Category: Weekend
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Bikepacking Trento – Garda – Vicenza – Venice
A beginner-friendly bikepacking trip from Trento to Venice. It leads along the Lago di Garda, through Verona and Vicenza and covers a distance of ~250 km in three days. Introduction and planning process I did this tour as my first bikepacking trip in spring 2022. It was the perfect chance to test out how much…
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Salar de Uyuni
Three days tour through the Salar de Uyuni. The Salar de Uyuni is one of Bolivia’s most remarkable natural wonders and the largest salt flat in the world. Located in the southwestern part of Bolivia, it covers an expansive area of over 10,000 square kilometers (4,000 square miles). The salt flat was formed from the…
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Huacachina and Nazca
Three days in Huacachina, Ica and Nazca Huacachina Huacachina is located near Ica and has roughly 100 inhabitants. It is a small village built around an oasis and is surrounded by ~100m high dunes. 15 August 2015 As soon as we arrived to our hostel, we booked a sand buggy and sand boarding tour for…
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Four days in the Amazon
We had amazing four days in the Amazon rainforest! 22 July 2015 At 11 p.m. we left for our Amazon tour. With two girls (Anna and Gülsah) and our guide Juan we were driven to the bus terminal and off we went. We rode the roller coaster – uh, the bus – for five hours.…
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Los Angeles
3 short days in the city of angels. 21 June 2015 After dropping off our car at the airport, we took the metro straight to downtown LA. However, there is surprisingly little to see there. We first treated ourselves to breakfast/lunch in a market with many stalls. After this relatively short visit to downtown, we…
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Short trip to Iceland
A short 3-day stopover in Iceland on our flight from Frankfurt to New York, where we explored Reykjavík and did the Golden Circle tour. 15 May 2015 After a sad farewell to our families, a super surprise visit from a dear friend and a complete examination of myself at the security gate, we are now…
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Australia’s Red Center
3 day tour to Australia’s Red Center including a visit to Kings Canyon, Kata Tjuta and Ayers Rock and a lot of insights into the history of these locations. I just came back from the amazing The Rock Tour! I think it was one of my mega highlights in Australia, if not even THE highlight.…
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Fraser Island trip
3 day trip to Fraser Island ( Fraser Island (K’gari) is a World Heritage Site and the largest sand island in the world (1,840 sq km) and you can only drive on it with a 4WD vehicle (which feels a roller coaster ride). Also, you are not allowed to swim in the sea – there…
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Whitsundays trip
3 days sailing trip through the Whitsunday Islands The Whitsunday Islands is an island group consisting of 74 islands off the central coast of Queensland, north of Brisbane. I’m enjoying pure luxury right now. Dry, freshly showered and surrounded by a neutral smell, free of disgust and bugs, I lie on my own bed in…