Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Sucre, Bolivia (SLVR - SLSU)

Sucre

Wow!! I'm going to have to rave about this airport. The touch down onto the start of the runway is in the bottom of the valley with the terminal at the top. The approach meant that I had to skirt the top of the surrounding mountains, drop in the valley for the sloped runway. This goes down as my first landing on what can only be described as one of the worlds "most difficult and dangerous" Airports. This scenery by LatinVFR of Sucre is incredible, along with the slopping runway.

It's probably fair to say that this leg took more than a few "practice runs" and "go around" before nailing it. Definitely worth the detour!!

Asuncion Paraguay to Santa Cruz, Bolivia (SGAS - SLVR)

I have taken some liberties with this leg of the journey. At the time I was not able to identify any carrier between Paraguay and Bolivia that operated a Boeing 737-800 fleet. Instead I settled for operating a "Charter" on behalf of Amazonas who service both Asuncion and Viru Viru. 

Sucre, Bolivia to Le Paz, El Alto Bolivia (SLSU - SLLP)

Le Paz

I had been hoping for a landing in a westerly direction, up onto the plateau that La Paz sits on, but unfortunately not. For once the weather was perfect. . .  for an easterly landing.

Saniago Chile to Asuncion Paraguay (SCEL - SGAS)

Asuncion

Its taken some time but I've finally arrived. It was not the plan to stop over in Santiago for as long as I did but to make as much progress back up into the North Americas as quickly as possible. Unfortunately FSX on my computer decided to have a crisis and finally give up the ghost. After a long delay, a new graphics card and a new flight platform (yes. . .  I am now on P3D, which is far far far more stable!!) I hope to get this around the world trip back on the road.

It would seem that after such a long hiatus, I have completely forgotten how to fly a 737 (or rather to land). So I have had to have a few practice runs (read . .  crash landing, go back to the start). Getting to grips with the PMDG 737 on P3D has been enjoyable and worth the effort of reloading all the FSX software

Buenos Aires to Santiago,Chile (SAEZ - SCEL)

"sunrise"

Santiago.
What a beautiful leg to fly. Gorgeous sunrise pushing us across the continent towards the Pacific west coast and Chile. As soon as we crossed into Chilean airspace the ground terrain below changes rapidly and the Andes mountains rushed up to meet us. I had probably started my descend a bit to early as the snow covered caps of Mount Tupungao already sit at 21 555ft seemed a bit to close for comfort and gave some concern to the passengers.

Sau Paulo to Buenos Aires (SBGR-SAEZ)

"over Sau Paulo"

Buenos Aires.
Finaly made it to Argentina. It's been a busy time with me being grounded by admin duties and unable to get back into the cockpit.
Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini) (IATA: EZE, ICAO: SAEZ) is located 22 km (14 mi) south-southwest of Buenos Aires or Capital Federal, the capital of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 3,475 ha (8,587 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.

Rio De Janeiro to Sao Paulo (SBGL - SBGR)

São Paulo 
Aced the landing. . . well almost. The auto pilot lined everything up nicely till the last 100 feet. I left the AP on for as long as possible before flopping down onto the tarmac. It's a good thing that I was pointing straight down the white centre line and not forced to go around again as I was already sucking the last few drops of aviation fuel from the tanks. (I still have not got the hang of estimating fuel load yet).