We are very curious about Alaska. On the one hand, it has all the ingredients for the perfect overlander adventure: spectacular landscapes, solitude and…
Category: Landscapes
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…
From San Francisco to the Northwestern tip of the U.S.A.
This time our travel break in Europe lasted four months. We had enough time to digest our travel impressions from the previous stage, recharge…
Continuing through the National Parks of the Southwest to California
The density of sights here in the Southwest of the U.S.A. is really impressive: despite the still enormous distances (although not quite as extreme…
Through the deserts and canyons of the Southwestern U.S.A.
We leave the huge state of Texas and drive into the state of New Mexico. In the White Sands N.P., Ice Age tuff deposits…
Along the romantic southern states of the U.S.A.
We leave Florida and we're in a different world... hard to believe that states like Mississippi and Louisiana are also part of this huge,…
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…
Eastern USA: From the Hamptons to Georgia
Via Newport, with its swanky turn-of-the-century millionaire mansions on famous Ocean Drive, we take the ferry from New London to the Hamptons. We still…
Entering the U.S.: The New England States
As expected, the border crossing from Canada to the U.S. is hassle-free: with our B2 visa we get a six-months stamped into our passport…