Hinz&Cunz

Our trip to La Paz (Bolivia) was actually supposed to take place on August 28th. start at around 10:00 p.m. in the evening. However, I gave the wrong date when booking the bus,...

Finally we got to our accommodation in Cusco. We are located directly above the inner courtyard of a kindergarten. It is full here every weekday morning from 7:30 a.m. In any...

On the 19th we took the bus to Guayaquil (a good 4 hours). We spent one night here because we flew on to Lima in Peru on the 20th. The flight to Lima was pretty relaxed. This...

On 08/15 we traveled on to Puerto López. The city is on the coast of Ecuador and thus in the "dangerous part" of the country. A few months ago the mayor of the next largest city...

For the 11th of August, we had booked canyoning in Rio Cashaurco. There were three different difficulty levels and we chose the "Nivel mas alto" - previous canyoning experience...

Pailón del Diablo

On 01.08., we continued to Riobamba as mentioned before. The town (about 260,000 inhabitants) is located south of the capital. The bus ride was quite relaxed, took about 4...

On July 27th we visited the Cotopaxi National Park. The Cotopaxi volcano is 5897 meters high and currently active. Quito itself is located between 2800 and 3100 meters high....

On July 24th, our journey continued to Quito, this time with Avianca. At Bogotá airport, we were informed that we would not be allowed to enter Ecuador without a return or...

Spanish tongue twister

Am 22. Juni sind wir wie gesagt von Santa Marta aus nach Bogotá geflogen. Wir blieben eine Nacht in Bogotá und flogen am nächsten morgen mit dem Bus nach Guamal im Departamento...

On 06/17 we took the bus from Cartagena to Santa Marta. The drive took 5-6 hours and we stopped more than we drove. But there was always enough to eat and drink on the bus (from...

We spent just one more night in Medellin and then flew to the Caribbean coast on the 14th. Our first destination here was Cartagena, where we stayed for 3 nights. Cartagena is...

On 10.06., Hans flew from Bogotá to Medellín. Since we already knew Medellín, we spontaneously took a bus (10 h for 360 km) and went to Manizales. The ride was... well. It went...

On 04.06. we took the bus from Medellin to Bogotá in the morning. The bus ride was supposed to take 8 hours, but it actually took about 11 hours. At least the seats on the bus...

On May 31st, we flew from Havana to Medellin in Colombia. The flight was more or less smooth. It was about 15 °C at the airport, which is quite chilly for shorts and a t-shirt....

On May 28th, we took a shared taxi back to the capital. Normally, we would have liked to see more of the island in our 12 days, but that was not possible. We had practically no...

On May 23rd, we went to Viñales. We wanted to book the tour through an online booking agency, but we couldn't. We do have a Cuban SIM card (which tourists usually don't have),...

Our private jet...

So now we're in Negril. Negril is a very touristy place and you can actually see - if rarely - someone with white skin here. The fact that it's a touristy place doesn't make our...

Jungle

Slowly but surely our initial desire to travel Jamaica fades away. The country is not actually as it is often publicly portrayed: neither relaxed, nor easy, nor 'no problem'. On...

Appendix to 18th April: The day itself was rather stupid for us, but it ended up being funny: In the evening, we went to a pizzeria in town to get pizza to take home. There, we...

Our journey from Kingston to Port Antonio with the Knutsford Express was relatively uneventful. Along the way, we learned where to transfer buses and even reached our...

On the night of April 13th to 14th, our journey to Kingston started. We departed at 11:30 PM local time in Vancouver. We had a slight delay, but it wasn't too bad. The flight...

There is news! We have had a functioning shower for a few days now. It is still outside and more improvised than anything else, but it provides somewhat warm water. Every now...

Finally bathing in the Pacific! ... But let's start from the beginning. On Easter Saturday (April 8th) ... as it should be ... it was raining almost the whole day again....

On Tuesday, April 4th, we had work on the program again. The host mother Daniela has been in Vancouver for one night since Monday and we had enough time to handle some of our...

On the 31st, our last day in Yukon, we continued our journey to Roberts Creek in British Columbia. Roberts Creek is located north of Vancouver, but can only be reached by ferry....

Our last week here in Yukon has already begun. Looking back, our 3 weeks here went by pretty quickly. We have to work hard again, as there are several tasks to be done. Most of...