Author: wingingitj

Hong Kong, Komodo, Raja Ampat | 🇭🇰 🇮🇩

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Hong Kong
Ayana Komodo Resort, Labuan Bajo
Flying by Komodo Island
Landing at Labuan Bajo
Padar Island
Komodo dragons, Rinca Island
Misool Eco Resort
Misool Lookout
Misool Lookout
Scuba diving in Raja Ampat
Oceanic manta rays near misool
Jellyfish lake
Misool Eco Resort
Jewel, Singapore Changi Airport
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Tornado Chase Review

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Looking back at our tornado chasing tour on the southern and high plains of the US.

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Austria 2019

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Lech
Lech
Skiing out into Lech
R-J Lakers @ Zurich Lions | Swiss National League
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Our Nature Air (Costa Rica) saga

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Some readers may remember that back in February we travelled to Costa Rica. When flying within Costa Rica we usually fly Sansa Regional but this time had booked our internal flights on Nature Air in order to experience a new aircraft type. Between the time we booked and the time of our trip, Nature Air […]

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South Africa 🇿🇦

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D on Table Mountain, Cape Town
V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
Camps Bay
African Penguin Colony at Simon’s Town.
Shark cage diving at Gansbaai
Leeu Eatates, Franschhoek
Delaire Graff Estates
Mhondoro Safari Lodge, Welgevonden Game Reserve
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Cape Town from Table Mountain

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Table Mountain was closed on my first trip to Cape Town. Panoramic view of Cape Town from Table Mountain.

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Landing in Lomé, Togo 🇹🇬

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Ethiopian Airlines 509 from New York-Newark to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia via Lomé, Togo. This is one of the more interesting flights we have taken. Addis Ababa Bolé Airport is at an elevation of over 7,500′. Just as in La Paz, the takeoff and landing performance of an aircraft is reduced at this elevation, which forces most […]

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Bolivia 🇧🇴

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Laguna Blanca
Laguna Verde
Laguna Colorada
The Tayka Desert Hotel, in the Bolivian Cordillera (4,550m or about 15,000 ft) which I believe is the highest hotel in the world.
La Paz
Sajama
Sajama Village
Acotango at 20,000 feet.
Uyuni Salt Flat
Lake Titicaca
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La Paz-El Alto Intl. Airport, The highest international airport in the world (13,325’)

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At an elevation of 13,325 feet (~4060m), La Paz-El Alto airport is the highest international airport in the world. The low air density means reduced lift, so airplanes have to takeoff and land at higher speeds and the effects of engine power and air braking systems are substantially reduced. Many aircraft types, especially wide-body airplanes, […]

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Every line on the La Paz-El Alto Teleférico

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On our last day in La Paz we decided to ride the new Teleférico public transit system, the longest aerial cable car system in the world. We travelled through every stop, though a number of additional lines are scheduled to open from now through 2020. The upper portion of the Sky line opened just two […]

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‘Many attempts. Few summits.’ | Our Bolivia Climbing Experience | Review

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We left Sajama village this morning at 5:30am for our last shot at a 6,000m peak on this trip. Acotango (6,052m) was supposed to be our one day acclimatization climb before Sajama. A snowstorm blocked that and high winds eliminated any prospect of summiting Sajama, so we decided to focus on Acotango on our remaining […]

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