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Travel with your eyes wide open and experience the world!


Real Name: Michael
Lives In: Durban, ZA
Birth Date: February 8, 1972
Member Since: Sep 28, 2004
Last Login: Oct 16, 2009   08:49 UTC
Member's Time: Nov 07, 2009   21:22 SAST
VT Rank: 131
Deals Rank: 237
Travel Interests: Historical Travel, Diving and Snorkeling, Beaches, National/State Park, Photography

 

Page Views: 21,115            

Michael's Travel Logue

by MikeAtSea - last update: Aug 25, 2009

Welcome to my Virtual Travel Page.
I have made travel my passion of life. I obtained a tourism degree in travel from a Swiss and Austrian College and thrown myself into the travel industry for the last 20 years. For many years the tourism industry in Southern Africa was my passion but I felt there was need for change and and I am working as Tour Manager onboard a luxury cruise liner sailing around the world.
8 years later and I am still cruising the Seven Seas of the world - exploring new cultures, countries and regions - and being suprised each day about the diversity of our planet.

By now I was able to travel to over 130 countries and with this gathered experiences and most important was able to open my horizon to new cultures and traditions. And I am glad to say that in 2009 many new destinations are on schedule!

Something that strikes me the most when visiting a country are its people. And at the way I receive hospitality in a foreign country is probably the most enjoyable factor of my visit – and one which fulfills a visit to me. I have visited regions of this globe with perceptions that very soon changed, being guided by the media or at times also travel companies.

I have done some crazy trips in my life – or so people say – but all the time I was able to see with my eyes the true side of a country, at times moving into slums, squatter camps or the poorest regions in Asia, South America or Africa, I have slept in some of the best hotels a city can offer and eaten in good restaurants but what was always important to me is to see the whole picture of a country, the glitter side, and those which do not glitter that much and to receive the real picture.

On these pages I am slowly but surely adding my experiences of the countries, regions and cities that I visited. I hope you find the information useful for your own travels and since I am always on the move make sure to visit back – since I will update this page continuously.

Every time I visit a foreign country I am let by words a seasoned traveler told me a few years ago: Travel with your eyes and your heart open – and be an ambassador of your country. With that in mind and heart I have gained some of the best and most memorable moments of my life.

My last highlight

Some of my favouritesat present are
Mahe, Praslin and La Digue pages.

Some of my VT pages include a comprehensive overview of Africa and experiences of my visit to Antarctica and my short exploration of Moscow

Make sure to re-visit since I update this web page all the time.
Swimming with Pink Dolphins
Meeting penguin chicks in Antarctica

My Travel Plans for 2009

This years travel plans will take me to the following destinations:

At present I am in Europe - soon to return back to South Africa.

Some of the latest additions you can find on my travel map:
P'aju Korea
Qingdau China
Tianjin China
Burg Eltz Germany
Valletta Malta

My Top 5 Pages

Currently 20 of my pages are listed as top 5, they are:

Lesotho
Maputo
South Africa
Kruger National Park
KwaZulu-Natal
Durban
Oudtshoorn
Swaziland
Kochi
Borobudur
Phi Phi Island
Sydney
Townsville
Vladivostok
Side
Rheinland Pfalz
Altenahr
Portofino
Cape Canaveral
In Bago - Myanmar
Me flying on South African Airways
With all my travels to date I have flown almost a million kilometers around the world, if I calculate air speed and distance travelled I spent so far 47 full days at 30.000 feet and above. Over the years air travel has certainly changed, yet some airlines outshine others, and some are simply bad.

The good airlines I have flown with:
Nationwide (gone bust), South African Airways, Cathay Pacific, LAN Chile, Luthansa, Ethiopian Airlines, Gulf Air, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Finair, Swissair, British Airways, British Midlands, Air Malaysia, Thai Airways, Qantas, Luxair, Air Canada, Bangkok Airways, Rwanda Express Air, KLM, Air Dolomiti

The so so airlines I have flown with:
Alitalia, Air France, TAM Brazil, Air Gabon, Alitalia, Iberia, Olympic Airlines, Condor, Vietnam Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Air Madagascar, Air Botswana, Brussels Airways, Deutsche BA, Tunis Air, South African Express, Interlink Airlines

The bad airlines I have flown with:
American Airlines, LTU, China Air, Rossiya Air, Air Europa, Zambian Airways, Egypt Air, Air Seychelles

MikeAtSea's Albums
Title [Click to view]Travel YearPictures
VT Members that I have met- 2
Piloting in the Pfalz / Germany- 5
Faces of the World- 8
Faces of the World II- 3
Sailing into Cape Town - 24th of March 2005- 5

Comments for MikeAtSea
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Skye2006 Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:18 UTC
 It's like I am reading a travel book here. You got many places there.		youssef09 Tue Sep 15, 2009 14:12 UTC
 greetings , you have beautiful home page, will be vvisiting your region soon , !
SLLiew Sun Jul 26, 2009 03:03 UTC
 Michael, Received your nice airplane postcard and F1Nurburgring postcard from Germany. Danke. Cheers, SL :)		junecorlett Tue Jun 30, 2009 17:50 UTC
 Thank you for visiting my pages - you are lucky to be away from frrrreeeezing Jo'burg.
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