Niger 🇳🇪
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life February 2024 Being intrigued by Africa since my first trip as young teenager with my mother in the 1970es, not everything left great memories from the trips during the last decade, private as well as professional ones. Especially West Africa did not live up to the expectations, […]
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 […]
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 […]
WSET Diploma Block Session 2 🇦🇹
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life November, 2021 After the summer and our first exam in the Spring it was time for the next block session. It was again an intense week of studies and tasting training, 3 exams for those who wanted to take all three of them, and luckily a few […]
WSET Diploma Block Session 1 🇦🇹
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life May, 2021 We were just coming out of the second corona measures when the seminar started. And the Austrians were still in partial lock-down but the seminar luckily was able to start. Our class of 20 is a cool international mixture of everything, notably female dominated and […]
ThermaHealth: Distribution of envionmentally friendly Spirulina🇬🇷
Albert R. Stutz, Owner & Partner, Vistamar January 28th, 2022 Establish distribution for Spirulina plant in Greece Spirulina is a microalga containing a large spectrum of nutrients rendering to support a healthy lifestyle. Mainly its antioxidants amongst vitamins and proteins make it a sought-after food additive for an increasing part of the health conscious population. In […]
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 […]
El Salvador 🇸🇻
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life January 22th, 2023 At home I got a few astonishing looks when letting people know that I am going to visit El Salvador. I really enjoyed it’s neighbor Nicaragua not too long ago and I really liked it. So I was not surprised and my hope was […]
Cabo Verde 🇨🇻
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life March 6th, 2022 Even though it has only been a mere 5 months since we came back from the Caribbean and Central America last October during our transamerica2021 expedition it feels good to be on tour again. For me however it is different this time. I will […]
San Diego 🇺🇸
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life January 21th, 2022 Like in another post one could say why San Diego again! Well there is never enough SD for me. It’s my second home since having lived there in the 90ies and gone back more or less every year. It was the first time after […]
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 […]
Nicaragua 🇳🇮
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 11 October 12, 2021 Peninsula Papagayo – Granada, Nicaragua – Peninsula Papagayo Flight distance: 0 nmHours in the air: 0.00 👉 Side trip by car Nicaragua – volcanos and colonial history After it was clear that Venezuela became a no-go we obviously got some […]
Oranjestad, Aruba 🇦🇼🇳🇱
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 9 October 7, 2021 Willemstad, Curacao – Oranjestad, Aruba Flight distance: 65 nmHours in the air: 0:30 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 […]
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 […]
Georgetown, Guyana 🇬🇾
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 6 October 3, 2021 Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Georgetown, Guyana Flight distance: 485 nmHours in the air: 1:21 Africa and India combined in South America “I will never go back here”, said 9 years ago. Now what might be the reason […]
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 […]
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 […]
Provence 🇫🇷
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life June 20, 2021 The Provence has been on my travel list for many years but in pre-corona times was on the lower end as more exotic destinations lured. This year it was an easy choice as besides the landscape and lifestyle together with those famous lavender fields […]
Libya 🇱🇾
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life June 20, 2021 Not the most obvious destination, yet with lot’s of positive surprises. Just getting there and into the country was a challenge by its own. Official tourism is still not happening so we had to rely on help from a tour operator with experience for […]
Eritrea 🇪🇷
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life March 15, 2020 It was quite a change entering Eritrea after having just left Yemen. Life is basic here as well, but the streets are clean and everything is working. The capital Asmara shows a beautiful snap from the bell Epoque, dotted with vintage art deco buildings. Been […]
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 […]
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.