Tag: sports
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Discover Koh Samui by bike
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 4 – 52 km by bike across Koh Samui – 17:00 officially last tender boat – 18:00 raise anchor – italic lines as always from Daniel – First of all: We couldn’t quite keep the departure time, there were still a few late guests who wanted to come along.…
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Tandem flight experience in Dorf Tirol, South Tyrol
Dorf Tirol, 600 m.a.s.l. [comments in Italic by Daniel, as always] – I surprised Daniel with an early birthday present (it’s still a month to go but the occasion is just too good) and we took Daniel to Dorf Tirol under a pretext. It was hard to get him to wear ankle-high, sturdy shoes which…
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The Jungle Trek begins: From Cusco to Santa Maria
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 22 or day 1 of the Jungle Trek – 2,100 meters downhill bike riding, 1h rafting The alarm goes off at 06:30 am and we’re ready to go 45 minutes later to be picked up by Carlos, our tour guide for the next four days on our way to Machu Picchu, doing…
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One and a half days in Cusco – Anderthalb Tage in Cusco
Day 20 & day 21 – 6 km & 14 km wandering through Cusco (altitude should count, as well) We are out of office that long, I can’t even tell what day it is today. Since yesterday we have been in the engine income capital Cusco. Even though I was already here nine years ago,…
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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 –Â 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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Biking in Goa, Indien
09:00 am Punctual as the Germans are, all 50 participants of the bike tour gather on the pier in front of the ship. There the bikes are distributed and all participants are divided into groups to the three guides Julian, Maren and Ray. Backpacks and helmets were already given out to us as a loan…
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The return to Hanoi
Sapa – Hanoi Before we say goodbye to this absolutely stunning part of Vietnam we dare to get on the bikes, again. Starting at 09:30 am, this third tour of ours lasts 2 hours. Again, we have the opportunity to gain even new sights of the country, and see it from a different perspective. On…
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Hill riding in the frontier land
Sapa Considering we went to sleep at the top of a mountain, the night rest was very comforting. The absence of „industrial“ noise can be distracting, for us as Western Europeans, but especially for those Vietnamese metropolitans. There were no horns, no traffic noise, no people chatting, crying, arguing or else. In these moments you…
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Frontier Land: A visit to Sapa and the highlands
Hanoi – Sapa Our transfer to Sapa came with the hotel reservation. There are other options to get to this quite remote place close to the Chinese border, all of which take longer. We wanted to make the most of it and enjoy the next days to the fullest, so we are quite lucky to…