I Have An “Akureyri” For You: How Much Longer Until Greenland?!
What a beautiful lazy morning in Reykjavik: Today at 9am we departed via chartered bus from the city hall of Reykjavik on a 6 hour trip to Akureyri, in the north of the country. The views outside while driving up western Iceland: After 7 hours of driving...
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Prelude To Greenland: The Return To Reykjavik
Nearly 6 years ago I made an impromptu decision to take 20 people to Antarctica with the help of Young Pioneer Tours and Oceanwide Expeditions. The result was legendary.Today I'm prepping for a return voyage with the very same companies for their northern frontier:...
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The Longest Domestic Flight In The World, Biz Class // … & Forcing An Emergency Landing: Réunion -> Paris -> Nice -> Zurich -> Halifax -> NYC
Dearest readers, I'll begin by documenting the longest domestic flight in the world on business class from Réunion to Paris. And then I'll end with how I forced an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia for an in-flight medical emergency. Yeah, it escalates...
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In The End…We Gather Together For A Réunion Island
More paradise awaits us in the final stop of our trip. After 3 days in Mauritius, the 4 of us leftover boarded Air Mauritius flight MK 238 at 3:30pm, landing 45 minutes later at 4:15pm in Réunion Airport. I've been hitting it out of the park with these...
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More Riches in Mauritius Delicious
After 2 days in the Seychelles, we headed onwards to more of island paradise in Mauritius. I first heard of Mauritius back in 2009 when a former girlfriend of mine idealized it as her top honeymoon destination. It has never escaped my mind since, and after so many...
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Do You See Shells in Seychelles on the Sea Shore?
After a few days adventuring in Madagascar and picking up an extra monsooner we met at our hostel along the way, we flew out to the Seychelles (at Evan's insistence a few months ago) on a 2.5 hour 4pm flight from TNR to SEZ.We landed at 7:35pm local time. Once...
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Wanta F-Anta-nanarivo, Don’t You Wanta, Wanta Fanta?
Much like Dar es Salaam in Taznania, there's nothing much to see in the capital of Madagascar either in terms of tourist trappings, but that may be part of the allure of this place. Perhaps the most well known site would be the Queen's Palace aka the Rova of...
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Avenue of the Gods, Avenue of the Baobabs
After a morning hiking 4 hours around Tsingy de Behamara, we flew back on our private charter flight to Morondava at 2:30pm to catch a walk along Baobab Avenue at sunset. We were over the avenue at about 40 minutes into the flight. Landing at around 3:30pm at an...
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Where Are We Next?
