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Archive for November, 2007

SYDNEY! Half around the world!!!

Friday, November 30th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »

That's it for now! Our flight to Sydney was just great and we all look back to a wonderful first part of our Around-the-world trip. We had a bunch of great experiences and a lot of fun. And we will ...

G-ZUMO taking off in Cairns

Friday, November 30th, 2007 Posted in General | 1 Comment »

Here is a great picture that our handling agent in Cairns took when we were taking off. Thanks, Al!!!

Flying to cairns

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in General | 1 Comment »

Exciting Papua New Guinea

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in General | 4 Comments »

I just got back my laptop back from the police as I am writing these words.Go ahead reading and you will find out what happened.We shared a sense of excitement as we left BIAK, Indonesia for WEWAK, PNG. Our paperwork ...

Fuel stop in Biak, Indonesia

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »

Things happen just like you do not expect them to happen. Fuel stop in Bijak was OK, but took a long time due to some negotiations on fuel price and false dollar notes etc. What was meant to be only ...

From Jakarta to Makassar (Ujung Padang)

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »

On our smooth flight to Makassar we could see some fantastic clouds, volcanoes and the indonesian islands in the sea. Anthony seems to be our new co-pilot, very interested in all the flying stuff and keeping Jorn awake with conversation ...

#*!$&=#*!!!

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »

We are still in Jakarta. No permit for take-off. Stuck again in a place where you do not want to be stuck! Lots of traffic in this town, very hot temperature, bad air, low life quality - It is not ...

The Borneo Ultimatum

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »

Leaving the cambodian airport of Siem Reap direction Pontianak, Borneo, we all were very happy and in the perfect mood. We really made the best out of the one-and-a-half day waiting in Siem Reap, but as this trip is about ...

Up, up and away to Borneo.

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in General | 1 Comment »

This morning we will start direction Borneo. We also did some route changes, have a look at our map. We are very keen on seeing some rain forest.

The floating village

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »

Got up this morning with the question "What doing in Siem Reap, when you already did the temples?". The answer was the floating village. 4 months in a year the land around Siem Reap is flooded and waters are up ...