Call me Emma!

By now, I was already in the last month of my year-long world trip. After the wonderful days in Kelowna, I made my way to Victoria on Vancouver Island with a short stopover in...

To tell my next story, I need to give you some background information. So please bear with me! :) At the beginning of my journey in Krakow, I met a very nice Canadian woman...

After fourteen hours, I arrived in Vancouver, Canada, and it took only a few minutes after leaving the airport for the culture shock to hit me. After months in Central and South...

After this wonderful day on Holbox, I headed to Cancun for my last two days in Central America. From there, I wanted to take my flight north. As always, I had booked a hostel,...

I only had a few days left in Mexico before embarking on the final leg of my journey in North America. In the past few days, I had heard a lot about the island of Holbox in the...

The town of Valladolid in the center of the Yucatan region was finally what I imagined a real Mexican town to be like - with small colorful houses and a colonial-style...

'The world is small!' - I have to say, I can't really agree with this statement after my trip, but I realized that we are all somehow connected through social networks. This...

Five of us (three British women and two Germans) set off for the Mexican border the next morning. We had already researched bus connections from Belize City to Bacalar, our...

After six weeks in Guatemala, it was time for a change of scenery :) I took a shuttle to Belize, Belize City, and then a boat to Caye Caulker. I had almost crossed Belize off my...

Weitere zehn Stunden mit dem Shuttle nördlich von Semuk Champey liegt Flores. Die Stadt ist vor allem für die Altstadt mit bunten Häuschen auf der Insel "Isla de Flores" im See...

A nine-hour shuttle ride north of Antigua, near the town of Coban, lies an area where rivers carve their way through sandstone. This has resulted in not only huge cave systems...

My first destination after Xela was Antigua in Guatemala. The city is located west of Guatemala City and is the place for anyone who lands in the capital but doesn't want to...

During the second break from my work in the hostel, I took a multi-day trip to Lake Atitlan. It is located in the center of Guatemala and can be reached by car or shuttle from...

My working hours at the hostel in Xela were regulated and for every four days I worked, I had four consecutive days off. This gave me the time to do various excursions around...

With the help of numerous guardian angels who prevented me from missing my flight connection and losing my passport and boarding pass, I arrived in Guatemala in early May....

From Tayrona National Park, I took a minibus back along the Caribbean coast to Santa Marta. The city is located directly by the sea and has a nice colonial-style old town. And...

About four hours northeast of Cartagena is Tayrona National Park. There are beautiful hiking routes, picturesque beaches, and some wild animals to discover. I had found a small,...

The city on the Caribbean coast has its charm with its many colorful colonial-style houses. From there, you can go on trips to some islands. However, I only stayed in the city...

Next, I took a bus to my next destination: Medellin. I expected the journey to take about 5 hours. In the end, it took 7 hours. By the way, Colombian buses distribute vomit bags...

From Manizales, I took the bus to Filandia, a small village near the Cocora Valley that I had heard a lot about. It was Easter Sunday, which meant it was the last day of Semana...

Next, I made my way to the coffee region northwest of Bogotá. However, it was now mid-April and the Holy Week, 'Semana Santa', had begun. That meant half of Colombia was...

Coffee

Our arrival at the bus station in Panama City was a real culture shock! Many people, a huge shopping center, everything polished to a high gloss. Only then did I realize that I...

Choosing our next destination after Santa Catalina was difficult for Sofi and me. Finally, we decided on Valle de Anton. It is located on the way between Santa Catalina and...

Santa Catalina is located on the Pacific coast of Panama. I had heard from several other travelers that the climate there should be significantly warmer and the weather more...

Boquete was the destination in Panama that I already knew before my trip to the country that I wanted to visit. There should be numerous opportunities to go hiking in this...

The border with Panama was the first one I crossed over land and even on foot. I left early in the morning to have enough time for the border crossing. Two young women from...

Somehow I had imagined the Caribbean coast a little differently: white beaches, palm trees, and above all sunshine! There were palm trees and the beaches were at least partially...

My journey to Costa Rica started a bit bumpy. At the Barcelona airport, the airline refused (or couldn't) check me in until I applied for my ESTA for the USA. I needed it...

I stayed with my brother and his family in Sant Mateu for about ten days. For me, it was a good time to take a break from traveling, although it was a bit chaotic with three...