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 […]

Hawaii 🇺🇸

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life January 12th, 2023 The Islands of unexpected diversity & beauty Hawaii was not on top of my list initially when finding a place to get away from my least favorable months of the year here in Switzerland which is “dark” November. As Asia was not really “open” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tanzania 🇹🇿

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life February 3rd, 2021 The land of beauty and tranquility Our journey took us along the famous northern circuit starting in Arusha. We first headed towards Lake Manyara and Taragire N.P. Followed by the Ndutu Area in the southwestern part of the Serengeti before entering the National Park. […]

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.