until-the-end-of-the-world II

The second to last night of our trip has passed. We left the West Coast a few days ago, and due to the domestic flights, it's not really a road trip anymore. Today, however, we're...

The first night in the Messi accommodation is over. We take Lyft to Dallas Downtown and have breakfast at Starbucks. Our driver is from Kenya, and we chat during the half-hour...

Before we take our flight from Phoenix to Dallas, we get driven to Downtown Phoenix. It’s already very hot at 9 AM, and we first head to a Starbucks to have some breakfast. The...

Today we have to wake up at 7:00 AM already, because our flight departs at 10:13 AM from Los Angeles International Airport, LAX. By 7:30, we have packed everything and are leaving...

For today's day, I only made a rough plan. I have some muesli for breakfast, Andreas gets his breakfast at a Japanese center in the Grand Central Market. We take the small cable...

Today is Sunday. The weather in LA is less warm than expected, it is not different from Seattle, even though we are over 1,000 miles apart. The...

Our goal today is to return our rental car at Los Angeles LAX airport by 2:00 PM at the latest. Therefore, we start shortly before 9:00 AM, and Andreas drives the entire route...

The originally booked tour to the prison island of Alcatraz near San Francisco was canceled a few days ago, as maintenance work is likely scheduled on the island from April 20-24...

After our second night in Crescent City, we pack our backpacks again, as today we are heading to San Francisco. We grab something for breakfast and head to the harbor to enjoy a...

We wake up early at 8:00 AM. Andreas is already fully dressed, while I quickly take a shower. We first head to the sea and take a few photos. It would be too far to walk into the...

We wake up around 8:00 AM and pack our backpacks, as today we leave Seattle. On the way to the Alamo car rental, we stop by Pike Place Market one more time, intending to have...

We were able to park our rental car overnight in the hotel parking lot (for 25 dollars), so we can head to Snoqualmie Falls right in the morning. Before that, we'll find a bagel...

The evening before, I booked a car with Alamo so we could take a trip to Mount Rainier National Park today. Uber rides are far too expensive, and public transportation outside of...

Freshly rested, we get up around 8:00 AM. The time difference doesn't cause us any problems – apparently, it's easier to get used to it when you travel into the future rather than...

It is Thursday, April 16, 2026, and we begin our trip to America in Jena at 6:00 PM. We have been working all day, and now we first need to drive to Hermsdorf so that Andreas can...

Shortly after 2:30 PM, we will be picked up by a bus at the Golden Mile Tower in Singapore. We travel first to the border crossing at the Johor Strait and will need to disembark...

We arrive in Singapore late at night and take a Grab taxi to our hotel. The hotel is called Naumi and is centrally located next to the historic Raffles Hotel. Since Andreas is...

The flight from Jakarta to Flores Island takes only 2.5 hours, flying over Bali and Lombok. In Flores, we land at Komodo Airport, very close to Labuan Bajo. The drive from the...

After a long flight with a stopover in Doha, Qatar, I landed in Jakarta at 10:00 PM. Then I took a taxi, negotiating the fare to 320,000 Indonesian Rupiah, to a hotel in the city...