Tag: sightseeing
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Venice and Murano: Where to stay, how to get around, what to do
writing on LO 402 from HAM to WAW and LO309 from WAW to VCE [comments in Italic by Daniel, as always] – Venice airport. It’s another hour and a bit until our water shuttle to the hotel leaves, so we call Lagare Hotel Murano to check if we have the chance to catch an earlier…
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Machu Picchu: the Jungle Trek comes to an end – wir sind angekommen
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 25 or day 4 of the Jungle Trek – Machu Picchu – 1,749 meters hiking up the hill Finally, the great day arrived. Today’s Machu Picchu day! After a lot of hard work in the past few days we deserved it so much. The last and ultimate challenge for me was…
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Hiking through the Andes – ein “kleiner Spaziergang” durch die Anden
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 23 or day 2 of the Jungle Trek – 14:53 h – 22km in total today I am so glad we’re done with the most exhausting part. I’m enjoying my siesta, lying in a hammock, my belly full of a delicious lunch (guacamole, soup, spaghetti). Our “middle-aged” 17-men-(and-women-)crew has put…
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Manatee Rescue Center – ein Hoch auf die Seekuh
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 15 – 1h boat trip from Iquitos The first part of the day after we arrived was educative and interesting. We visited an animal sanctuary that is sponsored by the Dallas Aquarium in the USA. Besides other ocelots, monkeys, sloths and ca. 3,000 turtles that were either kept as pets…
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Mitad del Mundo in Quito: Equator in Ecuador
Day 14 – EQ515 from UIO to LIM We’re experiencing heavy turbulence on our flight from Quito, Ecuador, to Lima, Peru, and the weird lady one row ahead of us must have thought, „it’s just about the right time to unpack my make-up and get ready for Lima“… Well, for us it’s time to reflect…
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Daphne Island boat tour from Santa Cruz, Galápagos
Day 12 – another 2h swimming in the Pacific Ocean, 5 fish caught, 0 visibility on the last snorkel attempt Sergio from the travel agency promised today’s trip to be „a little bit of everything“. Two days ago, when we were desperate to find some last-minute open spot for North Seymour (the place we originally…
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Biking on Santa Cruz, Galápagos
Day 10 – around Santa Cruz Island, 5h, ca. 27 km by bike Today we discovered one of the main Galápagos Islands by bike. Taxis are a nice way to get around the island, which is easy, btw – it’s all Toyota 4WD pick-ups they drive here and they take you to anywhere within Puerto…
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The individual traveller’s guide to Galápagos
Day 8 – AV1684 from GYE to GPS You can easily take US Dollars with you, it seems it’s their main currency. Make sure to have enough cash with you (especially when you haven’t paid your hotel in advance – ours didn’t accept credit cards). Before even being allowed to check our bags to Baltra (airport…
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Last day in New Jersey
Day 6 – around Lake Mohawk, NJ We wanted the last full day to be a relaxing day, before we are getting on four different planes to fly to Galápagos, via Houston, Texas, and Quito, Ecuador’s capital. The closeby Lake Mohawk offers a cute boardwalk and some lunch/ dinner options. After a relaxing morning that…
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A visit to the Capitol and Arlington National Cemetery
Day 5 – 13 km by foot through Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA to be completed soon! // Jefferson’s Library on exhibition: Library of Congress // Changing of the Guard: Arlington National Cemetery [FinalTilesGallery id=’35’]
