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Today is Thanksgiving. What for the Americans is a holy holiday where the whole family gathers around a huge roast turkey, for the Touries it is a day for lazing around. Most...

We all still remember the heroes of our childhood well. I bet there is at least one character created by Walt Disney among these heroes. Mickey, Pluto, Donald Duck and Alice...

Today is my birthday. Yeah, happy birthday to me. Like every year, I spend this day with the people who are most important to me. Every year my family and I go on a nice trip. ...

20 years ago, a colleague once asked me: "You travel so much, don't you want to go to the USA sometime?" At that time, like a shot from a pistol, a clear no came. Nothing about...

14 days ago my husband and I set off for one of the great natural paradises on earth. Costa Rica once again impressed us with its indescribable nature and extremely friendly...

After admiring the Corcovado from land, today we head out on the water. We take a boat tour on the Golfo Dulce. Josh, our guide from Seattle, who has been living in Costa Rica...

There are some places on this earth that I want to see in my life. One of them is the Corcovado National Park. According to National Geographic, this park is considered the most...

Today we are going to one of the most remote places in Costa Rica. The Osa Peninsula is located at the southernmost tip of the country and is considered one of the most...

How quickly a week goes by. Tomorrow we will leave this beautiful place and go to another paradise. The Osa Peninsula will be our last stop in a country that I hold so dear to...

For me, cloud forests always have something mystical, fairytale-like. This could be the home of fairies and elves who roam the forests on their unicorns. Today we are heading to...

When traveling to countries with tropical rainforests, a night hike in the jungle is a must, say experienced guides. Now I have to admit that I have a very mixed relationship...

The Tulemar Resort is like a large zoo. Monkeys do gymnastics in the trees, macaws fly majestically through the air and sloths do what they love to do best, they are lazy. You...

Today we leave San Jose behind and head to my absolute favorite region in Costa Rica. We're going to Quepos. Here we will move into our villa in the superlative resort Tulemar...

Today is the day, we start for Costa Rica. The night was short, like every night during our vacation. The bags under my eyes now take up almost my entire face. Does not look...

Who doesn't know the film classics Torches in the Storm, Interview with a Vampire, Lullaby for a Corpse. All of these films have one thing in common. Many scenes were filmed on...

31.10. While Reformation Day is celebrated in Germany, this day is a turbulent day in the USA. It's Halloween. Irish immigrants brought this tradition to America. The...

The good Lord, or perhaps also his nasty counterpart, the man with the horns and the horse's foot, has put the long journey ahead of a relaxing holiday. Since we find it...

Wild Louisiana For me, swamps have something mystical about them. That's why is our first destination in New Orleans neither the Garden District nor the French Quarter but the...