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Traveling South America
We started: Leon, Sara and I on a journey through South America. With a stopover via Sao Paolo in Brazil, it goes to Asuncion in Paraguay. From there we start our tour with a converted camper across the continent.
This is an old Toyota Hiace from 1996.
It’s still in good shape and is getting an update from us both inside and out for a trip off the beaten track and suitable for a small family. In addition to a new interior, a larger kitchen and additional batteries and tanks, it also received a roof rack, solar panels with the corresponding power distribution in the car, a snorkel and larger tires. The more precise specifications and manufacturer can be found here later.
South America Trip (2022)
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The Galapagos Highlands
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The Baby Seals of Punta Playa Carola
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The Sea Lions in the Beach Bar
Am nächsten Tag erkunden wir die kleine Hafenstadt Puerto Baquerizo Moreno und die Strände in der…
San Cristobáls Hafen der Menschen und Tiere
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The professional Destruction of our Car
Ich freue mich über jede negative Referenz für diese Werkstatt.
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The Center of the World
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Lost in Frustration in Quito
After the impressive landscape of the volcanoes, the city is a contrast. Unlike most cities, Quito is…
The Route of the Volcanoes
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The Smoke of Cotopaxi
We stay one day in Latacunga after driving through the Valle Hermoso. The city lies at the foot of…
The overpopulated beautiful Valley
We don’t continue our journey at the Pailón del Diablo towards Amazonia, but we turn around and go…
El Pailón del Diablo
After our visit to the blood god in the tourist hotspot of Baños, we continue to follow the valley that…
The God of Blood in Tourist Paradise
We saw the falls that have faces. From there we head east; since the beginning of our journey on the…
The Falls that have Faces
The weather isn’t as bad as predicted as we leave Riobamba with its Chimborazo and head east into the…
The furthest Point from the Center of the Earth
Staying in the shadow of the Sangay impresses us. In the afternoon we reach Riobamba. It’s rainy and foggy…
The old People In the Shadow of The Sangay
The next day is still cloudy when we start from Alausi, but around noon we finally have some sun. One…
The Andean City of Alausi
We can see Ingaparca again in the sunlight, then we continue. But after a short time the weather…
Incas and Llamas
After the week in Cuenca we head north again. Dusty’s stay in the workshop and the long overdue…
Ecuador’s Gem
We reach the city of Cuenca after our refreshment with beans and cocoa and the beautiful days in the…
Bean soup with cocoa
We drive down the mountain with the closed tequila distillery and we are hungry. By chance we find an…
The Tequila Destillery on Top of the Mountain
There is said to be an interesting tequila distillery near the bridge where we stayed. I don’t want to…
Joy in the Andes
Vom Bad der Inkas fahren wir noch über die Höhen der ecuadorianischen Anden mit einer herrlichen Aussicht.…
In the Bath of the Incas
As we walk in the pastures of the cows grazing between agaves, I see that there are supposed to be…
Where the Cows Graze between the Agaves
After our unplanned but well-used stay in Loja, we’re heading north again on the Panamericana. The…
Ecuador’s Castles
We have found a cheap apartment near the Panamericana on the outskirts of town. Here we take a little…
Ecuador’s Green Pastures
We like Ecuador more and more. drive back the route and get goat’s milk for Leon along the way. The road…
The Dry Forest
After the unexpectedly long stay in the small border town of Macará, we hope that the car will survive…
New Country, new Breakdowns
The joy of the green landscape keeps us in suspense, then we suddenly reach the border. According to…
When you haven’t seen green for a long time
We say goodbye to Giancarlo and his lovely family from Piura. We’ll get a lot of helpful advice along the…
Home of Giancarlo
After the less than spectacular drive over the desolate and littered part of the Panamericana, we reach…
A Desert of Trash
The drive after leaving Huanchaco and Chan Chan is uneventful. We drive through the desert, far from the…
The Ancient Capital of Chan Chan
A bit of rest on the surfer beach was good. In the morning of our departure we visit Chan Chan, the…
Surfers’ Paradise of Huanchaco
We leave the site of the Huacas and head to our lodging in Huanchaco, a small coastal town outside of…
Visiting The Huaca de la Luna
We don’t spend the night with the turtles, but drive a little further north. The night at the gas…
The Bay of Tortugas
We leave the ugly Panamericana in between and drive to the small town of Tortugas on the beach.
…
The ugly Face of the Panamericana
The car stays intact when driving out of Lima, but new problems arise anyway. During one of the…
Driving in Lima: Welcome to Hell
A long stretch of desolation brings us from the absurd tourist oasis near Ica to the city limits of…
A Piece of the Orient in the Occident
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon, five hours after our breakdown, when we’re back on the road. The…
Glyphs, Churches and Glitches
We refresh our supplies, I have our air filter cleaned as a precaution, and off we go. We leave Nazca…
The Pyramid of the Nazca
When I have solid ground under my feet again after the flight over the Nazca Lines, we go to eat…
The Lines of The Nazca
After our visit to the dead, we arrive in the city of Nazca in the afternoon. We stay the night there to…
A Hello from the Dead
Our bellies are filled with olives. The chapter of our journey changes again. The last time we were alone…
An Oasis of Olives
After the eventful day with the ocean, pretty girls and pelicans we continue along the Panamericana. The…
A Day with the Ocean, Girls and Pelicans
We leave our dream beach and follow the Panamericana to Ático in the late morning to have lunch and do all…
A Dream of Loneliness
A lot of time has passed in the chance encounter with the whales on the beach. It’s too late to reach…
Whales at the Beach
We are on the Panamericana and although the landscape is barren, there are always surprises. At…
The Legendary Panamericana
In the afternoon we say goodbye to the children in Mollendo and continue up the Panamericana for…
A Heart for Children in Mollendo
We had a lovely first taste of Mollendo, our first stop on the Pacific Coast after months of traveling…
The Pacific Coast Town of Mollendo
As soon as we reach the coast via the sand-covered mountains, we are now on the legendary…
The Mountains Covered in Sand
The landscape around Arequipa is bone dry. We already saw that on the way from the Altiplano and during…
Arequipa, the Pearl in the Shadow of the Vulcanoes
The drive down from the Altiplano to the city of Arequipa is very difficult because, although it is…
The Altiplano
After our impressive stay on one of the floating reed islands of Lake Titicaca, we return to the city of…
On The Reed Islands of Lake Titicaca
After exploring the city of Puno, we leave the car in a commercial garage and stay for three days on…
Puno, the city of mountains, lake and Alpakas
The journey from the border town of Yunguyo leads over the barren high plateau and in parts along the…
For a new Beginning
Bolivian Copacabana is behind us and a bunch of formalities ahead. However, the border crossing is…
The Bolivian Copacabana
We are happy that we can continue. The continuation of our journey was still hanging by a thread a few…
Hanging by a Thread
The sunrise is fantastic at our night camp on the shore of Lake Titicaca where the reeds are growing…
The Origin of The Kon Tiki
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Cholitas and Witches of La Paz
La Paz has a very special mix of modernity and tradition. While on the one hand people in suits are…
The colorful City of the Dead
La Paz has many obscure places to visit. One of them is the city of the dead. An entire neighborhood…
The La Paz Artisan Market
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Streetart the Bolivian Way
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La Paz – The Mega City above the Clouds
The breakdown on the La Cumbre mountain pass was very unfortunate. The car spends the next two weeks…
Breakdown on 4703 Meters
We survived the Death Road and only have one more pass to get to La Paz. Google plans an hour and a…
The Death Road
I have the bold idea in mind to take the old road “Yungas Road” to La Paz, which is also called “Death…
Up into the Andes
We pack our things and drive on. The idyll on the small river did us good. I have in my head the bold…
Jungle Idyll
We continue the journey, leaving the Jesuit Route and again crossing a great distance, as the air is still…
The Jesuit Route
We safely crossed the big Rio Mamore, but unfortunately we didn’t see any river dolphins. We stay…
At Rio Mamore
We leave the jungle paradise of Chuchini and continue west. At the gas station in Trinidad we use our…
Time in Bolivian Amazonia
We leave Trinidad after a few errands and drive deep into the jungle of the north. The Rio Mamore…
Trinidad – the Gate to Amazonia
We are still traumatized by our experience at the site of the freshly destroyed rainforest. There are…
The Destruction of the Rainforest
We are so excited to finally get to the legendary Amazon rainforest and get to know its nature and…
The Route into the Wild
We head north towards Trinidad. This is where the Bolivian Amazon rainforest can be found. There is…
The Rich City in the Poor Country
We drive the highway from San José de Chiquitos to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The landscape quickly…
The Night in the Valley of the Moon
We leave the Devil’s Tooth and still traverse an impressive landscape of jungle and red rocks rising…
The Monastery at the Tooth of the Devil
The landscape becomes more exciting. After going very monotonously and straight to the place Roboré,…
Bolivia’s Originality
After a few days we leave Aguas Calientes. It’s gotten cold – handy for really appreciating the hot…
Hot Springs in the Jungle
It started raining at the border, but the jungle is still burning. It continues to rain and in the…
Burned Earth
The border crossing between Brazilian Corumbá and Bolivia is getting complicated. As at the border of…
The Charming Border Town in the Bush
The marshes of the Pantanal and its wilderness are now behind us and we are back in civilization. We…
River and Marshes
The experience was a shock. Most of the Pantanal has already been conquered by the farmers and the…
The Domain of the Caimans
I didn’t expect that on a trip with a baby we would see a jaguar in the wild. We didn’t either, but we…
The track of the Jaguar
As we leave Miranda and drive down the desolate highway, we don’t completely lose contact with the…
A Touch of Miranda
With adventure in the wild Pantanal in mind, we reach Miranda at sunset and look for a nice place to…
The Wild Pantanal
After our lovely time at the Aquidauana ranch, we head into the wild. I spotted a small road on the…
The Ranch in Aquidauana
After the wonderful drive through the pampas of the Pantanal, we arrive back in civilization with our…
On the Hunt for the Anteater
We had beautiful days at the Rio Verde. Part of the reason we stayed there and made the detour north…
At the Green River
After a few days we leave Campo Grande again. We make a detour north because I’ve read reports of a…
The Big City with Wildlife
We leave Dourados unimpressed and continue through the landscape of cattle farms and soybean and corn…
Pampas and Industry
We leave the wild beauty of the Rio Paraná and the happy people we met there. There is a nature…
Brazilian joie de vivre on the Rio Paraná
It’s already noon when we leave Porto Figueira, so we don’t drive far to get lunch. The town of Porto…
Breakfast and Hospitality
With a wonderful sunrise we leave our sleeping place on the pasture land. On the map I see a small…
Sunset over the Brazilian Farmland
We spent a few days in the city of Cascavel and are now back on the road. But not in the direction of…
Crossroads of South America
We leave the city and the falls of Iguaçu and take the highway east. Our plan is to drive around…
Foz do Iguaçu
The next morning we set off early to cross the border and see the famous Iguaçu Falls. Every limit is…
The City of the East
Our road trip has finally begun and in the afternoon we reach Ciudad del Este, right on the border…
The Road trip Begins
We’re finally leaving. I don’t feel any excitement. I feel nothing. I only have things on my mind to…
Areguá – The Village of Artesans
Everyday life in South America sets in and the stay in Asunción becomes routine. Special features are…
The Waterfalls of Yvycuí
Our journey from Asunción, with a first stop at Cerro Acahay, takes us across the expanse of…
Paraguay Overland
We leave the Cerro Acahay and start our journey towards Yvycuí. Although we are not far from…
Where the Pomelos grow
Then it starts, but for a weekend. The metal work on the car has to be postponed due to the…
Offroad Test at Paraguay River
My first day is eventful. Esteban finally arrives with our long-awaited vehicle and shows it to us…
Asunción and the Dive into South America
Paraguay is not known to many people in Europe, let alone what is there. At the moment, Paraguay…
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Georgia’s Touch of the Orient
We camp not far away in a good place, to which we have to cross a shallow stream in the dark. We drive to…
The Sovjet Observatory
We heard about an observatory that you can visit. We drive a long time through a mountain range
…
Above The Treetops In Okatse
A long bridge over the Okatse forest is a little more spectacular. There you have attached a…
The Tiny Canyon Of Martvili
The next morning, too, no electricity returned in the city of Kutaisi. We’re heading north because…
Kutaisi and its Forces of Nature
We are on the way to the city of Kutaisi. On the way we stop at a sight, the “Cave of Prometheus”.…
Deep in the Greater Caucasus
The Orthodox Monastery
We have breakfast in a small tourist café as soon as it opens. Then we…
The Alps of Swaneti
Our destination is the mountainous Svaneti. The good Tamona from Tbilisi warned us that winter was…
Over the mountains to the Black Sea
We get through a mountain range on an initially paved, then roughly gravel road. Once again the…
The City of the Dictator
We come to Gori. Another city. The city is best known as the birthplace of Josef Stalin. All…
The Cave City of Uplisziche
On the drive through the Lesser Caucasus, we visit the cave city of Uplistsikhe, which is 4000…
At the venerable Mount Kazbek
From the valley of Shatili we set off to the valley through which we entered Georgia. I bathe…
Hangover Adventure
I wake up in the tent, in my sleeping bag, on my sleeping mat. I know we set up the tent before…
Lost in the valleys of Shatili
We drive into the valley through rain, hail, thunder and lightning. Isolated defense towers rise…
The Switchbacks of Chewsureti
Fortunately, after our drive over the passes of the Greater Caucasus, we made the way unscathed in…
Unexpected Friendships in Tusheti
We spend a great night under the Milky Way on the 3000 meter high pass that leads to the heart of…
On one of the most dangerous roads in the world
Uli convinced me that it is a great idea to drive the elevated road from Kakheti to a place…
Kakheti – The Lesser and the Greater Caucasus
We pick up our car early the next day. Funnily enough, the messenger has already stalled the…
Tbilisi, The Youth of Georgia
Nevertheless, we reach Tbilisi in one piece (in Georgian worm script თბილისი) at an incredibly…
With Regards from Prometheus
The driver drives us from Vladikavkaz in Russia to Stepansminda, the…
BEING GUEST IN the CRISIS AREA of NORTH OSSETIA-ALANIA
Alan picked us up at half past seven and brought us to their apartment on the other side of…
The heart-warming people of Southern Russia
It should now go to a completely different corner of Russia. Namely on the border with the Caucasus in…
The echo of the Czarist Times
We’re going to have our next date in town, with Polina. She is also a couch surfer, couldn’t…
A dacha in Nowhere-land
On the first day in Saint-Petersburg we wanted to treat ourselves to the biggest highlight of the…
Priviet, Saint Petersburg
At 6 a.m. the alarm clock tells us it’s time to start the adventure. We travel to Munich Airport…
73 km to Russia
September 1st, 2017
Now the real adventure should begin, the ride on the antique Soviet UAZ combat…
Shkodra and Albania’s Virtues
In the most beautiful evening light we drive back to Albania. This time, the border is quickly…
Between the Mediterranean Sea and Skadar Lake
Originally there was the idea to go to the beautiful Bay of Kotor and visit the town of the…
Vermosh takes your breath away
Crossing the border back to Albania is a joke this time. We quickly leave Montenegro at a…
Montenegro’s Alpine Villages
After we had officially left Kosovo with a few obstacles, we drive ten kilometers through the…
Swabian Kosovo
As always, our thinking is determined by prejudices. So also about Kosovo. Entry into the…
The Valbona Fairy Tale Valley
On the way, an oncoming car with headlight flasher stops us. Again a driver draws our…
The Koman Ferry
We fight our way through Albanian traffic again and take the only northbound highway Albania…
Skanderbeg’s fortress
We head north the next day; we men are among ourselves again. Saying goodbye is still…
The Coast of Albania
The hotel that we found in the middle of the night is preparing for a wedding and we have…
Trouble on the blue Adriatic
The trip to this village was worth it. It is beautiful on top of a mountain with great views,…
heights and relief
Wir wollen wieder nach Norden. Ganz nach Norden, was bedeutet, dass wir eine ganze Menge…
In the footsteps of vanished Cultures
Between Tepelenëand Gjirokastër we pass a place just off the road where all hell breaks loose. You…
At the wedding
We continue strolling through Tepelenë in the sweltering heat, as we hear traditional music.…
Picturesque Gjirokastër
It is getting morning in Përmet. I feel rested, but my companions don’t. They have a mighty…
Bridges and Gorges of Përmet
Finally we leave the mountains and get onto a real road with real, modern asphalt. It’s like…
Through The Albanian Mountains
After a princely breakfast, lots of warm hugs and well-intentioned gifts, such as homemade…
Visiting the Albanian family
Rovena, where are we going today?” – is a question that’s becoming common among us. Often the…
Birthday in Osum Gorge
It’s my birthday and we just took a shower in an ice cold waterfall. We feel highly motivated.…
At the Bogovë waterfall
You’re having an Albanian breakfast – they do that for us VIPs – slurping your rice, goulash…
The city of 1000 windows
From Pelenë (the ë is found in many words here and is sometimes an ö or an a) it turns into a…
The fortress of Pelenë
The next day we leave for the airport to pick up our car – not a Mercedes, but a Dacia…
How to get to know Albania
Albania?!? What do you want there? Isn’t there only mafia and terrorists !? And they still have blood revenge,…
The Bay of Samaná
We’ve had eventful days in Las Galeras and we’ve come to terms with our shipwreck reasonably well.…
Shipwreckking in the Caribbean
Located on one of the easternmost points of the peninsula, Las Galeras is arguably one of the most…
The Waterfall of El Limón
In the Dominican Republic, if you don’t have your own bikes, you basically travel with two…
The City of the Creoles
Where do you go if you want to stay warm in March to try out your new kayak? As far away as…
California Feelings
We are drawn back to the west coast. A well-known place is Monterey. Even if…
On the trail of Route 66
Our short road trip leads back towards the coast. We leave the mountains and come through…
Yosemite in Flames
The city is not everything and one of the most famous national parks in the USA is on the…
The Nightmare of Alcatraz
A small ferry boat takes you to the small island with a perfect view of the city of San…
San Francisco & The American Dream
does not give the USA the cities that stand for the American dream? New York. Chicago. And…
The Savage Island of Palawan
We had a long overland drive from El Nido to Puerto Princesa, the largest city on the island of…
El Nido – The Place of Longing
Town is a big magnet for backpackers and individual travelers. The place…
The World of the Tao People
It was wonderful to travel through the island world by boat. Every now and then one saw a dolphin…
Snorkeling at the Battlefield
In the morning there was a breakfast made of fruits, mainly papaya, mango, pineapple and pomelo.…
On The Banka By The Busuanga Archipelago
The trip was called “Expedition” because only the destination was fixed. The exact route was…
The Bridgehead to the Tropical Sea
We landed in a small propeller plane on the small island of Busuanga. The “airport” was in the…
On Top of the the Taal Volcano
It was a disaster that we lost the GoPro. All video footage from the whale sharks, Banaue and…
Eastern in Manila
Our plane landed in Manila again and we took a taxi to the Makati district, where my cousin Nessim…
Swimming with the Whale Sharks
Kaum in Manila angekommen taten wir auch nichts anderes als schnell wieder zum Flughafen zu…
The Rice Terraces of banaue
Gone were the days in clean and orderly Singapore and we continued in the dirty, loud juggernaut…
The Green City
I’ve started my journey towards the Philippines and I’m stopping in Singapore for a few days for now.…
Past & Future
We use the chance to guide us from César through this part of Havana, in which no other tourist…
Matanzas
We still have a few days, but we have to slowly go back towards Havana. The further we are, the…
The Face of Cuba
There are few “attractions” in this area of Cuba, only the real Cuba itself. Although the big…
Topes de Collantes and the Cuban wildlife
When we were driven to the center of Havana by a taxi driver on the night of our…
Trinidad – Pearl of the CariabBean
Trinidad is the pearl of Cuba, even if this wonderful city welcomes us with a downpour.
…
mangroves and flamingos
There are large crocodiles on the south coast, but they are not very expansive and can only be…
Crabs in the Bay of Pigs
Of course, we always have to stock up on new rum on the way.
Ché is everywhere.
…
The fabulous Viñales Valley
At night you can’t see the slightest thing in the dark. Street lighting is a foreign word. In the…
Overland trip with obstacles
Our trip shouldn’t go around all of Cuba. There would hardly have been time to really explore the…
Havanna – a fragile piece of the Caribbean
We’re in Cuba, sitting on the beach with cigars and a caramel-brown Havana Club Añejo Especial on ice.…
Iceland’s Essence
We visit a few more waterfalls in the west of the island. The first is the Barnafoss; actually…
Snæfellsnes
When you hike to Svörtuklettar, the trail markings disappear after just a few steps. We don’t…
Elves and Trolls
Living in a country where the elements prevail in such an intense way as in Iceland does not…
The North of Iceland
We leave Húsavík and come across an impressive waterfall, the Goðafoss. It is also…
Whales and Sails
t outside of Húsavík we find beautiful accommodation in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere.…
The Craters of Dimmuborgir
The situation with our increasingly empty tanks makes us increasingly nervous and we decide…
The Dettifoss and the End of the World
Saying goodbye to Húsey is not easy. It’s just too idyllic there. But we also want to see…
The Icelandic Horses from Húsey
Húsey is a farm far away from civilization and can only be reached via a long gravel road. We…
Visiting the Puffins
We follow the description of the other travelers in search of the small, remote port called…
The Lagarfljót Pass
We leave our cozy accommodation in Berunes. At least since we left the imposing Seljalandsfoss…
The Fiord of Berunes
In the fjords of the east coast we come across the ruins of a Viking village. Only up close…
The Jökulsárlón Ice Lake
Between the huge glacier and the open ocean there is a large glacial lake – the…
The organ made of Basalt
After our exciting excursion to the foot of the largest glacier in Europe, we move back into…
On the Svinafellsjökull Glacier
If we are already in the land of ice and fire, we must at least have been on a glacier. And…
At the foot of the Katla volcano
We are between the sea and a super volcano – the Katla . Should this active volcano ever…
The Black Beach of Reynisfjara
We make another detour to the sea, which is never far away here on the Ringstrasse. We have…
In the Land of Waterfalls
The campsite at the foot of Seljalandsfoss is terrific. Three waterfalls line up, one more…
Landvegur and the Roads of ashes
Roads not covered in snow. We follow route 32 towards Pjorsardalsvegur and have Hjárparfoss to…
The old Geysir and the mighty Gullfoss
Of course, every area with geothermal activity also has an impressive geyser. The forefather…
Continental Rift of the Kings
We follow the route, which is also called the “Golden Ring”. This is the most popular route…
Reykjadalur hot springs
We spurn the touristic Blue Lagoon and hike to our own hot springs. They are…
The lava rock in the North Atlantic
After 1200 years of people living in Iceland, not much has changed. There are just as many…
Between the Continents
So this is Iceland. When you arrive in Kevlavík, the first impression is that of a gray,…
Arabian Markets & Palaces of Glas
Very early in the morning, after Michael, my friend from Berlin, and I finished our trip to South…
Traces of the dynasties
It’s a long drive back to Seoul from the southern tip of Korea, but unfortunately Jun can’t pick…
Korea’s southern Tip
We get to Tongyeong from Busan by bus after a two-hour drive. There is something special to see…
The Japanese bastion off the coast of Korea
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Just 110 kilometers from Busan, where…
The port Metropolis of Busan
We can tell this country is crazy about technology. Samsung and other brands have transformed…
As novices in the Martial Arts Monastery
I met Michael when he attended my ninjutsu classes at college. He has a long history of Taekwondo,…
The Temple in the Land of Buddha
With the cheap train, kindly sponsored by the South Korean nuclear company, we get to Gyeongju.…
The Border of Enemies and Brothers
Google Maps does not offer a route
Not far from South Korea’s capital is one of the most…
The old modern Imperial City
After staying the night to then spend the day in Kuala Lumpur, we stayed another night on the…
The City of the Two Towers
We are on our way to South Korea, michael and me. We know each other from our student days in…
The Speyside Whisky Route
The time has come: I’ve been working on this plan for a long time and waited for the right day. We…
The Ravages of Time
Inverness is just a stone’s throw from an impressive fort nearby. Chris loves forts. After the…
Where is Nessie?
From our tour of the northern Highlands distilleries we arrive at Scotland’s quintessential cliche…
At the Cape of Wrath
After a two-hour drive through the lonely valleys of the Northern Highlands, after our hike at the…
The Highlands Whiskey Route
Wir verlassen das Kap des Zorns und wenden uns wieder dem idyllischen Süden zu. Wir wenden uns gen…
Stac Pollaidh
Stornoway brings us back from the Outer Hebrides to mainland Britain and Ullapool ferry port by…
To the Outer Hebrides on the fringes of civilization
We are drawn even further north. Even further into the rugged solitude of the…
On the Isle of Skye
After visiting the home of Connor Macleod from the Macleod clan we continue to Skye. Before that,…
The Home of Connor of the Macleod Clan
We continue our journey north from Oban. The weather has now settled and we have to make the best…
The Town and its Whisky
It’s late when we reach Oban after a day of castle ruins and megaliths. At least we can quickly…
The Desacration of the Stones
Released by the spirit of Highlander Rob Roy, we penetrate deeper into the mountains. Every now…
Rob Roy’s Highlands
The mood in the afternoon is simply fantastic. After Stirling and the haze of Edinburgh,…
Mary Stuart and her Coconuts
We continue from the Falkirk Wheel and arrive at our first fort just outside of Edinburgh.…
The unusual Ship Lift
After three nights in Edinburgh and three lovingly packaged gourmet breakfast packages from…
The city of poets and sheep stomachs
Scotland – These are rugged coasts and secluded valleys of intoxicating beauty, a national drink…
The Intransigence of Fate
Unfortunately we are not as lucky with the weather today as we were the days before. Yesterday, in…
The Valley of Drâa
The whole night we hear the camels bleating and it’s freezing cold. One imagines a night in the…
Among the Berbers of the Sahara
At 8 in the morning we meet our driver Mohammad in the lobby of the hotel in the film city of…
The Hollywood City in the Desert
In a side valley of the mountains from which we have just come, you will find the clay fortress…
The Journey over the High Atlas
We decided to take the bus at 9 a.m. so that we could still have half a day in Oarzazate and have…
The Royal City of Orange Juice Sellers
We find a cabin with only one other passenger. However, he leaves the compartment after two hours.…
The Royal City of Dyers
Once again we can have breakfast at the hotel in Meknes, then we leave early for our train to Fes.…
The Royal City of Silversmiths
We reach Meknes in the evening around 10:30 p.m. The train from Tangier arrives in the city on…
Storm over Tangier
After less planning and relatively spontaneously, we set off: we start from our semester abroad in…
