THE SUBTLE ART OF GRATITUDE
This is the invisible world I wander into whenever things get too big and scary to deal with out there. This is my imaginary refuge, where I am not afraid. Growing older, physical frailty, and the uncertainty of the future do not
MY SENSE OF PURA VIDA
These are the keywords I go back to from time to time, which have yet to betray me; they stir within me powerful feelings of yearning whenever I find myself longing to be back in Playa Hermosa. These are the fundamentals
THE REAL CASTLE OF COUNT DRACULA
We had been driving down beautiful winding roads through the forest, when a bend revealed a valley as magnificent as it was ghostly. And there stood the Fortress in the mist, standing between woods and cliffs, inaccessible, ancient and majestic.
Santa Teresa VS Playa Hermosa de Cobano
Before the competition starts, an introduction is needed: What kind of traveler are you? If you visited the Peninsula of Nicoya in Costa Rica, you are probably not a skyscraper lover and the urban streetwear is not your kind of thing. So far
Second Leg: Vancouver, Canada
After an eleven hour flight from Frankfurt to Vancouver, where my sweet significant other will open his eyes and say that it was give or take ten hours…..I leave comments to posterity but permit myself a touch of drama… Bear in
First Leg: Frankfurt, Deutschland
Need I recap the previous episodes? If you are in doubt……please go back to the start and read: This is where the adventure begins. Costa Rica. We left off at the embarkation point to the tune of unexpected twists. Finally holding our
Mentawai, going back home
Our vacation at Bangor Bangor was going to an end. I avoid all the details of our way back trip but you just need to read “Under the Sun of Mentaway Indonesia- The Trip” More or less everything happened in the
What to do in Nyang-Nyang, Mentawai
If you bear in mind that the Mentawais are a surfer’s paradise, what alternatives are thee if you do not ride the waves? Obviously, anything that deals with the ocean, like snorkeling, swimming, fishing, boat excursions. For a tourist hunting for
A trip to Mentawai Indonesia
Do you remember Agatha Christie’s Evil under the Sun? If you never got around to reading the book, you’ll certainly have stumbled on the film, perhaps on a Monday evening in August, somewhere, on the broadcasting system. Well, in any case to