South America

Well, I only went to Guayaquil to catch the flight to Munich. It was nice for a day relaxing and 3 hours to see the city. The hotel was really nice - and spending my last days in south america at 30° on the roof-top - on the 20th of December, was really nice. The city...

THANKS SO MUCH TO ANA. She really showed me the city, especially the fooooooood 🙂 some interesting things:- apparently it is not allowed to drink alcolhol on Sunday's in Equador - so I got my beer in a coffee cup in that first restaurant so noone can see :)- I really...

7 days at sea! What an experience. Really nice boat with good food. Download the video to get an impression of that week. I REALLY enjoyed it 🙂 (if you can't watch, or the quality isn't good please use VLC player to view the video...

Bike Tour through Bogotá. Really nice - especially our guide, Mike. http://www.bogotabiketours.com/ We went to a bull fighting stadium, had loads of different foods  - a roasting facility… all in all a really great day! also a lot of different fruits:...

Day 1 in Bogotá. Started a bit late due to the late arrival. Went through the city a bit to search for food - and found a nice STEAK :)Quite a nice city - and for a Sunday many people on that main road … (no, this time no subway 🙂 ) I then went up to "Cerro de...

Ok, I admit this post is mainly so I can put a "sign" into Lima (on the map) Bad thing: the flight from Lima to Bogotá was delayed so I only arrived at 00:30 am in Bogotá (like 1am in the hotel) Even worth: I forgot to put my Leatherman into the checked luggage - and...

Started at 7am in the morning to hike up to Machu Picchu and further on to Machu Picchu Mountain (3082m). Was really a great hike (approx. 1000m height difference). We also had great weather considering it is rainy season (didn't rain until we were back in Aguas...

First: There was oxygen in my hotel - how cool is that? looolOk, so we (Elena, Sam and I) hired a taxi and visited sacred valley today (if I can avoid agencies, I prefer to do so). All in all quite nice - but loooots of stones (reminded me of Rome - and I know someone...

Cusco. Took a day tour: Free walking tour - which I can really recommend - so much better than the agencies.The guide was really cool - and we did other stuff than the normal "historic" bits and pieces. Went to chocolate museum, had chicha (beer out of rice), had...

Today I took the train from Puno to Cusco - Andean Explorer - as recommended by Jan and Jens. THANKS FOR THAT. Really a great experience going through the Andes by train (up to 4200m if I remember correctly). If I would have know upfront that it takes 9 hours I...

Apparently the island where the Inka have been "born". Met on the island with two Bavarian's (I really need to write down names!!!) - and Nicole und René from Switzerland at around 11 am (the boat left at 8:30am - WHAT A SLOOOOWWWW BOAT 🙂 ). We did the hike from...

Ok, so today let's drive to Lake Titicaca / Copacabana (the "original one" - not the one in Brazil). Watched the Bayern match before leaving the hotel - and after the 5-0 vs. Hannover I didn't feel like searching for a bus, etc - so I took a taxi for the 3.5 hours...

Just a nother few pics of La Paz. Nice views … (well, I walked more than planed - forgot my hat - and burned my head 🙂 )

just watch the video - should tell everything 🙂 booked with Gravity (http://www.gravitybolivia.com/index.php?mod=tempview1&id=1251406369) what a great day! [youtube j5tXQ3cSrkk Death Road by Vlad Bronxi's GoPro]

The first few impressions of La Paz. Airport is in El Alto - the highest one in the world (>4000m). The city is quite interesting - EVERYTHING is somewhere in a hill - nothing flat here (except El Alto - wich is REALLY flat - but on 4000m!!!). La Paz is at about...

Absolutely fantastic. Took the standard tour from San Pedro de Atacma to Uyuni (3 days). Day 1 is the national park in Bolivia and we would have had our first night there. However, our driver (really good guy) - figured that the park employees are on strike and we had...

Nice little town - waiting to start my Uyuni Tour... Really great to have a beer and some nice food at 30° while knowing the whether in Germany 🙂 Felt quite like home when I saw the sign "Minga" - except the temperature in Nov. ...

Jens, Jan and I took a one day trip to Valparaíso. Was quite nice. Had a nice driver and we visited some other towns as well. Did a walking tour there (not as good as Santiago de Chile) - and bought some nice Chilean wine. Our driver, Jorge, promised us a full eclipse...

A few more impressions of Santiago. Really a nice city. Did a walking tour through Santiago (very nice and highly recommended) and after the tour went up to  Cerro San Cristóbal Especially the view on top of this hill was really great (and I had a nice company with...

Arrived in Santiago de Chile. Interesting flight with SKY Airline (2 stopovers but without needing to leave the airplane - never had that before...) I ATE A TUNA SANDWICH.... yes I was very hungry.... In Santiago the beard needed to go... don't like the feeling around...

What a glacier!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier really huge. And when the ice breaks into the lake it really makes an astonishing sound! Jan and I booked a tour on the glacier (with crampons) and had a nice day trip. Picked up at the hotel at 7am...

The pictures should be enought to explain. (ok, the 2nd day the weather wasn't that great - but we still went for a hike - which should have been 4.5 hours but Jan and I made it in 2:45 🙂 )nice hikes, nice views, nice boat trip, nice glacier, … really great…REALLY...

Ok. To sum it up: we where in Chile - our luggage in Argentina …. But let's start from the beginning: Wednesday, 31.10.2012 - we get up at 4am to catch our 5am BUS (there were no real flight options - other than via Buenos Aires or Santiago de Chile). This should be a...

Southermost Golf Course in the World Playing on interesting golf courses: - souternmost course in the world …. CHECK 🙂  (the course itself wasn't that great - but the scenery again - after the park - and we finally had blue sky!!!) It's only a 9hole course - but...

Second day in Ushuaia. We thought we go to the national park - but didn't want to book via an agency (which turned out to be the right choice!).We just jumped into a taxi and told him to take us to the entrance of the park. He offered us a 3 hour ride through the park...

Welcome to the End-of-the-World. The southernmost city in the world (I'm not going to go into the discussions with that 2000 inhabitant village in Chile which claims to be a city 🙂 - if anyone is interested:...

ok. this side is MUCH better. Went with Moha. Weather was great. There is a train to the main attraction "Garganta del Diablo" but you have to "change" in between - but there were so many people that Moha and I decided to walk (we were as fast as the train... but we...

On the way back from Iguazu I met Moha and Erika and we went to the "Tres Fronteras". quite nice to see 3 different countries on 2 rivers just really close to each other. Each side had a stone with the national colors (see pics). And a nice sundown.

Went to Iguazu - and it rained ... really was pouring with rain ... but hey! at the end it's just water - right? And it was raining heavily for like 15 minutes - and then it was ok again... (more or less). As I wouldn't let a bit of water steal my joy I waited a few...

Went to a Milonga at "La Catedral" with Elena. I actually enjoyed it very much!

Went to Montevideo after Colonia. Quite nice - but the main attraction for me was the really strong wind. Have been in Hamburg - but never ever experienced such a strong wind ANYWHERE.. Nice experience. And the city is OKish ... definitely worth visiting for a day...

looks even nicer at night I'd say!!!

Was really a nice evening! The result and the game weren't that great (at least based on this game they wouldn't play premier league or 1.Bundesliga - never! ) - I did expect better players 🙂 But the fans were just great! really an experience someone how visits B.A....

Went to Colonia with Elena and Jens, afterwards I continued to Montevideo (separate post) - and they returned to B.A The weather forecast was reaaaaaaly bad - but we had a nice time! (not that much sun - but also no rain until we were done with the "many" sights 🙂 )...

Yesterday we (Jens, guests and I) had a really nice BBQ (Asado) on our roof-top terrace. It's really amazing that after not even 3 weeks being in Buenos Aires we were able to meet so many interesting and nice persons - and that they are soooo more flexible and came to...

yippi! on Sunday, 21.10.2012,  in "La Bombonera" ... Boca currently on 5 and Estudiantes on 6 in "Primera Division" That's going to be fun!!!!

he is absolutely sure... Even wants to start a "Beer-bet" with jens... the result was:

Ana, Jens and I had a really nice day in Buenos Aires. ... by bus to "Feria de Mataderos"... then with the oldest subway to Plaza de Mayo - then San Telmo (The "feria" is giant! soooo many stands and booth - really amazing - just didn't stop!) - then to Puerto Madero...

Today, thanks to Ana Cristina, the four of us explored a bit of B.A. Recoleta (including the cementary), a nice restaurant which brews their own beer (sounds familiar 🙂 ), Floralis Genérica, Jardin Japonés.... Thanks very much Ana Cristian!!!!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/380740005327835/  (the first time I "like" facebook) Really great idea! Meeting all kind of international people - and talking A LOT OF SPANISH!!! Even though I'm just starting, I really enjoyed talking to many different people there...

My spanish teacher (finally had a fully charged camera with me). She is really really really great. I'm so happy I found her page on the internet. Lessons are fun and I enjoy it very much. I can recommend to everyone to take lessons with her. I'm just angry at the...

My next steak - the VERY BEST so far!!!! (no foto, as I was too hungry to wait for a foto before starting eating....) Here now for 11 days - and had 7 steaks and one "Tire de Asado" so far... (luckily we got a gym on our roof-top next to our sauna, swimmingpool and...

Cool! I was expecting to see the Champions-league game last Wednesday here on ESPN (didn't post because we lost 🙁 ) - but they also air "Bundesliga" ! (well, Bayern only but who cares for the rest?). Really great - because looking for a bar (which has to include...

Admitted - Artists in "Schwabinger Podium" are better - but still - I liked it 🙂   [youtube 6ApGU5ZFk00]

Galerias Pacifico (shopping mal - nice building - and includes a Subway Store 🙂 ) Monumento del Libertador José de San Martín   (just gotta love the name 🙂 )Perros!!!! 🙂 (Flo: That's proof enough! There are people out there with more dogs then you and Kathy :)...

Found Subway Sandwiches - found Meatballs 🙂 really tasty :)(but more spicy!)

No clue what they wanted to say :)but quite some police ....  

ok. here it is...still don't have Internet in the flat - which is not that great... But anything else is just great... Had my first Spanish lessons yesterday with Veronica - really nice and was good fun! Bought beer for the flat Went to the parkhad LOADS of meat...

I have been at Munich and other airports plenty of times now - and I haven't been there way ahead of time in most cases. This time I got plenty of time - but was waiting at Gate 64 instead of Gate 46 … lol I was just too relaxed already… When I realised my mistake I...

this tour is really happening!!! 🙂 after 2 days Oktoberfest I'm now really looking forward to this trip !!!!