Final leg

The final leg of our voyage. Porto, Portugal to Gloucester, England with an ETE of four hours and forty minutes. A rainy day in Porto but what was supposed to be a clear and smooth flight pretty much all the way to England. However, things do not always go as planned with weather. The first … More Final leg

Azores to Porto

Second last leg! New city but the same country. Neither my dad or I had been to Porto so it was exciting to arrive to a new place for the both of us. However, it was a little hard to say goodbye to the Azores. A sunny morning and next to no wind, it truly … More Azores to Porto

Almost home..

We woke the next morning to clouds and rain and reports of icing conditions. One thing is that a Caravan on floats does not do well with icing so we waited it out for a few hours until the clouds cleared

Atacama Desert

In the Atacama Desert there is evidence of mining as far back as the 6th century and modern mining began in 1910. There are 992 mining mines in Atacama desert – copper, gold, silver,lead and zinc. 801 are copper mines. Chile is a world’s top copper producer. Chuquicamata Mine is one of the deepest open … More Atacama Desert

Let’s Fly…

We have not yet received our clearance to leave Chile and so to begin the ferry trip we will start flying north up the coast of Chile today. I was curious about so much graffiti covering most walls in these two cities. I read that Santiago is a place with some of the most diverse … More Let’s Fly…