It is seven on a glorious morning in Rio. Mike and I both woke around quarter to five in our little hotel room. I was lying awake and heard Mike tossing and turning. “How’s your head?” “Mmmmmmm…………” came the reply. Yep, we had a fine evening out in the the little town of Marica hosted

OK, having serviced ZU-TAF and prepared themselves for the road ahead, Mike and Jean, together with Sias and Tim, had a good look at the various ways home, the weather and things philosophical. Jean and Mike have both been away from home for a long time now and they’re definitely getting a bit homesick! Anyhow,

With the Andes disappearing behind us, we descended out of the forest of charlies to a reasonable altitude where the Amazon introduced itself to us. We have all seen pictures of the Amazon forest, the Amazon river and Amazon wildlife. I remember as a child reading National Geographic and being amazed at everything I saw

Mike and Jean were able to leave early this morning from Vilhena and were nearly halfway to Rio de Janeiro when we found out that the airport that they were heading to, was in fact closed. So the guys’ flight plan was adjusted and they headed to Maricá Airport, just east of the famous Baia

Mike and Jean landed safely in Vilhena at about 22:06:00 UTC after leaving Tabatinga at 12:49:34 UTC this morning, with a fuel stop at Porto Velho. Jean will hopefully be able to send the second part of his log (if they have internet where they will be staying) on the experience it was to start

Mike and Jean decided to landed in Porto Velho for fuel, and then departed to push till Vilhena Airport before sunset. A while after landing at Porto Velho, Mike sent us this message:”Landed for fuel. Got bad fuel and engine was running rough. Storm overhead now. Filled completely so we can make Rio” Below is

Jean sent us a post reflecting on their journey from Panama City to just over the Andes. His second-half of their flight to Tabatinga will hopefully be posted by tomorrow. An early start from Panama was needed to get us to Leticia in the southern corner of Colombia before dark. The cool morning air (28°c)

We landed in Brazil but have checked into a hotel in Colombia! We are really happy with todays flight … it was a great experience – at times we really felt out there in the mountains, the clouds and uninhabited jungles as far as the eye can see. And … it gives us such a

Photos sent through from Mike and Jean

Jean and Mike landed safely in Tabatinga, Brazil (just over the Colombian border next to Leticia, Colombia) at approximately 00:21 SA local time this morning (15 Sep) after nearly 10 hours of flight from Panama City. As we are not too sure what the internet connection is like in Tabatinga, we might not get an