Today via e-mail I have been informed that my flight from JNB to AMS has been downgauged yet upgraded from a Boeing 747-400 (combi) to Boeing 777-200ER. The times still remain the same. Photo (c) Daniël E. Cronk, 2008 – Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Nederland Boeing 747-400 Combi Boeing 777-200ER Overall length 70.6 m (231 ft [...]
Today via e-mail I have been informed that my flight from MSP to AMS has been downgauged from an Airbus 330-300 to an Airbus 330-200. The times still remain the same. Photo (c) Daniël E. Cronk, 2008 – Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Nederland Airbus 330-300 Airbus 330-200 Overall length 63.6 m (208 ft 10 in) 58.8 [...]
Iceland, as I am finding out, is more than just the barren wasteland which I first wrote of. It has certainly proved to be a gem that could possibly be worth coming back for a second visit sometime. Once you get past the extreme expense, though in some cases it hasn't been much worse than [...] 
Many greetings to you all from Iceland, the supposed land of Fire & Ice. Well, my flight from Minneapolis to Reykjavik went quite well. There was a small delay in their arrival into Minneapolis so we were late boarding and taking off. But, the good news was that the pilot got us into the jet [...] 
If my website does this correctly you will be receiving at the approximate time in which my flight is to depart. At this very moment my plane should be airborne traveling to an altitude of approximately 38,000 feet. Today I am onboard Icelandair's flight from Minneapolis to Reykjavik, Iceland for what is sure to produce [...] Today I took a major step in travel planning. I have changed my flight from Costa Rica to South Africa. It’s quite a change if I do say so myself. But one I feel it’s time to make. The flights are going to be extremely interesting. I am going to be gone from 29.March.09 thru [...]
Well today begins the sad day. I must say good bye to Jordan and to the Middle East. It has been a wonderful last few days. On Friday, I took the bus from Wadi Musa back to Amman (2-hours north) and then a taxi to the city of Madaba. I checked into a hotel and [...]
Greetings from Jordan. After I walked around for 9-hours at the Petra Complex I went and had a hair-cut. Lets just say that not being able speak Arabic is bad (especially if they don’t speak English, also). But it was an interesting experience. My hair is now VERY short and is what is typical of [...]
Greetings from Luxor, Egypt. I am only taking a moment out of my busy day to write and say that this city is truly amazing. Though the street touts can be a bit aggressive and everyone is your friend or has been waiting your long arrival, its pretty good. Yesterday I visited the cult temples [...]
Getting to Abu Simbel involved joining a convoy (there are only 2 per day) – the first at 4:30 in the morning!!! eeks. But arriving at Abu Simble at 8:00. Most people are content with staying only for an hour or so, which means another 3-hour bus ride which I just didn’t want to do. [...]
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