Freezing cold in December
Times Square
Christmas in New York
Guggenheim
Guggenheim Museum
Skinny skyscrapers
Seagull of Liberty
Washington Monument
The White House
can be a weird experience
Greyhound bus travel
aka Chicago
Gotham City
What's your favorite dinosaur
T.Rex at FIELD Museum
FIELD Museum
Chicago
as seen from Amtrak Zephyr
Colorado
52 + 6 hours but very comfy. Stunning scenic views in Nevada, Utah and Colorado!
Amtrak Zephyr from San Fran to Chicago
San Francisco at night
The Castro, San Francisco
Hard to believe I haven't been here in 11 years
San Francisco
view from AirBNB
Mexico City skyline
Merida street
Holbox island sunset
Beach time
Yucatan sunset
Cenote Ek Balam
near Chichen Itza
Cenote Ik-Kil
The most famous Maya ruin
Chichen Itza
Celestum, Yucatan
Bloody Mangroves
Uxmal temple
Maya ruins in Yucatan
Uxmal
impressive title for a temple
The great jaguar Tikal
Tikal selfie
few tourists during low season
Tikal grand plaza
view from temple IV
Tikal
Sadly, it's not permitted to climb up anymore
Tikal temple V
Mayan ruins in lush forest
Tikal, Guatemala
a little natural marvel
Semuc Champey
natural limestone swimming pools
Semuc Champey
Some like the fresh fruit, I prefer chocolcate
Cocoa bean
some wind turbines in the distance
View from volcan Pacaya
15 bunk bed dorm
Hostel life
Old US school buses with new paintjob
Antigua bus
Catholicism style
Shh, someone's sleeping
during one of the many earthquakes here
The roof fell off
lovely colonial style
Antigua
Nice living next to the volcanoes
Antigua, Guatemala
watching rain brew in the distance
Last night in Nicaragua
a nearby hurricane brought lots of rain
Beach day!
Some in our group managed to reach 75 km/h top speed
Volcano boarding is fun
The lava gravel & sand is quite fine and soft
Volcano boarding
It's just a wooden plank, really
Ready for volcano boarding
A rare selfie
Sunrise at a volcano near Leon
wide range of accommodation on this trip, from super basic to luxurious.
Hostel shower, Nicaragua
the heat and insects were tough on me
Hostel in Managua, Nicaragua
The colorful trees are an addition from the president's wife
Malecon Managua
destroyed in a 1972 earthquake and never rebuilt
Old cathedral in Managua
Viva la revolution
Nicaragua
it's quite a weird capital
Somwhere in central Managua
Tricky to get good photos in the dark
Brewing lava at dusk
I love volcanoes!
The active volcan Massaya
picture-perfect colonial style
Granada, Nicaragua
very happy and relaxed
Sunset selfie
photo taken from a church tower
Granada at sunset
in Granada, Nicaragua
Colonial style hotel
all I need for one year of traveling
My two backpacks
The tranqui vibe of this island gets me every time
Sunset over volcan Concepcion
One of the most peaceful and relaxed places I know
Ometepe island
Truly impressive, especially at sunset
Volcan Concepcion
How to get to Ometepe island
Ferry Che Guevara
The island really just consists of those two volcanoes
Ometepe
Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua
2 volcanoes, 1 island
Volcan Arenal
Central America in a nutshell
Volcan Arenal as seen from Fortuna
Mordor vibes
Volcan Arenal in La Fortuna
Volcano in the clouds
rainy season
San Jose, Costa Rica
I wish I had any sense of balance
Tico surfer
Yeah, that's not me...
Surfer in Costa Rica
A young green iguana, same species as my pet Jimmy (RIP)
Curious baby iguana
The fauna in Costa Rica is very pretty
Butterfly
They come in different colors
Another eyelash viper
Beautiful and rarely deadly
Eyelash viper
Costa Rica has some of the largest ant species
Big ants in Costa Rica
Humongous ant
More Caribbean islands in Panama
Bocas del Toro
At the top of El Pianista
Boquete, Panama
He was very patient while I fine-tuned my camera settings
Some type of Anolis
Love the Central-American cloudforests
Mountain hike in Boquete
With an urge to touch all the creatures
I'm still a biologist at heart
Not to be confused with centipedes
Millipede
Near Boquete, Panama
Hanging bridge
This was excitingly fun!
Waterfall rappel
The type of photo they show you in the catalog
Pristine beaches
Long-exposure photo
Lightning in the Caribbean
Long-exposure photo
Slept on the beach
San Blas Islands
Sailing boats
I swear I had a poster like this in my bedroom when I was 14
Caribbean Sunset
Sunset in San Blas
Onto the next island
San Blas
Tiny island
Can't remember each name
San Blas Island
The only way of transport here
Canoe
There's an abundance of seashells
San Blas
Most of them are tiny
San Blas Island
There's 365 of them
San Blas Islands
Girl with monkey
Incredibly cute
Squirrel monkey
*my guide
Proud at the caiman we* caught
Sunset on the Amazon
They love raw chicken skin
Piranha fishing
Insane biodiversity but the animals hide well
Amazon rainforest
They come out at night
Amazon tarantula
Harvesting coca leaves
Freshly picked
Coca leaf
Border triangle of Colombia, Brazil and Peru
Amazon rainforest
Into the Amazon
Medellin at night
As seen from Comuna 13
Medellin
Medellin Hostel
Burnt down years ago
Pablo Escobar's vacation home
Tatacoa desert, Colombia
Tatacoa desert, Colombia
The name Tatacoa refers to its rattlesnakes
Tatacoa desert, Colombia
A unique landscape formed by eroded clay
Tatacoa desert, Colombia
Not actually a desert, just an arid zone
Tatacoa desert, Colombia
A typical Colombian landscape
Forest covered mountains
near San Agustin
Megalithic sculpture
There's hundreds of them in Huila
Megalithic sculpture
San Agustin at dusk
in San Agustin
Chill hostel
Some remote tourist hikes have soldiers stationed for protection.
Soldier in the Amazon
Love it when they screen a classic action movie during long bus rides.
Bus entertainment
Humboldt climbed up here to 5900m
Volcan Chimborazo
Looks like stairway to heaven
Volcan Chimborazo
Farewell Galapagos
Gardner Bay, Epanola Island
Sea lions chilling
Baby sea lion
On the right: our OceanSpray
Galapagos cruise ships
Espanola island, Galapagos
Rainbow-inducing blowhole
Galapagos
Espanola island
They also dive for over an hour
Marine iguana
Galapagos land iguana
They love the cactus tree flowers
Land iguana
with sea lion and iguana
Cactus tree
also known as "Galapago"
Giant tortoise
Land iguana
Abundant in Galapagos
School of golden rays
Smaller relative of the (black) eagle ray
Golden ray
A frequent snorkeling companion
Galapagos Green Sea Turtle
One of countless tiny islands of the archipelago
Galapagos
The only tropic penguin, living permanently at the equator
Galapagos Penguin
on lava field
Whale skeleton
I just love iguanas
My iguana bros
They don't fear humans
Marine iguanas
Rocky island shaped like a Chinese hat
Galapagos
is the main tourist hub of Peru
Cusco
Beautiful architecture at high altitude
Cusco
before sunset when most tourists are gone
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu architecture
visiting Machu Picchu
My little friend and I
Avoided the crowds by going in the late afternoon with a private guide
Machu Picchu with baby llama
The hike was short but surprisingly hard due to the altitude
Palccoyo rainbow mountain
Obligatory tourist llama photo
Lovely landscapes at Palccoyo, near Cusco
Peru!
Copacabana is a chill town on the border to Perú
Lake Titicaca
At the Titicaca lake
Copacabana, Bolivia
An interesting city at high altitude
La Paz at night
Reminded me somehow of Medellin
La Paz, Bolivia
At the nature reserve near the Chilean border
Geyser
Blubbering geyser mud hole
The wild ancestor of llamas
Vicuña at sunset
This is becoming a recurrent theme
Flat tire
The great llama chase
With plenty of wildlife in beautiful scenery
Another quiet lagoon
Ignoring me for the most part
Bunch of llamas
Apparently flamingos get their pink color from the algae pigments of the lake
Red lagoon
More flamingos chilling here
Red lagoon
Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve
The rock
They were pretty chill about us taking photos from up close
Flamingo
The Andean Fauna National Reserve
Lagoon
Hard to photograph them when they keep burying their heads
Bunch of Flamingos
Some of these places were unreal
Flamingo lagoon
A fox has sighted it before me
My first sight of a wild flamingo
In the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve
Remote lagoon
Andean Fauna National Reserve
Cargo trains transport mined minerals from Bolivia to Chile
Train tracks in the middle of nowhere
Sunset at the salt lake
I did lick them, just to make sure it's actually salt
Salt crystals
Salt-covered stones at the lake shore
Salty close-up
Marina and I taking silly photos
Salar de Uyuni
Need to teach him some manners
Bad T-rex
The salt lake makes for a great photo backdrop
Salt flat selfie
The world’s largest salt flat, 3600m above sea level.
Salar de Uyuni
On the outskirts of the desert town of Uyuni, high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Train cemetary
Colonial style architecture in the heart of Bolivia
Sucre
Obviously I had to stay here. Klaus, the owener, is from Karlsruhe, ha.
Kultur Berlin Hostel
Sucre Police headquater
Buses are cheap but somewhat chaotic
Bolivia bus station
Crossed by foot over the long "Friendship Bridge"
Brazil-Paraguay border
Worth visiting from both, the Brazilian and Argentinian side
Foz do Iguaçu
"Mouth of the Devil's throat" Who comes up with these names?
Foz do Iguaçu
Covers a large area with many smaller spread out waterfalls
Foz do Iguaçu
The largest (not highest) waterfall in South America
Foz do Iguaçu
What an impressive sight
Foz do Iguaçu
Waterfall in the distance
Foz do Iguaçu
Just kidding, it's broccoli
Above the rainforest
Excited like a little boy
My first helicopter ride
I told myself
Best pilot in the world
Near Foz do Iguaçu waterfall
Ready for takeoff
Toco Toucan is the largest of its family
Toucan
Ipanema beach
This man knows how to enjoy life
Ipanema beach
At sunset is the best
Ipanema beach
Chilling in Ipanema
My favorite in Rio
Ipanema beach
Near the lower entrance
Rocinha favela
Bought some drinks here, they were super friendly
Favela guys
In some streets where armed dealers sold drugs I could not take photos
Rocinha favela
Lots of narrow streets
Rocinha favela
Interesting architecture all around
Rocinha favela
Note the blue water tanks on every roof
Rocinha favela
A typical street. Garbage is a general problem
Rocinha favela
With Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue in the distance
Rocinha favela
Every electrician's dream
Power lines in the favela
Rocinha is the biggest favela in South America
Rio de Janeiro favela
Booked 3 days in Ipanema beach and got 3 days of thunderstorm
Rainy Ipanema
One of endless bus terminals during my trip. Brazil is next.
Montevideo bus terminal
Many such old buildings in Montevideo
Dog on a roof
Montevideo's main square
Not really representative for Montevideo, Uruguay
Nice apartments...
La tierra es tuya - The world is yours
Montevideo grafitti
Uruguay's capital is laid back and very green
Montevideo
has a few picture perfect streets
Colonia del Sacramento
Small coast town with cute old architecture
Colonia del Sacramento
in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Lighthouse
Colonia del Sacramento
Uruguay
Took the ferry from Buenos Aires
Uruguay
One of the few sunny days
Ushuaia
with a dry suit in a kelp forest
Scuba diving
One of the weirdest cities I've seen
Ushuaia
The low sunlight gives the city a unique look
Ushuaia
They picked a gorgeous island to settle down
Isla Martillo
They make the weirdest donkey noises
Two Magellanics
Small and slightly ugly
Magellanic penguin
Penguins everywhere
They mastered the Naruto Run
Gentoo penguins
They just ignored me.
Wanted to be accepted.
This tiny island has colonies of 3 penguin species
Isla Martillo
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Whale skeletons
Unique landscapes all around
Tierra del Fuego trees
Day hike near Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
Small glacier lake
Felt like an enchanted forest
Mystic valley
The untouched forests look unreal
Tierra del Fuego valley
More Lord of the Rings vibes
Tierra del Fuego
Endless hiking possibilities around Ushuaia
Hiking in Tierra del Fuego
The most Southern city in the world, surrounded my mountains of Tierra del Fuego
Ushuaia
Night
Patagonia
Impressive from any angle
Fitz Roy mountain range
Not only the landscape is impressive here
El Chaltén
What a peaceful place it was
El Chaltén valley
Enjoying the view
El Chaltén
Formed by water from the glaciers
El Chaltén valley
A glacier in Chalten
Glacier
Perhaps my all-time favorite hike
Fitz Roy mountain range
The landscape around El Chalten is out of this word
More trees
Many trees are formed by the wind. This one looks like a Bonsai
A tree
Makes you feel like a Hobbit on an adventure
Lord of the Rings vibes
Hiked up there in the dark, going down was way easier.
The long way down
One of the most beautiful rock formations in Patagonia
Fitz Roy mountains
Finally managed to get a decent selfie
Happy me
Pure magic
First sunrays at Fitz Roy
Amazing moment to experience the sunrise early morning after hiking up there for hours in the dark.
First sunrays at Fitz Roy
Long exposure shot before sunrise
Cerro Chaltén aka Fitz Roy
Got up at 3am to hike up the mountain for hours the see the sunrise.
Sunrise at Fitz Roy
in El Calafate, Patagonia
Hostel dorm
Perito Moreno glacier
With a bit of luck you can witness pieces of ice breaking off
Perito Moreno glacier
One can get very close to the glacier
Glacial blue
One of the few glaciers that hasn't retracted due to climate change
Endless ice
Truly impressive sight
Perito Moreno glacier
near El Calafate
Lago Argentino
Patagonia
Lago Argentino
Another glacial lake
Lago Argentino
Trying this selfie thing again...
Lago Puelo
Some lakes in Patagonia have unique colors
Lago Puelo
Surrounded by mountains & forests at the border to Chile
Lago Puelo
A large, deep glacial lake at Bariloche
Nahuel Huapi Lake
I hate taking selfies
Bariloche
On my way to Bariloche
The Andes
During a long bus ride in North Patagonia
Sunrise
They completely ignore humans, one can get very close
Magellan penguin
They just mind their own business
Magellan penguin
What a funny and curious animal, wasn't scared at all
Armadillo
They just chill the whole day
Sea lions
On peninsula Valdez
Sea lions
The wild ancestors of llamas and alpacas. Super cute.
Guanacas
Got a sunburn on the first day. Of course...
Puerto Madryn
Small beach town
Puerto Madryn
In the middle of nowhere
Argentina
Some landscapes remind me of my home in Germany
Argentina
Bus broke down during a 20 hour journey.
Argentina
It's an amazing city. I want to live here for a while.
Buenos Aires
First sight of Buenos Aires when you arrive by bus
Argentina
Narrow allay
Lisbon
Got lucky with the weather
Lisbon
So much beautiful architecture
Lisbon
Inside the National Pantheon
Lisbon
National Pantheon
Love the vibrant colors of the city
Lisbon
Antique shop window
Lisbon
Garlic octopus. Tastes amazing.
Lisbon
Commerce Square in the afternoon sun
Lisbon
The pandemic isn't over yet
Madrid
For my quarantine at a hotel in Barcelona
Provisions
Tested positive for Corona on my birthday
Oh no!
The last sun rays
Brest
Brest harbour
Rugged coastline
Brest
Surfing in the cold Atlantic
Brest
still under construction
Notre-Dame
Eiffel Tower
at night
Rainbow
Somehow everything is beautiful in Paris
Shop window
well-lit...
Pompidou
Architecturally avant-garde
The Centre Pompidou
Gothic church architecture rocks!
Saint-Eustache, Paris
Small alley at night
Paris
The architecture if just beautiful everywhere
Paris
Louvre Pyramid
Louvre at night
Paris
Trains are very convenient in France
Paris
"Why not put a gold statue on the house?"
Brussels
Nicely decorative guild houses
Brussels
They call it Grand Place
Brussels
Brussels
Brussels
A never ending construction site
Europe
The heart of EU politics.
Brussels