Oman, Castle of Jabreen

Oman, Jabal Sham

Jabal Sham is the highest mountain in Oman at 2997m The Balcony Walk is very impressive and wonderfully beautiful to walk on, there are always about 600m down to the bottom. At...

Oman, meeting with Peter

At Ali's guesthouse (he could be called differently) we met Peter. We had very interesting conversations with him and decided to travel together for a few days. In doing so, we...

Chile, San Pedro de Atacama

Bolivia, Lagunas Tour

The tour starts at 3500m and goes up to 4900m in altitude. Here you can visit the highest lagoons, geysers, and hot springs.

Bolivia, Uyuni

Here there are two superlatives: 1) The largest railway graveyard in the world and 2) The largest salt flat in the world Unfortunately, we did not drive far in because it was...

Bolivia, Mining Museum

Closed mine, here the old iron is melted down and partly exported to Germany. The mine is located at 4200m!

Oman (2)

Off the coast of Muscat, the capital of Oman, lies the royal troop transport vessel which was built in 1987 at the Bremer Vulkan shipyard. It now serves as an escort ship for the...

Daymaniyat Shells

December 14-16, 2025 - Back to Muscat In the end, we zoomed back to Muscat and returned the rental car. On December 15, we had another real highlight: We went on a snorkeling tour...

Nizwa and Surroundings

December 10-14, 2025: the city of Nizwa and its mountainous surroundings After our time on Masirah, we drove back to the mainland and to Nizwa. Nizwa is a city in the northern...

Masirah Island

December 7th - December 10th, Masirah Island A small, less touristy island in the Gulf of Oman :)