
Seaplane flying, Alex’ experience
There is nothing like flying. It is the most fun and exhilarating activity; from the moment you get in the plane and speed down the...
2021
There is nothing like flying. It is the most fun and exhilarating activity; from the moment you get in the plane and speed down the...
We left Calgary and Ana on September 10th. We had 3 stops planned for what was going to be a Big Day: - KGEG (Spokane, Washington) to do...
We would have liked to continue this flight forever. The Alaskan coastline with beautiful forests, glaciers and icebergs kept on rolling...
It’s a little strange to be writing about Alaska while sitting in Buenos Aires in the middle of a Southern hemisphere summer heatwave....
In the same way as crossing the North Atlantic from Canada to Iceland had been challenging three months prior, the last part of our...
On Saturday August 21st, three weeks after entering Russia and deep into its Far East, the “Yandex” taxi drove us from UHPP,...
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main city in Kamchatka. It is not connected to the mainland by roads, you can only get there by air or...
I am writing this post in Medellin, Colombia, and feeling a little bit ubiquitous because it is almost at the antipodes of Vladivostok....
When we were planning our Russia trip, the places we absolutely wanted to visit were Saint Petersburg, Lake Baikal and Kamchatka and...
I must be a little slow but I am increasingly realizing that traveling around the world non-stop and in a relatively short time is...
On August 9th, our 9th day in Russia, we left Novosibirsk and its private Severnyy airport (UNNG) for Krasnoyarsk Severniy (UNKK). We...
Alex and I saw and experienced so much during our month in Russia that I did not realize my previous post about Moscow and Yekaterinburg...
Before describing the second part of our Russian crossing, I need to share an important piece of information to be celebrated: I am...
Those who know me also know I love planning. It’s not just that when you plan you get more things done but also because it enhances my...
In my last post on August 2nd, I had promised to share some information about the European airspace. I did not expect it would take me so...
I am posting this from Saint Petersburg, the first stop of our big Russia crossing to Alaska. Time flies, but I do want to share our...
To reach France from the Netherlands, we needed to fly a little over Belgium and that turned out more complicated than expected. Our...
Many of you already know this but for those who don’t, I am what is called an ATCK, or Adult Third Culture Child (TCK). TCKs are children...
Delighted with a wonderful 10 day stay in Iceland (which also put us on the “green list” for entry into the UK), Alex and I were ready to...
Many of you have been waiting for this post and I hope you will not be too disappointed that it is not about flying but about ice and...