OK, the Smilingflyer Team is ready for take-off and we all hope that the wheather will be on our side. Right now, it looks like we will have some bumpy time on our flight to…
Date Archives January 2008
TONTOUTA AND ILE DE PINS
We made it to Tontouta the first day, which was on schedule only a fuel stop. But as the weather situation turned out to be worse we had to stay there. Not a bad place of…
QUICK STOP TONGA
We arrived on the main island of Tonga, Tongatapu, late afternoon and went directly to a very nice cafe & restaurant called FRIENDS (check out the web here), had great tuna and chicken, good company…
TIME WARP!!!!
Hey, we just crossed the dateline! Now we know why the hotel we stayed in was named “Dateline Hotel”, and why the this clock here says “Where time begins”. Funny, instead of ahead we are…
FROM TONGA TO RAROTONGA
Well, this trip really beats everything out of us. After getting up at 4am local time we were picked up by the handling agent at our hotel in Tonga, prepared for a whole day (9…
ITS CYCLONE TIME!
Maybe its not a bad idea to stay some time here an wait until our friend Funa has passed… a categroy 3 cyclone which is today reaching Fiji and will go further. Look at its…
RARO RARO RAROTONGA
We are still waiting here in Rarotonga to get the permit for Tahiti. French authorities are not making it easy to get into their airspace and let us to our next destination Bora Bora. We…
REUNION WITH AUTHORITIES
Here’s picture of our reunion with some oficials of Manihiki, an island we will visit tomorrow.
ANOTHER DAY
…. in Rarotonga and some impressions of the island
MORE WAITING IN RAROTONGA
We try hard not to get bored on this island. As you can see …