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When I started writing this blog I had a couple of different motivations. First of all I wanted to keep a diary, for myself, but also for friends and family at home, to see what I am doing. And for practical reasons of not having to write the same emails over and over again with […] Read More

Back to Melbourne

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Back to Melbourne, to stay there for a whole month. So looking forward to it. Seeing my friends again, hanging out at Sircuit, swimming in Fitzroy, seeing a couple of Midsumma events…. Here are the details: Flight 42: Adelaide to Melbourne Date: 17/01/2015 QF686 ADL to MEL Airline: Qantas Plane: Boeing 737-800 Distance flown: 511 Miles Duration: 1h06 Read More

Back to Australia

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For the first time in this trip, I have changed my general direction of travel. I am no longer heading West, but backwards East, starting the third and last trip around the globe. Fewer stops this time – only Australia, Chile, Argentina and Brussels. But still a full circle. I figured I had lost two full days […] Read More

Johannesburg stop-over

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I could have stayed longer in Cape Town. Time flew and I feel like I could use some more days at the beach. But I head over to Johannesburg today, an will be on my way to Australia tomorrow. I skipped Johannesburg. When I arrived in the early afternoon it was raining. I was tired… I […] Read More

59626 km

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And here are the travel statistics for Round Two of my trip. In total, I made another 59626 km. Here’s the breakdown, I traveled: 56124 km in the air or 68 hours 38 minutes 2945 km by car and bus 417 km by train 140 km by ferry taking 19 flights on 12 Airbus, 6 Boeing […] Read More

Longitude

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I realized: I have actually completed my second round of circling the globe.  Even though I am not back in Europe, I am more or less on the same longitude. Here are the coordinates: Cape Town, South Africa: 33°55′ S, 18°22′ E Tel Aviv, Israel: 32°5′ N, 34°48′ E I am some 16° west of Tel Aviv […] Read More

DEL-BOM-JNB-CPT

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Hello Africa! This afternoon I start my 3-leg trip into Africa, the last continent I haven’t visited (Ok, besides Antarctica). I’ll spend the last morning in Delhi, and then take a flight to Mumbai, and after a short stop-over fly all night on to Johannesburg, then hop on another flight to Cape Town wehere I’ll […] Read More

Moving on to Khajuraho

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After five days in intense and colorful Varanasi, I travel on to the more quiet Khajuraho, home to a number of Jain temples with erotic carvings. It’s going to be two short hops, on the same plane with a short stop in Agra. I guess we can even stay in the plane. Here are the […] Read More

On and on and on: Mumbai

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One week was definitely too short for Bangkok, and next time I come in winter when the temperatures are lower… Off to Mumbai today, where the temperature reached 36 degrees today… Here are the fight details: Flight 32 to Mumbai Date: 12/11/2014 Code: TG317 from BKK to BOM Airline: Thai Airways Plane: Boeing 777-200 Distance flown: 1885 […] Read More

Next stop: Bangkok

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What can I say? Here I go again, the next stop: Bangkok! Flight 31 to Bangkok Date: 5/11/2014 Code: TG601 from HKG to BKK Airline: Thai Airways Plane: Boeing 747-400 Distance flown: 1115 Miles Duration: 2h21 Flew in a 747 again. They’re getting rare as most of them get decommissioned and replaced by newer planes. They are fun. Loud, […] Read More

Polar route

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And I am off to my longest flight ever, on this trip, and beyond, beating my previous 14h record for the Frankfurt-Buenos Aires route in 2011. I’ll board a United Airlines Boeing 777 today, to fly 15h35 to Hong Kong, on a polar route that will bring me within some 70 miles of the North […] Read More