Sunday, April 25, 2010

Singer Audition For Disney Cruise Line





My 3 weeks with Jule & Daniel, or why it is always better, a bit more money to have it ...

Our time together was in the truest sense of the word a constant ups and downs, both geographically and climatically considered (by's like to take ahead, the mood ranged mostly free ...). fluctuation at the same high level

It started so fresh in Bogota at just below 20 degrees and the clouds so close to 2574m. Admittedly, Bogota us with delight, s odass we received a rather quick course in the north and also have gained some height, next stop: Zipaquira. Here we went back and started the day down 200 meters and under the earth - to the salt cathedral. There was also plenty of salt next to Cathedral, which is the Passion of Jesus and many crosses in stone and salt.

The next stop was Villa de Leyva's but more in the Far North but also down somewhat, at 2100m. In addition to the hiking has robbed us here, especially the colonial architecture of the breath. Villa de Leyva has only 8,000 residents but less than 15 of them are German and I am afraid this is also the cause of a nocturnal interlude that somehow with selbsgebranntem Sauerkirschsch naps and a midnight Dose sauerkraut had to do and I am only dimly remember. However, put the sauerkraut is a welcome change to the otherwise rather monotonous Colombian cuisine: roast chicken with fries, fried chicken with rice and fried chicken with beans or soup, naaa, just chicken rice and beans?.






At our next station north in San Gil at 1110m we lacked clear the height, that's why we also go back in that same airy, namely for paragliding.











On a Tageshike in Barichara there was in addition to beautiful views in "El Condor Pasa" - style is also a lunch with ants in the sauce (eating habits, the Jules and Daniel can for their Asian time pass apparently with difficulty .. .).















Our goal in itself, the Caribbean coast, laid before the eyes, we have then a night bus in north caught.
Arrived in Taganga was now indeed the height-related breathing back light (namely, Taganga is Meeresspiegelhöhhe), but the hitzbedingte breathing difficult at constant 34 degrees in the shade. Clear
natural highlight was our day in Tayrona National Park with beautiful beaches and rain forest and jungle, which we have diligently durchtrekkt.














Back in Taganga we were due to the heat just too lazy to do for everything (including the photos ... ) and our time spent largely with Extreme Hammock Hänging. I've then sometimes my hand at underwater breathing tried (many thanks Daniel for the photos!) and so I escaped for a few hours of heat. Other perennial for the slowdown, our beloved giant fruit milk shakes, sooooo fresh papaya, pineapple, Lulo, strawberry, mango and banana (but usually with alternating order ...).

The heat of the Caribbean has gagged us for a week in the hammocks, but then we roused ourselves and are in the south. First, take a taxi to Santa Marta: always an experience with 3 Europeans on average are at least 10cm higher than the ordinary Colombians and try with its three large and three small backpacks to rise in a Colombian taxi, which in principle is no bigger than a Nissan Micra and the drivers, it categorically rejects the Boot-open ... Then we continued along the coast in the south, to Cartagena.














Cartagena, a beautiful old colonial fortress city, as well as hot Taganga - only without the cool sea breeze ... The old town and its colonial history, we have two days under her spell until we head towards the south went to Medellin. Schockgefrostet as usual, we have fallen from the night bus in Medellin. No one knows why but the long-distance coaches are always air-conditioned down to about 15 degrees so that all passengers seated with hats, blankets and jackets in the bus. You may expect the bus driver that the passengers fall into a reptilian coldness and therefore non-rigid while driving harass.

Medellin, known not only as a former drug and violence stronghold of Pablo Escobar, but also as the birthplace of Fernando Botero is a bustling city surrounded by sympathetic traumahften Bergen-built slopes. The nightlife in Medellin will be legendary. A small part of it could we discover the most part we remained hidden in a spectacular way due to a negative correlation to the title of my contribution. In addition, we are drawn more to nature than in the cities.













So ben ha we directly after two nights again adopted from 1494m altitude in Medellin, and are further down in the south, but again 2150m up in more detail in the Zona Cafeteria, traveled to Manizales. Manizales, a sympathetic student city in the middle of Colombia's coffee-growing region and my last e joint station with Jules and Daniel. Here we have in the jeep on a finca in the middle kidnap in coffee plantations. Here are not we just trudged through the plantation, but also have even sipped coffee filter for quality and above all, the gaaaaanz day fresh coffee. The rest of the day we took it to us in the mountains on the estate and in the pool and hammock go well. In the sunset we went all the way back in backpacker romance in the jeep through the coffee mountains on the gravel road to Manizales. For me, it went back the next day to Bogota, where the flight home waiting for me and Jules and Daniel have put the boots for Ecuador and Peru.

So long my friends, I'm so happy to travel with you. Even if one was missing, the time was just great. Fits continue on to you, enjoy your remaining time! I'll keep! Very soon in Berlin, Cologne, Paris or who knows where.

PS: This is the money 'n insider who has developed in the course of the journey to the running gag.

Monday, April 19, 2010

What Do Baby Gums Look Like Just Before Teething

locolombia










¡hola!, ¿Que tal?

here are the news from our first South American country, Colombia:

went off in the capital Bogota. Here we stayed in a cozy hostel with fireplace and TV corner into decay with delicious cake and coffee for free for a week around long. in this time was just a theater festival, so that there was something to marvel every day when the old city was closed off and hundreds strassenkuenstler so that a stage had.

then it was finally time. for relationships with Colombian punctual hours delay came the elli. With them, they had a feeling of home and three bottles of Beck's.

was our goal to reach the caribbean without haste. on our way, we marveled at the Salt Cathedral on Easter Sunday of zapaquira. Notwithstanding any other mirror reports we were there almost alone. we went to great little towns and villages were paragliding in the mountains and hike. Finally, it was said

vamos a la playa in Taganga. From there we visited the Tayrona National Park (we camped one night on a former drug-estate, which today of a dutch-Colombian paerrchen is run) and Ellie is now a licensed diver padi-profiling. could

then went on to cartagena de india, where the Spaniards have shown that they not only kill bulls, but also build houses, and what for what. The old town is charming and the life found in the many small alleys instead. here we take a cold drink put themselves at any corner and you need never be another television.

today we take a night bus to Medellin. after a week on average about 30 degrees, we look forward very much to the highlands. where we want to make a detour in the zona cafeteria.

All the best from elli, Jules and daniel!

ps: You can apply to the next, this time as guests, written by Ellie, happy contributing!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Light Blue, Mustard Yellow, Navy Blue

without a parachute and bungee rope



dear friends of the still images,

shame on us, unfortunately we have on the entire North Island of New Zealand made not a single photo. Therefore, we lend ourselves at this point just what stefan, so as not to stand without.

after we sat over by ferry from Picton to Wellington, we stayed there for 3 days and explored the capital on foot. that is, not quite. when we were in the national museum, Fiehl us face in a known earthquake-room Swiss on. stefan exactly with whom we were in Vietnam on the road. to our great luck stefan and his girlfriend libby had a car, so we in the evening over to a nearby hill, wine bottle at a glance who were able to roam the city. Although there were only two seats in the car but the bed was too comfortable.

from there we drove on to Taupo, the capital of outdoor activities. our hostel was like a rainbow in such tours-decreasing in Lorette de mar, at least from the age of the clientele ago. there was only one theme, exactly, parachute and bungeespruenge. However, these adventurous we left quite nonchalant pass us by. it surprised us again debby and stefan and packed us back to the two-seat sleeping mobile to to go to a thermal source. This time there were beer. It was dark but warm. We are accustomed to this by now, every day to chat with new people. new here was that we did not see who you really are as entertained. In order to solve puzzles, we English are agreed to later, and still sat comfortably with Sweden and Germany together and still precious. a very funny evening. at Taupo volcano is also on the photo to admire. that we have not climbed since the public bus would cost to "walk free" $ 60 per person and we for a half hour drive took a little too greedy. the traffic is in New Zealand almost exclusively designed for individual, so that without their own car on the north island for us was very difficult to explore the landscape according to their beauty worthy.

then went on to Aukland. The city is beautiful nor interesting. but indulges us with a great Asian food.

thought we were in anyway in South America. However, initially we had to lie down a flight marathon. because of our tickets we had to fly via LA to Texas to get from there to Bogota. 20 hours in the air again and wait 20 hours. I was very disappointed about the time limit, one day after I initially felt younger and thought about traveling to the past.

we are trying in English. it works not sooo good. but we always try.

¡All the best y hasta luego!