Night dive with the Giants – for free!

Rated by travel and dive magazines , the Kona Manta Dive spot, which is located on the big island of Hawaii, is one of the world’s best night dives. Many companies are offering boat trips where you are snorkeling around a lighted raft. They have in-water guides who help find mantas feeding at the surface with…

The Big Island of Hawaii – the perfect place for your first skydive

I just had my first Tandem Skydive experience in Hawaii and it was insane! The Big Island is not known for this adrenalin rush yet, but since 2016, BIG Island Gravity LLC  is offering Skydiving from Upolu Airport. Every skydive includes a flightseeing tour over the Kohala Coast, the seven sacred Valleys, and the wild grasslands of…

Bloody Caesar – A Canadian Hangover Cure

The Bloody Caesar is a popular drink in Canada and replaces the tomato juice of the Mary with Clamato juice (clam and tomato juice) for a twist. It also comes with a celery stick or some other snacks in it (even Shrimps) which makes it a great brunch cocktail and it should help alleviate hangover pains…

Guatemala -A special country with many Faces

Guatemala. With an estimated population of around 15.8 million, it is the most populated state in Central America. Located at the southern tip of Mexico between the Carribean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala has a total area of 108,890 square kilometers  (42,042 square miles), slightly smaller than that of the state of Tennessee in the U.S.A. ….

Acatenango – A hike you will remember for your lifetime

Acatenango (3976m) is definitely a must do trip in Guatemala. Next door Volcan de Fuego is the world’s most consistently erupting volcano, and with some luck, it is possible to see Fuego erupt at night (That´s why you should do a 2 day tour to get the most from the hike). It is a tough…

El Paredon – Surfing on the black coast of Guatemala

When I went to Guatemala, I didn´t even think about surfing and it wasn´t planned at all. But the flip flops of my girlfriend broke so we stopped by the BeachCo. Guatemala store in Antigua. The stuff there was incredible friendly and we got to know the owner as well, who explained as all the good surf…

How to look for spiders at night

I did a trek through the guatemaltecan jungle for 5 days to the biggest mayan pyramid in the world: El Dante (article is coming soon!) One of our group members showed us an incredible easy trick, how to detect spiders at night: You have wear a headlamp and turn the angle of the light as low…

First Stop: T O R O N T O

The first short stop of our trip around the world was Toronto, Canada´s most populous city. It´s located on the northwestern shore of one of the five big lakes, the Ontario lake. We went to Toronto island to enjoy the nice view of the skyline and to play disc golf, visited the christmas market, strolled…

Mallory´s mulled wine

Toronto in the winter is cold. Icecold. And what´s better to stand the cold than a delicious hot mulled wine? Our couchsurfer couple from Canada´s biggest city showed us how to do it 🙂 Here´s what you need: 80 g sugar 3 fresh squeezed oranges 4 fresh squeezed mandarines 2 fresh squeezed lemon ginger, cinnamon,…

The best trek of my life – 6 Days at the Torres del Paine

Torres Del Paine The hike can be broken down a few different ways. The first and most popular is the “W” (3-5 days), where you will stay on the frontside of the park and experience a lot of foot traffic. The second version of the hike is the “O” (8-10 days), which leads the hiker…

An unforgettable Roadtrip (V)

..Chile In San Pedro de Atacama we´ve met 2 other guys and prepared Spaghetti Carbonara with 850g of bacon for the night –  what a meal! We decided to do a Sandboarding Trip the next day. After enjoying some runs we went from Valle de la Muerte to Valle de la Luna, because we heard…