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Oh man, how do you sum up this trip? In short: it was the best time of our lives. In 10 months we traveled around the world with our backpacks. We visited 11 countries on 5...

With bags and luggage, we struggled up the steep streets to the rental car station. Our first destination was Nazaré, known for its huge waves. Big wave surfing competitions...

The city of Porto means “port” and is located in the north of Portugal. She greeted us with drizzle and fog. We walked through the cute narrow streets to our apartment, which...

Welcome back to Europe! With a bit of jet lag, we landed early in the morning in Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores, on the island of São Miguel. Our rental car was now...

After an 11-hour, extremely comfortable train ride - the DB can really learn something from its American colleague AMTRAK - through the golden autumn, we arrived in Boston in...

With a screaming baby 5 rows ahead we set off on the return flight, it seemed to say what we were all thinking: we don't want to leave! The pilot still took us to Buffalo with a...

After a relaxing short flight and a much longer bus ride, we arrived in Waikiki, probably the most famous district of Honolulu. Our apartment was on the 28th floor and offered...

So we went back to Polynesia. After Easter Island, which describes the eastern corner of the Polynesian triangle, now to its northern tip. Our first destination was the island...

After walking back to the car from Manhattan Beach, we continued south into Orange County. As soon as we crossed the sign for San Juan Capistrano we felt like we were in a...

The national park is named after the twisted Joshua trees, which are part of the agave family, and is located in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. We had booked a pitch at the...

So we drove our huge car to Santa Monica, where Lauren lives, and actually easily found a parking space right in front of the front door. Lauren and a friend of hers welcomed us...

The Pacific Coast Highway, or Highway 1, runs along the coast of California and offers some beautiful towns and viewpoints along the way. After strengthening ourselves with a...

So next we went to the first big city in California, San Francisco! On the way to return the car, we drove through a downtown neighborhood where one homeless person lived next...

We had a really cool AirBnB for accommodation in the city of Fresno, which is located between Sequoia National Park and our next destination, San Francisco. The whole house was...

We actually wanted to drive to Las Vegas through Death Valley. However, the normally very dry valley was actually closed due to road damage caused by heavy rain (!). So we drove...

On the drive to Las Vegas we passed the Hoover Dam, the largest dam in America. We got out briefly and got our first taste of the enormous heat here in Nevada. Afterwards we...

Our hotel was about an hour away from the park entrance. On the first day we left relatively late after breakfast and had to wait in line for quite a long time, the Grand Canyon...

We left beautiful Utah, drove to the state of Arizona and there to the small town of Page. This was founded in the 1960s when construction of the Glen Canyon Dam began. We were...

After our departure from Yellowstone National Park we went back to the state of Utah. We looked for a motel on the highway, checked in very late and went straight to sleep. We...

After a short stopover at the airport in San Salvador, we landed safely in Las Vegas. We didn't see much of the city (yet) because we just picked up our rental car here and...

From San José we took the bus to the small town of Cariari in the morning, from where we took a second bus to the boat dock in La Pavona. Then we took a boat again for about an...

On the drive from our stopover over to the east coast we had another flat tire - now the second one, but no wonder given the Costa Rican roads. The tire was changed in no time,...

Together with Laura from Scotland, who coincidentally wanted to go to Drake Bay on the same day, we drove to Sierpe, where we parked the car and switched to a speedboat. Drake...

Drum roll... our first day in Costa Rica with sunshine and no rain! Although it was a long day of travel, we enjoyed the beautiful view from the car window. After exchanging the...

Thankfully we stayed dry on the drive to Monteverde and came into contact with the really bumpy road conditions for the first time. A higher SUV or a 4x4 car would probably have...

After about 3 hours drive we arrived on the Nicoya Peninsula in the north-west of the country. Unfortunately, we were not spared from the downpours here either. We had booked a...

After we landed safely in San José, we picked up our rental car - there was a bit of an Australian feeling 😁. And not only because of your own vehicle, but also in terms of...

After the initial rather bad impression of the Ecuadorian capital, we set out on a discovery tour the next day, motivated. Luckily, we didn't notice any political unrest. After...

Once again, we first took the taxi boat to the speedboat, this time a unfortunately not so comfortable model, and then about 2 hours to Isla Isabela. The ride was very bumpy, as...