Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transafrica 2018 STOP 1 April 28, 2018 Mollis – Burgas – Baku Flight distance: 1957 nmHours in the air: 8.20 Memorable F1 race in windy city Driving to the airport early Saturday morning, we noticed again how pristine Switzerland is. Things went fast all the sudden and […]
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 […]
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 […]