Karin always wanted to do a Caribbean sailing trip during our North/Central America travels. She had been to the Caribbean a few times before…
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Costa Rica: And even more paradise
We continue through the mountains towards the Pacific coast. Always like in a botanical garden: everything is blooming and sprouting, everything is beautifully laid…
Costa Rica: Paradise does exist… but unfortunately it’s very commercialized!
Shortly after crossing the border from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, we immediately notice three things: 1.) all the garbage on the side of the…
Belize: Small Country – Mega Vibe!
Belize is small, very small: about the size of Hesse, with only around 450,000 inhabitants. It is also very different: English is spoken as…
From the Mexican Pacific coast to the water-rich province of Chiapas
After an exciting drive on the not yet completed new highway from Oaxaca to the Pacific coast, we reach Puerto Escondido just before sunset...…
From the high mountains of Glacier N.P. into the stunning Yellowstone N.P.
After the wonderful but also very intense days in Glacier N.P. we need some rest: we spend two relaxed days on the lonely Swan…
Through the wilderness of north-west Canada into the first foothills of Alaska
We take the ferry to the capital of Vancouver Island - Victoria. Entering Canada with its friendly border officials is much easier and less…
Florida – the Sunshine State: summer, friends, regulations and alligators
Florida welcomes us not only with summer-like temperatures, but also with a completely different architectural style: in St. Augustine, the oldest city in the…
Over the “camel border” back to Kenya’s coast
For a few days the frustration sits pretty deep: the fact that we could not enter Ethiopia via the closed land border due to…