Most of the people who travel longterm don´t buy roundtrip tickets. Doing this, they would loose a big part of their freedom. Without a fixed plan you have access to all options which might come up to you and you can just “follow the flow”. When I was traveling in Southamerica, I´ve only bought a…
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Did you see it?
Did you know that you can support my travels now ? I just opened a small online shop where you can purchase some of my travel photos as prints. You can also buy unique traveler designs – made by a friend of mine – printed on several products 🙂 Check out the full gallery here…
AllTrails – Your hiking guide around the world
AllTrails has the largest collection of detailed, hand-curated trail maps with more than 50.000 trails so far. Wherever you might be, you can quickly find the perfect hike, bike ride, or trail run by length, rating, and difficulty level. The first time I used this free application (pro version with more functions is also available)…
Big Money Savers for Hawaii
Traveling around the Hawaiian Islands can be really expensive. When most people from the US mainland visit the fiftyest state, they experience a shock on their first grocery store visit. It is estimated that – in general – things cost about 30% more on Hawaii than they do on the mainland. Shipping the food over the ocean…
Workaway, HelpX, WWOOF – Safe money and become a local!
Workaway is an international organization and hospitality service that enable travellers willing to work as volunteers to contact hosts (who can be individuals, families or groups) wanting help with their projects or activities. Volunteers or ‘Workawayers’, are expected to contribute a pre-agreed amount of time per day in exchange for lodging and food provided by their…
How to avoid your vehicle being broken into on Hawaii.
Unfortunately, Hawaii has a big Crystal Meth Problem and due to that, the number of rental car break-ins on all of the islands in Hawaii is actually pretty high. Other helpers we´ve met during our workaway on the Big Island got all their luggage stolen on O´ahu. When we went to Maui for a week,…
StampTravel – The Tripadvisor for backpackers
A few days ago, someone contacted me through Instagram and told me about StampTravel. So far I wasn´t really convinced of the references on Tripadvisor. You can only find the main tourist attractions/restaurants and not the out of the box bars and secret places or local spots. StampTravel believes that friend´s recommendations instigate the best adventures. And…
LAVA
In 1990, lava from Kilauea volcano engulfed the historic fishing village Kalapana as well as the famous black sand beach at Kaimu. Today there’s an entirely new coastline here and you can get close to the lava as nowhere else. Located just east of Volcano National Park, Kalapana offers a good view of activity from Kilauea’s Puu…
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…
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…
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…
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