Here are some photos from very early on in the Honolulu – Majuro flight, along with the story from Jean: Marvelous Marshall Islands hold us a little longer. After a quick turn-around in Honolulu we got airborne to the Marshall Islands at 4:30 in the most glorious afternoon, climbing straight up to 6000 ft. We

    We arrived in Guam after drilling a nineteen and a half hour tunnel into a mostly 28 knot headwind. The night landing on the brightly lit runway was a true heaven send, after a long slow flight in a lot of rain and cloud. We had a good night’s rest in a fine

  Hoezeeeeeet from Starbucks, Kuala Lumpur. Jirra, this is a city of skyscrapers. Perhaps I can dedicate some photos to demonstrating that in a mo. But near the Twin Towers here it’s very clean and organised. I feel as if it must be teetering, with the oil price where it is, but Patrick tells me

Update from James from Colombo, Sri Lanka: Seychelles here we come. (I hope – I’m an optimist after all!). I’m sitting in bed, next to Patrick, with an hour left in the Transit Hotel, Bandaranaike International, Sri Lanka. Our plan to land, refuel and head immediately for Seychelles didn’t work out because of what looked

 Yoohooo. Ever been to Beau-Vallon, Seychelles? Try it. (And stay in the cottage at “Beau-Vallon Bungalows” at the end of the beach). Flip, as I get older I get madder – I now can’t really remember which flight was which! It was my intention, once settled in the Seychelles, to complete the little update I’d

 Bringing the 2015 Around the World flight to an end with a safe arrival back in Tedderfield on Friday, TWN will now be stripped before being put into a container to head off to her new owners in Taiwan. It really was a festive occasion, spread over three airfield: Kruger, Numbi Hotel and back here