Inigo was so impressed that Interjet has a good Whiskey on board that we had to drink Whiskey at 10am… Well, there are worse things :)Los Cabos was quite nice - but like Cancun too close to the US. Felt more like the US than Mexico at some stages. Prices were shown in...
It could have been a really nice day - but the guides of that tour just rushed everything. The normal canopy isn't really dangerous, but they had a "special surprise" where you go down really steep and cannot break yourself. The guy at the bottom is responsible for...
saw some whales 🙂
What should I say about the location of that hotel - other than perfect. On the beach - sea view (thanks to Inigo) - beers at the beach. Inigo and I started our visit with a 30 minute running exercise on the beach - which was a good idea! (I did pull the German...
The next day we just took a "hop-on-hop-off" bus tour. The information given was not that much, but we did see a few sights, including the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. (I did like the guy who cleaned the NIKON sign - interestingly enough that part of the sign...
Hot Air Ballon / Teotihuacan / Mexico D.F Arrived yesterday in Mexico City with Inigo and we made plans right away. A "Hot Air Balloon" flights over the ruins of Teotihuacan. What an experience. Yes, I know that a couple days later many people died in Egypt - but we...
It was a really good suggestion from the guy in Lago Atitlan to do the Volcano Santa Maria in the morning (4am) - so you can go to the Hotsprings "Las Fuentes Georginas" in the afternoon.They are in like 2000m m asl! REALL nice - and compared to Costa Rica finally...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_%28volcano%29 Ok. I arrived in Xela (Queztaltenango) at like 6pm, quickly looked what I can do and came across a nice hike: Volcano Santa Maria (had been suggested to me already at Lago Atitlan). As it was only like 19EUR...
Not that many pictures, but was nice there. It's a "volcanic lake" at 1500m asl. You can see the REALLY nice view from my hotel - first 4 pics (but in any other respect it has been the worst hotel of my trip 🙂 ). What I did: Altitude diving: Diving in this lake. It's...
a few more pics from antigua - from the roof top terrace of my hotel. You can see Vulcano Acatenango which I climbed yesterday (the middle one where there are 3 peaks - on the left is Fuego on on the right the smaller peak of Acatenango) - and Volcano Agua (the single...
I didn't hike the volcano just next to Antigua (Agua) - as it is supposed to be very dangerous (very likely to get ropped - more on this toppic on Volcano Santa Maria… later…)So I hired a private guide (mainly to also have the transportation to the the beginning of...
As I know how to brew beer - the only other beverage (except water) I need is coffee. So let's see how this is done!Went to a nice plantation near Antigua to learn the process from the very beginning. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK! Especially as the really good coffee...
A nice little town...
That was amazing. Anyone who know me know how much I like "stones" - but in contrast to Machu Pichu this site really impressed me. You can tell by the amount of pictures I took (was surprised myself!). Also I was walking around for 4 hours!!! Just WOW. Again one of...
Just go to the Video section and have a look. There is not much to add to that video :)Except that once down, I purchased another jump right away as it was such a great thing! (and on the second jump we did already a few excercices like spinning and stuff 🙂 )
Just a few Pics from Miami (including HardRock Cafe). OKish… I stayed there for one day after the cruise - the went to Sebastian (other blog entry) - and came back on the 3rd for the Super Bowl. I have to admit I did expect much more of watching SuperBowl in the...
where to I start… this was sooooo amazing! Anyone who knows how great WACKEN is - this is at least 10 times better. Had a (very brief) chat with In Flames - couple of beers with Subway to Sally - and A LOT OF FUN!!! 2000 people is really small!It is like "Wacken...
Viva Mexico!!! hmmm… wait a second… Am I really in Mexico or in the States? Well, the good thing is I enjoed the diving (2 tanks at cancun and 2 at Cenote Chac Mool). But other than that Cancun is not really that great in my opinion 🙂 - too many Americans (sorry :)...
04: Visiting the locks of the Panama Canal 05: Boat ride on the Panama Canal 06: travel (to Bocas del Toro) 07: Diving 08: Diving 09: Snorkeling and Coral Surfing 10: travel (to Puerto Viejo) + Beach Afternoon 11: travel to San Jose 12: travel to La Fortuna 13: Canopy...
finally today I was allowed to go diving. (my last day here). And guess what: It has been raining!!! - but once under water is was fine The return on the boat in the rain wasn't that great 🙂 Did two tanks in the morning - and tried to find another opportunity for the...
My own Island for the day! Look at this:http://www.caribbeanislandbrokers.com/Caye-Chapel/ I had the island for myself! (well the manager and 2 staff were there…). What an experience… These other two guys were cutting the greens just for me! Just need to work a little...
ok, so I couldn't go diving - but the doc allowed snorkeling. I have to admit it was really great. See the video section for more info 🙂
It started really well: The flight from Costa Rica was apparently booked in business class (even though I didn't select and/or pay for business class) - they had no seat for business class on the second leg (san salvador to belize) - and gave me 250USD voucher for...
wanted to go there for diving and playing golf - but didn't do either :)but on the other hand I had some relaxing days, went horsebackriding and tried surfing the first time! was at an "israeli" hotel (didn't know that before) - and had many (good!) shisha's !
La Fortuna - El Arneal Volcano.Nice little town - lots of things to do.First day: Canopy/Zip-line - then walking to the volcano - and then the hot springs at BaldiSecond day: Rafting The only bad thing about Rafting is that I wanted to do a Class V river - but I was...
Travel to Costa Rica. Nice afternoon at a beach - nice hotel again ... relaxing - not much more to add ... (the bridge on the first pictures is how you cross the border to costa rica - really "interesting" 🙂 )
Not many pictures, but therefore 2 videos 🙂 but a nice hotel - really nice beach view from my room (and anytime else there was sunshine - but then it is difficult to get a good picture against the sun 🙂 other than that it was a nice little town. Loads of surfers....
On the first day I did a tour to the Miraflores lockers of the Panam Canal. Really impressive to see a ship going through there. I have seen the movies before - but it is different if you are standing there! There was also a museum and a movie about the Panama Canal -...
ROCK ON!!!Well, the first impression of the HR Hotel was really great. Good Music everywhere, really new, everything fine. The room was amazing, the view on the 33rd floor as well. It really felt like a HardRock Cafe with beds 🙂 To the end however I changed my mind a...