Only 2 hours from Miami – Honduras is an untouched eco-paradise. Few travelers visit – other than the Bay Islands.

Yesterday morning I boarded Alaska Airlines Flight 17 from Miami to Seattle. At 6 hours and 20 minutes, it’s the longest flight in the Continental United States. From Miami the plane sets out on a Northwest trajectory across Southern Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The plane then flies over Louisiana,Arkansas, Texas,Oklahoma,Kansas,Colorado,Utah,Wyoming,Idaho ,Oregon and then Washington State.
At Seattle I boarded a Horizon Air prop plane for the short 45 minute hop up to Vancouver. Pictures are below :

Miami

Crossing the Mississippi.

Western Kansas Farms.

Praries meet the Rockies at Colorado Springs.

First Snow in the Rockies.

Red Desert in Wyoming.

Wyoming or Utah.

San Juan Islands,Washington State.

Coming in for a landing at Vancouver.

Austrian Airways now has four flights a week from Vienna to Erbil,Kurdish Iraq. In the late Saddam era this area was known as the Northern No-Fly Zone and hence developed peacefully and independently from the rest of Iraq. There are many archeological wonders in this Alpine setting where Alexander the Great defeated King Darius of Persia.

“Wheels Up ” for the three hour commuter flight from Medellín to Miami. It’s a quick hop across the Caribbean, passing Jamaica and Cuba along the way.

I’m here in Colombia on a Trade Mission to promote ArcticTropic as a vehicle for promoting ecotourism and adventure travel here.

Colombia is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with almost every terrain and climate imaginable. Already, Europeans are visiting, and now its’ time for upscale,educated Americans to travel here – anywhere between three and five hours from most parts of the United States. I was in Bogotá earlier this week , and now in Medellin till next Monday. More pictures to come.

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On my way from Miami to Buenos Aires last November I snapped this shot from the plane – high over the Central Andes of Bolivia. Bolivia is becoming a top adventure travel destination and already several providers are listed in ArcticTropic.

I’m off to Mexico City today, having landed about 9 AM local time after a 3 hour flight from Miami – thanks to the early USA Daylight time change. Here for the week for ArcticTropic business matters. Below – a shot of Popocatepetl Volcano taken out the plane window.

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