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The road to Medellín
We left early from Mompox, Medellín being our destination. And even though quite long , it was a beautiful drive again Seeing the beginning of the Andes,was confirmation that our tropical part of the trip is now officially over. A welcome change, mainly for humidity reasons. Being 8,900 kilometers long , 200-700 km wide ,…
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Mompox
After we safely recovered Jim, we immediately headed south. We chose Medellín as our next destination since there are some good friends to visit. So massiv shout outs to Federico, my secret man crush!The man does not only have one of the biggest hearts on this planet but also is an exquisite connoisseur of very…
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Cartagena
Where to start? It is not easy. There is so much history and so many , truly wild , stories in and about this place that i am having a hard time to pick the right one. In my opinion the pre Colombian times here are less interesting than Cartagena’s past role as a link…
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The river
Danger, excitement, a jedi craves not these things! But true explorers do! Having teased Lu for the entire trip for not yet being a true explorer, for having to collect explorer points in order to get a recognized seat at the true explorers table, i felt more than happy to finally submit. What we did…
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Tayrona & Palomino
Early morning it was and having had enough rain we decided to check out the beaches in Tayrona Park The Tayrona Park is a protected area starting at 30 kilometers away from Santa Marta. The park covers approximately 30 squarekilometres of maritime area in the Caribbean sea and approximately 150 square kilometres of land. It…
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Minca
Having finished the blog and all the emails we felt good about ourselves . With the intention to tackle things a bit more thoughtfully from now on we headed south east. The Sierra Nevada National Park is massive, it encompasses about 17,000 square kilometers and serves as the source of 36 rivers. We abandoned our…
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Guajira
Quick Colombian coffee in the morning and a quick peak out of our noble suite It looked a whole lot better the next day. So extremely motivated we headed to next gas station. Quick downer because they explained to us that we can only pay by wire transfer from a Colombian bank. On reserve we…
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A new continent.
On our 110th day on the road we have, in total, traveled 27.700 kilometers thus far (This is including the flight from Munich to Mexico Cityand since it is part of the journey , it had to be included in the stats) and we have just gotten into our 11th country. Despite all warnings Jim…
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Apologies
to our dear Nico, to Monse and Hernando, to Yanka and all the other people that are now part of our story. I promise i will take the time to tell it accordingly but for now i need to stick to the present. We cannot delay any further , especially since we are in a…
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San Blas
Or rightly Guna Yala, formerly known as San Blas is an indigenous province in northeast Panama. Guna Yala is home to the indigenous people known as the Gunas. The Guna Revolution refers to the events in 1925, in which the Guna Indians fought the ruling Panamanian authorities, who were attempting to force the Indians to…
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Still southbound!
Lu is back! Best possible news! Even though i loved every second with Di and Steve ,it is still very nice to have her back. Steve and i managed to take more then 5000 pictures , which means more then 5000 pictures to download, get in order and to write a story to. While this…
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Interlude
My two very good friends from Mexico are coming to visit me. Di , a surf champion from Playa del Carmen and her boyfriend Steve. I wont be posting all the time since this blog is meant for Lu and i. There will be updates, just not as frequent.
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Lu’s last day (for now)
We were not sure were to go exactly but with the weather being the way it was, we thought it clever to stay somewhere close to the airport. So we headed back up north toward La Libertad. The country side basically looked exactly like the Voralpenland, not only because tons of Swiss and Germans settled…
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Parque Nacional Arenal
After a quick breakfast we went to the actual park. In the end its only really one trail you get to walk up and down after you have been to the main mirador. The mirador we checked just quickly and on the trail we went. After around 5 minutes there was a sloth hanging right…
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The flowers of Arenal
We slept well and slightly longer then expected. Lu went jogging and i flower hunting. We had not even entered the park yet so i will divide the posts and i will dedicate these to my dear uncle Milli. This was also the first time Pura Vida rang truly fitting in my ears.
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Jaco, Playa Hermosa, La Fortuna
We woke up in our little cargo container constructed Airbnb with a bit of a hangover. Playa Hermosa is nice if you can surf big waves.But thats it, no pics because we went there to swim and left the phones. Apparently there is turtles too but we did not see any. Jaco the city just…
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Nicoya peninsula
After a short and rainy night we got greeted by a curious bat who found me just as interesting as i her or him. 5 minutes from the strange hotel is Playa Caletas, which we found completely deserted. Lu went jogging, me hunting for beach curiosities. The first thing you notice is that this definitely…
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Twins!
Yesterday Carlo and Mathilda Most were born ! The proud parents were kind enough to let me claim the firstborn as my godchild! I am sharing this immense honor with Joni! Shout out to the man and my partner in crime! But today is about the Mosts! Welcome to this world Carlos and Mathilda! All…
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Pura Vida
Still not sure if we like Pura Vida, but since we are surrounded, might as well go with it! Early in the morning, while roaming our disneyland for coffee, i stumbled over the bluetrail. Of course i want to know! Trying not to puke in my mouth while being bombarded with “The message” i decided…
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Costa Rica
Last dinner in our little shack. Tomatos, zucchini with tons of onions and garlic. Rice , guacamole and chiltepin as sides. We had this four or five times in a row because we loved it so much. Because as soon as the Jim was up and running in again we went towards the border. We…
El viaje 