Santa Maria is the eastern most and the oldest island of the Azores. It’s also the only one that is located on the African plate (the others are on the Eurasian). It only takes a 15 minutes flight to get there from the main island (shortest one ever). On Santa Maria the clocks go a… Read More Santa Maria – Azores
After 7 months of traveling I queued up at the border in the line where it said “citizens”. I landed on the Azores (which belongs to Portugal, which belongs to the EU). Almost home. The last step… I got there after a sleepless night at the airport and on the plane, hired a rental car… Read More Ilha de São Miguel – Azores
My husband Ryan is American. And where is he from? Orange Beach, Alabama, right next to Florida. Right next to many pretty beaches. How lucky am I to be able to visit my family in law at such a cool place. Beach, boats, sun, fun. They picked us up in Destin and after three years… Read More Orange Beach – Where I Am Lucky Enough to Have A Family In Law
This post won’t have much text because there are not many words to describe my awesome friends that invited us and other friends to a beach house in Destin, Florida. Liam and Rose decided to skip their wedding party for a beach bash in the sun. One day after their ceremony we all took the… Read More Beach Bashing in Destin, Florida – USA
I made it to the US and even got one of the rare shuttle buses that takes you down town New Orleans for only 2 Dollars. My hotel there was pretty fancy and nice, but first I had to put the air conditioning ten degrees up. Now, I have been in New Orleans several times… Read More Louisiana – New Orleans and an Awesome Wedding
Day 1: Mosquera Islet Finally my cruise has started. Today we went to Mosquera Islet, located in the North of Santa Cruz. After getting to know the others and some emergency training we set out on the Yate Darwin. The yacht is fine enough, unfortunate I am in one of the lower deck cabins where… Read More Galápagos Cruise (Santa Cruz, Española, Santa Fe, Floreana) – Ecuador
Do you like boobies? Then you should read on… if you’re a marine biologist, maybe not! I am here on the Galápagos Islands for one week – the most expensive week of my whole 7 months long world trip. I will be going on a cruise tomorrow, but the first 3 days I spent on… Read More Galápagos. Islas Santa Cruz y Isabela – Ecuador
An around 10 hour trip by bus and boat from Quito took me to Cuyabeno, a region in the far east of Ecuador. A region in the Amazon rain forest. “The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve is an important nature reserve in Amazonia with rather unusual ecological characteristics. Located at the foothills of the Andes, it is… Read More The Amazon Rain Forest – Ecuador
Well what can I say about Quito? How do I put it? My expectations have definitely been higher. I arrived at the airport at around five and took me 2 hours to get to town. The airport is well far out, a taxi ride is like 30 $. I took a bus and then a… Read More Quito – Ecuador
I am in Ecuador, where nothing is really like in Peru or Bolivia. Even the language is weird and hard to understand. Everything seems a little more Americanized, a little rougher. Anyway, that’s my impression after one day in Guayaqill, where I arrived yesterday after a very cozy, 18 hour Cruz del Sur bus ride… Read More Guayaquil. Which is being pronounced Wayacille – Ecuador
