Our route today takes us to Cape Verde. The third island on our route- first Newfoundland- then an island in the Azores and now an island in Cape Verde My first thought- Cape Verde as Greenland – despite their names – are not too green! Oh the history and irony of names.
Upon reading about the heritage of the people here I learned that they are primarily Portuguese,Flemish, French and Spaniards – and – as well- African slaves from Guinea, Cape Verde and São Tomé. These are the three African countries we will be traveling through to get to Kinshasa. Whenever we have travelled through countries which … More Ferry flight to DRC- day in the Azores
We will be here for another day – so for those interested- I will post some pictures tomorrow of what we discover:)
We debated continuing on yesterday and go on to St Johns – smoking tailwinds are hard to say no to – up to 75 knots – however the forecast was questionable and landing at 10 pm was the deciding factor and so we kept to plan and landed in Quebec City Today we have the … More Ferry flight to DRC- today Atlantic Canada
To prepare for an early Saturday departure we fuelled and loaded up N717RD Our destination today is Quebec City. We departed a little later as we needed to find a fuel hose for the ferry tank. Extra fuel tanks are installed in the aircraft for additional fuel for the ferry flight and they are taken … More Ferry flight to DRC- off we go!
Tomorrow we plan to depart on our ferry flight to Kinshasa in The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Actually one of my favourite times – the flurry – the anticipation and getting ready to go. We’ve packed our bags- the dry suits and the flight raft is taken out of storage – plans are finalized … More Ferry flight to DRC – The Democratic Republic of the Congo- the journey begins…
Initially when we began this ferry the plan was to – as the title of my blog suggests- north to south and back again- to go back to Dhaka and pick up a second caravan on floats and bring it to Australia. Unfortunately because of the delays in the first week – and because of … More Flight over northern Australia
Arriving into Darwin – just before the storm. The beautiful beaches of Darwin – which no one dare go – for you take your life into your own hands what with the salt water crocodiles, box jelly fish and stone fish!!!. We are here for the night and tomorrow we arrive in the final destination … More The sights we are able to see !
Singapore (the name meaning lion city) is a sovereign island country and city-state – is about 137 kilometres north of the equator – has the third highest population density in the world (5,637,000 people in an area of 733 square km) It is a country with a very multiethnic population and it has 4 official … More Life is like a box of chocolates – never quite know what a day will give you…
Flying for Life is heading south and departing Dhaka A map of Bangladesh which I actually should have included earlier – just to get an idea of the country (not to mention the small size of the country – in light of a population of 166 million people. To think of this – a country … More 10000 feet flying through Asia
Wow- against the wire and in the 12th hour we were given permission to depart. It was important that we were able to depart today. Dylan had arranged the clearances with airports all the way to Australia,along with our 5 day flight plan. These clearances are costly and can often take days to organize and … More And we are off
Always on the go… people and rickshaws and buses and … a steady stream of movement of people and supplies. Bangladesh is the 8th most populous country in the world with a population exceeding 165 million people and with a land area of only 148,460 square kilometres it is one of the worlds most densely … More A little bit of Bangladesh
As we are waiting for the export C of A paperwork before we can depart we started the day meeting up with Deepak Dhoj Khadka at iDE for a great cup of coffee and a good visit. We met Deepak 3 years ago when we were in Dhaka and were connected through a friend in … More An interesting day in Dhaka of meeting up with old friends and acquaintances
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