Unsere Entdeckungsreise

Last days in Cartagena....

Campground at Hotel Bellavista, rather a scrapyard

this is the beach before the people arrived....

coral stone at playa blanca

Friso enjoying the silence

caribbean colours

....tranquility...

until those 80 buses arrived....

then the scenery changed

but we still managed to find a nice place

local fisherman

friso checking the hight for the last time

$done! everything stored, even our roofrack$

FIRE that disturbed our breakfast

it fits!

done!

last farewell pic

the most delicious drinks at "Sol de India"

Farewell dinner with the "rojito-team"

handycrafts

street scenes from Cartagena...

last sunset in south america.... could have paid a little more effort...

what does the donkey do in front of the hotel

canon and colombian flag

the fortres

Friso taking a cab, called "Zapatico" (very small shoe)

lovely restored doors...

colourful Cartagena

people are addicted to coffee: street vendors sell it everywhere

delicious fruits. ... try "Nispero" it´s soooo good"

we´ll miss the south american snacks so much!! our last breakfast ...

contrasts.....

Friso having fun

said to be the best coffee in Colombia....Juan Valdez

still can´t believe how religious people are in South america...

Guayaquil to Cartagena.... in a rush.....

on our favorite beach in Ecuador

we loved to watch

all the seabirds, especially

it is so funny when they drop into the sea right in front of you

COLOMBIA! quickly burning the old tires

road train with sugar cane

Colombia has a strong afro-carribean vibe....

gasoline station

with "imported" fuel from cheaper Venezuela

our first glimpse of the carribbean sea

old fashioned shopping. supermarket.

lunch break!

first bath in the Carribbean..

cutie!

police control on the beach

....very nice house with view....

"moderne Reihenhaussiedlung, typischer Südmaerika-Stil"

our campspot at the beach

kids always love our Sprinterli!

with us there where hundreds of these pelican-like birds

they looked so pretty in the evening sun

returning from the bird watching

pretty clean the beach...

but a little plastic you find everywhere....

....loved the colors....

Friso relaxing

what we found on our walk on the beach

our friend Oswaldo partner looking with Friso :-)

Peruvian Coast....

the so called Astronaut....

probably the best visible figure: the Kolibri

Nazca from above: a typical landscape of the peruvian coastline

done! back on earth safe and sound!

we loved to have our Zottis close by :-)

one of the Nazca Mummies...

Baby Mummy

another tomb....

Zottis ahead!

dunes in the oasis

Oasis

very high dune....

Panamerican Highway Panorama....

Night is falling....

above the desert.

Camping in Paracas National Park

NP Paracas

jelly fish....

deserted campspot...

well we could not find only sea shells at the beach!

Farewell pic with our friends...

and there they go! see you sooooooon!

the Panamerican Highway ....

.... and the mist rolling in with the ocean

a morning with the sea birds...

birds...

and more birds...

and the last ones.... unbelievably beautiful

they do recycle in south america.... just not everywhere and everything...

our guest for dinner..... and it survived!

working hard on the homepage :-)

typical canoes...

mattresses.... it seems like entire Peru has ordered new ones!

another very typical view out of the window....

we spent a night at this beautiful spot

Friso at the scrapyard looking for a license plate for his collection

hot water & methane well = nice bath

very mystical

peruvian hairless dog = I guess this breed was the model for the gremlins

beautiful beach access at Casa Grillo

lovely evening

one perfect place

My beach! My wave! :-)

can´t stop watching the beautiful sunset.....

Friso and Veronique and the sun is finally gone....

Machu Picchu & Colca Valle

trying to get back into Peru! Nearly a mission impossible

one sunny morning in the andes

... the moon liked it too!

we still love the Scenery

and the Llamas .-)

surprisingly good road for Peru

...the rainy season!

Vicunas

...usually they are very shy

but those were rather interested in what we were doing!

our favorite hitch hiker :-)

and special guest

Cuddling in the back :-)

Byebye Baby....

at the Cruz del Condor, Valle de Colca

but no Condor in sight.... so Friso does the Condor :-)

but the waiting pays off...

and the sky turns blue!

Trying to get back to Cusco....

3 hours waiting for the landslide to get roughly cleared

late arrival at Machu Picchu...

and a very steep treck

to Wayna Picchu...

..and when we were finally up there...

this was all we saw!

we stayed for three hours

to get a glimpse of Mach Picchu from above...

...but the clouds just would´t go away...

Clemens drying his shirt.

in the end we gave up and climbed down.

it just didn´t stop raining....

a lot of streets were flooded

...typical Andean scenery....

Clementino-thumb-up :-)

a very special sight: Wild Andean Cat! Very rare animal!!! And endemic to the area

Virgen de Candelera Fiesta, Puno

around Lake Titicaca....

road? rather a small path....

lunch break in a dry river bed! rare in rainy season

happy as a pig in the mud!

intact bridge!!

nice bike!!

Inca Ruins...

little churches on the roof

....protect the family against all evil

beautiful morning at Laguna Lagunilla

Moon Rise at Sunrise!

Friso at the steering wheel!

Laguna Lagunilla

The LAKE! Titicaca!

...Titicaca

endless Andes.... with Lama

the Yavari

the Yavari

Friso getting close

Wera even closer

wow, man you need a pedicure!!!

relaxing with Lama

wild guinea pig

still laughing! we´re heading back ashore

engine breakdown on lake titicaca

happy faces facing the engine breakdown.

bye bye Uros!

People do live here.

really!

waiting to get back to the shore.....

still waiting....

and waiting.....

Friso on the Uro Island

the lake is beautiful

...even peaceful

old cooking place

worker in the port! now she is much nicer than a few men in rugs!

Zottis enjoying the singing kids

one of the kids

from above

Friso from above

beautiful scenery...

die Zottig auf Schilf.

the Titicaca area is stunning.....

and beautiful

with Copacabana, already Bolivia

it´s raining back there...

always a lot of animals on the road

...rain!

the ferry crossing the lake

moonrise on the way to La Paz...

evening at Lake Titicaca....

we loved it!

Central Andes, Peru

All the women are wearing hats.... the bigger, the better

Hacienda San Vincente in Cajamarca

the Duck family

most of the people do not have motorized means of transport....

beautiful Andean landscape

...not so beautiful bridge

one of many villages en route

....even more terrible bridge

....look at it!

... the streets are narrow and empty

but al the villages do have nice and tidy plazas!

the dust is from a gold mine. the wash the sand and just dump it.

evening time...

BBQ with our new Aussie travel companions!

on of the 35 tunnels of the canyon del pato

....so what exactly does this road sign mean?

a morning in the Cordillera Blanca, near Caraz

friendly bull....

morning tea with views...

funny piglet!

above 4000meters....

one of our campspots

even if you can´t read you get informed what to do at next elections....

woman walking

people do actually live in that houses...

... and in these huts as well..

waiting for the bus...

getting the pigs home

another typical house

... boy with potatoes.

coffee break at 4.300m

Linda in the fog

new born baby Lama

it is so tiny!!

proud Lama mom

delivery for a leather shop....

along the Andes, northern Peru

on our way to Peru...

the looooong and slow road to the peruvian border

finally in Peru

... as always: even in the custom´s office the TV is on

us at the Gocta Waterfalls... 771 m high

simply beautiful

high river levels.... luckily it didn´t rise mor

and another small landslide, this one we passed easily

Cocachimba, at the foot of the Gocta Waterfal

a tree´s roots marked this stone!

very nice :-)

while his parents were inside the church, this boy decided to shit on the wall of same.... toilet only 30m away.....

another "roommate"enjoying the warm and dry place underneath our Sprinter

road = soap, not driving, it´s sliding.

Corn Fields in the Andes

Sacrophags of the Chachapoyas culture

one of the boy that accompanied us to the sarcophagus

animal traffic

the outer wall of Kuelap... the Chachapoyas town the Inca never conquered...

inside Kuelap... we were alone and it felt like a magic garden

reconstruction of a typical Chachapoyas house- one of about 400

....massive and huge walls..... several meters thick

all the houses used to have this type of decoration

massive walls surround the fortress of Kuelap

we wonder how long it took to get this built

Friso wandering around....

nature slowly recovers the ancient walls....

Chachapoyas means "people from the clouds" - we know now why

sarcophagus of the chachapoyas at Leymebamba museum

Gekkos at the KentiCafe in Leymebamba

Kolibri

Kolibri,

rainbow in the valley

sunset on the Andean Pass, where we had to spend the night due to a landslide

we cannot get enough of these Andean peaks in the clouds

beautiful Andean landscape

all this is hand-knitted....

and on the right it goes down about 800meters....

we love the sight of mountains and clouds in the Andes,,,,,

Mototaxis taking advantage of the flooded road....washing day!

now we saw it! the always shit and pee on the very same spot!!!

Ostfriesland

Friso being happy about the "GRÜNKOHL"

in Bremen

a cup of east frisian tea

diaper-cake for a new family member

even the dogs get christmas packets...

cosy christmas feeling at the "living advent calendar"

singing christmas carols

we got snow! even just a tiny little bit

Friso setting up the christmas tree

christmas shooting with the dogs

our favorite christmas dog

Portugal

A morning with the Hummingbirds....