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Discover expert travel tips, layover guides, and airline reviews from a professional pilot. Enhance your travel experience with The Pilot Who Explores.

  • Suitcases: Tested by a Pilot
    • Sterling Pacific vs Rimowa: The Ultimate Showdown
    • Briggs & Riley ZDX Carry-On Expandable Spinner
    • Briggs & Riley Essential 22” Carry-On: Tested by a Pilot
    • > All Suitcase Reviews
  • Pilot Travel Hacks
    • Packing Like a Pilot: 10 Hacks
    • The Best and Cheapest International Data Roaming Plans: Ranked
    • Staying Fit and Healthy While Traveling (by a Pilot)
    • > All Pilot Travel Hacks
  • Hotel Reviews
    • The 5 Best JFK Airport Hotels: Rated
    • The 7 Best Hotels in Antigua Guatemala
    • > All Airport Hotel Reviews
  • Layover & Airport Guides
    • Europe
      • Paris Charles de Gaulle Int’l Airport (CDG)
      • London Heathrow Int’l Airport (LHR)
      • > All Europe Airport Layover Guides
    • United Arab Emirates
    • USA
      • Atlanta Int’l Airport (ATL)
      • New York (JFK)
      • > All US Airport Layover Guides
    • > All Layover & Airport Guides
  • Destination Guides
    • Africa
      • The Ultimate Santo Antão, Cabo Verde Guide (by a Pilot)
      • Ethiopia
      • > All Africa Destination Guides
    • Asia
      • 7 Days in Bangladesh: An Epic Adventure Itinerary
      • > All Asia Destination Guides
    • Caribbean
      • Dominica: the Best Caribbean Island You Didn’t Know Existed
      • St. Lucia’s Jade Mountain: The Ultimate Couple’s Retreat
      • > All Caribbean Destination Guides
    • Europe
      • Albania: The Ultimate 6-Day Road Trip
      • Baltics: Lithuania to Finland (1-Week)
      • > All Europe Destination Guides
    • Latin America
      • The Ultimate 1 Week El Salvador Adventure Itinerary
      • Ometepe, Nicaragua: the BEST hidden gem in Central America
      • > All Latin America Destination Guides
    • Middle East
      • Syria
      • > All Middle East Destination Guides
    • > All Destination Guides & Itineraries
  • Airline Trip Reports
    • Budget & Economy
    • Premium Cabins
      • Singapore A380 Business Class (Disappointing)
      • Lufthansa 747-400 Upper Deck Business (FRA-DEL)
      • > All Premium Cabin Flight Reviews
    • > All Trip Reports & Flight Reviews
The Pilot Who Explores

The Pilot Who Explores

Discover expert travel tips, layover guides, and airline reviews from a professional pilot. Enhance your travel experience with The Pilot Who Explores.

  • Suitcases: Tested by a Pilot
    • Sterling Pacific vs Rimowa: The Ultimate Showdown
    • Briggs & Riley ZDX Carry-On Expandable Spinner
    • Briggs & Riley Essential 22” Carry-On: Tested by a Pilot
    • > All Suitcase Reviews
  • Pilot Travel Hacks
    • Packing Like a Pilot: 10 Hacks
    • The Best and Cheapest International Data Roaming Plans: Ranked
    • Staying Fit and Healthy While Traveling (by a Pilot)
    • > All Pilot Travel Hacks
  • Hotel Reviews
    • The 5 Best JFK Airport Hotels: Rated
    • The 7 Best Hotels in Antigua Guatemala
    • > All Airport Hotel Reviews
  • Layover & Airport Guides
    • Europe
      • Paris Charles de Gaulle Int’l Airport (CDG)
      • London Heathrow Int’l Airport (LHR)
      • > All Europe Airport Layover Guides
    • United Arab Emirates
    • USA
      • Atlanta Int’l Airport (ATL)
      • New York (JFK)
      • > All US Airport Layover Guides
    • > All Layover & Airport Guides
  • Destination Guides
    • Africa
      • The Ultimate Santo Antão, Cabo Verde Guide (by a Pilot)
      • Ethiopia
      • > All Africa Destination Guides
    • Asia
      • 7 Days in Bangladesh: An Epic Adventure Itinerary
      • > All Asia Destination Guides
    • Caribbean
      • Dominica: the Best Caribbean Island You Didn’t Know Existed
      • St. Lucia’s Jade Mountain: The Ultimate Couple’s Retreat
      • > All Caribbean Destination Guides
    • Europe
      • Albania: The Ultimate 6-Day Road Trip
      • Baltics: Lithuania to Finland (1-Week)
      • > All Europe Destination Guides
    • Latin America
      • The Ultimate 1 Week El Salvador Adventure Itinerary
      • Ometepe, Nicaragua: the BEST hidden gem in Central America
      • > All Latin America Destination Guides
    • Middle East
      • Syria
      • > All Middle East Destination Guides
    • > All Destination Guides & Itineraries
  • Airline Trip Reports
    • Budget & Economy
    • Premium Cabins
      • Singapore A380 Business Class (Disappointing)
      • Lufthansa 747-400 Upper Deck Business (FRA-DEL)
      • > All Premium Cabin Flight Reviews
    • > All Trip Reports & Flight Reviews
Make Layovers Less Awful Again: Airport Guides

Make Layovers Less Awful Again: Airport Guides

Tips & Tricks from an Airline Pilot: Travel Made Easy

Tips & Tricks from an Airline Pilot: Travel Made Easy

Around the World: Awesome Adventures and Itineraries

Around the World: Awesome Adventures and Itineraries

Airline Trip Reports: Testing Airlines Around the World

Airline Trip Reports: Testing Airlines Around the World

The Life of an Airline Pilot

The Life of an Airline Pilot

About the Pilot Who Explores

About the Pilot Who Explores

Travel the World’s Toughest Destinations — with a Pilot Who’s Been There

Our Most Epic Trip Ever: Living With the Mundari Tribe in South Sudan

Africa Travel Guides

Eritrea: 7 Epic Days Exploring Africa’s Most Underrated Country

Africa Travel Guides Destination Guides
The Aleppo Citadel: Visited in 2025.

What It’s Really Like Visiting Syria in 2025: Complete 7-Day Itinerary and Tips

Destination Guides Middle East Travel Guides

Visiting Haiti in 2025: Possible? Dangerous?

Caribbean Travel Guides Destination Guides

14 Things You Need to Know Before Going to Madagascar

Africa Travel Guides
Window views of Kyrgyzstan.
Premium Cabins Trip Reports

Air Astana A320NEO Business Class Review (Almaty–Osh) | Refined Comfort on a Short-Haul Gem

Budget & Economy Trip Reports

Air Astana A321LR Economy Class Review: A Surprisingly Premium Experience from Guangzhou to Almaty

The Azerbaijan Airlines Airbus A320 isn't the newest, but it does look nice in that pearl blue.
Premium Cabins Trip Reports

Azerbaijan Airlines A320 Business Class (Tested by a Pilot): Tbilisi to Baku | TBS-GYD

The Aleppo Citadel: Visited in 2025.
Destination Guides Middle East Travel Guides

What It’s Really Like Visiting Syria in 2025: Complete 7-Day Itinerary and Tips

The mysterious Liberian Ghost Ship shipwreck that has been sitting on a beautiful beach in Robertsport, Liberia since 2016.
Africa Travel Guides Destination Guides

Côte d’Ivoire to Sierra Leone: Exploring Deep West Africa

View from the Ibis Styles Ambassador T2 Incheon Airport.
Asia Travel Guides Hotels: Tested & Reviewed Pilot Travel Hacks Ultimate Airport & Layover Guides: Curated by a Pilot

Review: Ibis Styles Ambassador Incheon Airport T2 – A Solid Transit Hotel with a Few Quirks

From the Cockpit

Is Flying Safe? A Deep & Honest Analysis by a Pilot

Asia Travel Guides Premium Cabins Trip Reports

China Southern A350 Business Class Flight Review (CAN-AMS)

Qatar Airways 777-300ER DOH-JFK
Premium Cabins Trip Reports

First in Business: Qatar Airways’ Unmatched QSuite Experience (QR703 DOH-JFK)

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