Hm, a weekend in Bavaria, can this be true while being in Washington? Yes it can be! Visiting Tami and Vilnis, whom we met a couple of years back in Katmai, Alaska and the first place they took us out to on this weekend was Leavenworth. Leavenworth Okay, maybe not […]
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First days in Washington State and we already ended up in a winter wonderland; or the other way round, we are now proud owners of snow chains for our car. 🙂 Heading to Mt Baker was the first stop on our tour through Washington and directly there the fun started. […]
Escaping the city of Vancouver has been the right decision, instead of just wait for our car to be cleared by customs. So we decided to move to Squamish, not far away from Whistler. During our stay here we did couple of hikes in the mountains were already winter arrived. […]
Enough of city life in Vancouver? Well, there is so much more you can do in and especially around the city if you want to enjoy some nature and wildlife. Lynn Canyon Very close to Vancouver, this small park was kind of a surprise. Beautiful canyon formed by a small […]
What to do when you arrive in Vancouver and still have to wait for your car to arrive? Well, you can explore Vancouver, what we will do later on, or you head out to Vancouver Island. And that is exactly what we did, so join us in exploring Vancouver Island. […]
Last days in New Zealand; we spent them in the Northland region. Somehow we are leaving New Zealand with mixed feelings and impressions, but our last days were amazing. A mix again, but basically a lot of nature and even some wildlife, this time a very special one (on the […]
After our tour to White Island we were a bit without a plan, mainly for the reason that you must expect delays due to weather and be flexible. Surprisingly this was not needed in our case, so we decided to use the time and explore the Coromandel peninsula a bit […]
White Island; do you also have pictures in mind of beautiful white sand beaches, palm trees and coconut drinks? Well, that is not exactly what it is all about. Okay a bit of luxury is involved, if you chose the helicopter as type of transportation… By the way, highly advisable […]
Waitomo, on New Zealand’s North Island is one of the places to visit if you want to get some insights into the underworld and especially if you want to see some glowworms. Well, there are also other places and glowworms are not even worms but rather larva’s of a fly, […]