: 3.30 Good timing was with us when we left for the short “ride” over to Vanuatu. This subtropical island has a different groove with an interesting mixture of French/English culture and language. A […]
Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 3 June 8, 2016 Flight distance: 3009 nmHours in the air: 7.05 Another early rise since we had a long flying day ahead of us in order to reach Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Irvan (who had been sent from Jakarta to […]
Solomon Islands 🇸🇧
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transpacific 2016 STOP 2 June 8, 2016 Flight distance: 1445 nmHours in the air: 4.05 Handling for the first time was painful at Port Moresby which just complemented to our overall impression but we were airborne just about 15 minutes later than scheduled. We are still mostly […]
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 […]
Antarctic Peninsula 🇦🇶
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life March 8th 2017 Journey on board a small vessel suited for the Antarctic waters. The trip included one of the first possibilities to camp overnight on Antarctic soil while not being part of state sponsored program.