10 months in South America and Africa
In and around World
NP in Colorado, Utha and Washington State
Spanish Course in Quito, Ecador
Backpacking through Ecador, Peru, Bolivia, Chilie, Argentinia, Brazil.
Volunteer work in South Africa
Traveling in South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Sambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenia
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jennontour
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Good Bye Richmond
I lived in Richmond for over five years and yes, I will miss Richmond and even more my friends ... Continue reading » -
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My first stop in the Midwest
Kedron was a great host - you'll should visit him :-) ... Continue reading » -
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Rocky Mountain NP
Rocky Mountain NP is beautiful in Fall - we did a little Hike above 10,000 feet and I can tell you - the air gets thinner ... apperently only for me,... Continue reading » -
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Canyonlands NP
Beautiful scenery - and who says that it doesn't rain in the dessert?!? While I hiked to some canyons I felt rain drops on my head - couldn't believe... Continue reading » -
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Antelope Canyon
If you haven't been there yet you need to go! I went to the lower Canyon first and than to the upper Canyon. To safe you some time and money, just do... Continue reading » -
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Mesa Verde NP
Interesting culture! Since my car wasn't on its best behaviour (didn't want to drive slow!!) this park became a personal challenge for me - but I didn... Continue reading » -
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Great Sand Dunes NP
Arrived there for sunset - it was really nice, but I am not sure if I want to spend a whole day there Continue reading » -
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Rockys again
Came back to the Rockey to do some extra hiking and also this time Route 34 was open through the mountains Continue reading » -
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Flying to Washington State
Unspectacular flight (which is a good thing) to Seattle, WA. This time I got my little car (damn). Beautiful sunset - Mount Rainier looked like it was... Continue reading » -
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North Cascades NP
Great weather, did two hikes, really beautiful :-) - I put up my NEW tent and enjoyed a cold night in one of the state parks - Washington States seems... Continue reading » -
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Mount Rainier NP
Well, I could feel the mountain ... but thanks to the typical weather for this region I had no problems to overdue the picture thing ... it was hid... Continue reading »
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Oregon (Portland and Waterfalls)
I had a great time at the Hostel in Portland and next morning I drove some nice Waterfalls east of Portland. There a couple of waterfalls right next t... Continue reading » -
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Olympic NP
The weather changed!!!! Additional to rain, rain and more rain we got some wind as well!! I didn't really see any mountains, but a lot of falling l... Continue reading »
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Seattle, WA
Ok, Seattle is really nice! It is not as big as NY or SF but already big enough to have some tourist attractions. But on the other hand it still has s... Continue reading » -
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Quito, Ecuador
Hola amigos,
¿Comó estas? Si, I am learning Spanish ... slowly, but not sure if surely ;-). Every morning I am going to sch... Continue reading »
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Cotopaxi NP
After one week of Spanish I was ready to practice ... thanks to my hands, fingers and fantasies I managed to get to the Cotopaxi NP. My Spanish hel... Continue reading »
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Back to School in Quito
OK, another week of Spanish ... or let´s face it: it is a try - not more and not less than that. But it is fun, don´t get me wrong!
Every mor... Continue reading »
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Dia de Difuntos
On Friday we did a field trip to a cemetery with the school. Ecuador had a holiday ¨dia de difuntos¨ and what that means is basically that the people... Continue reading » -
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Shopping in Otavalo
OK, here I am in Otavalo ... the town of shopping in Ecuador. A friend from school (her name is Jenny to keep it simple ;-) ...)and I went right af... Continue reading »
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Week No. 3 in Quito
Here I am ... back from my nice weekend trip and back to school. Just came back from my ¨volunteer work¨ and made myself a deal. If the computer in... Continue reading »
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Baños
Right after school Jeni, Maxim (also from HH) and I went to Baños. Baños is a little town 3 1/2 hours south of Quito, located in between some volca... Continue reading »
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My last week in Quito
My last chance to learn proper Spanish and I can tell you, finally I start to understand people when they talk to me *YEAH* ... there is... Continue reading »
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From Riobamba to Alousi
After 4 weeks I left Quito for good ... I am speaking Spanish like a native Ecuadorian (Yeah, right ... :-) ....) ...
Anyway, I arrived here... Continue reading »
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Cuenca
The bus from Alausi to Cuenca took forever. Next to me sat a guy from Aachen, Germany (later on I found out his name is Alex). We had a chitchat an... Continue reading »
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I made it to Peru (Piura)
I realised that I have to get down South if I ever want to make it to Santiago, Chile by December 17th. My friends Martina and Bill will be there b... Continue reading »
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Pacific Ocean (Chiclayo)
Next morning I slept in!!! :-) ... first time ever ... well, actually I slept until 9 AM, but that is really long for me. Alex and I went to the Ci... Continue reading »
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Kuelap
After a horror night we arrived in Chachapoyas at 6:00 AM. The bus was fully occupied, not really roomy, had no AC, it rained the whole night, the... Continue reading »
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Beach Day in Huanchaco
We arrived at 8 AM in Trujillo and it was too late for my bus connection down to the Codillera Blanca ... so I decided to join Alex to the Beach. J... Continue reading »
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Cordillera Blanca
Early next morning I got up and got a taxi to Trujillo. Alex wanted to stay longer there, so we finally "slit up". After six great days we became r... Continue reading »
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Sand Dune Buggyboarding
OK, it is more than time to update my travel blog ... I was just too busy with life :-).
So, I took to night bus to Lima, arrived there very... Continue reading »
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Nasca Lines
After a really relaxing day I took a bus from Ica to Nasca ... within 2 hours I arrived and was surrounded by travel agencies ... they all hav... Continue reading »
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Lima
Lima - I heard so much about Lima and mostly is wasn´t any good, so I wasn´t sure what to expect from the Capitol City of Peru ... but whatever peo... Continue reading »
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Cusco
The flight over the Andes was really beautiful ... snow covered mountains, lots of green and the whole time I felt like we almost hit the top of th... Continue reading »
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Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
To download the pictures took soooo long ' now I don´t have time right now to write ... next time! Just enjoy the pictures for now ;-)
OK, fi... Continue reading »
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Arequipa
I heard so many great things about Arequipa, so I had to go there. And it is true, Arequipa is worth a trip. A beautiful old town right in front of... Continue reading »
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Isla del sol
I made it to Bolivia :-) ... and they don´t have an ATM Machine here in Copacabana! I have to live really tight ;-) ... had some soles left and exc... Continue reading »
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"World most dangerous Road" & La Paz
I took a Bus from Copacabana to La Paz (only 3 1/2 hours). When we had to cross the Lake Titicaca the ferry couldn´t handle Bus and Passengers, so... Continue reading »
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Salar del Uyuni
OK, Linn and I decided to take a "better" (that means more expensive) night bus to Uyuni, but if you ever plan to do it: Save your money and g... Continue reading »
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Santiago
OK, I guess it is time to update this page ... :-)
Sunday night I arrived in Santiago and Bill and Francisco picked me up at the Hostel and... Continue reading »
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Los Lagos (Lake District)
update comes soon ...
OK, here it is. When we arrived in Osorno Francisco's family was waiting for them. Bill, Martina and I had a residents... Continue reading »
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Chiloé
Our plan was it to get to Chiloe and if possible to drive down to Castro the same night ... so we were very delighted, when we arrived in Pargua an... Continue reading »
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Volcano Villarrica
The day after Christmas we left Osorno for another three days. This time we drove north to Pucon, a little touristic town next to a nice lake ... s... Continue reading »
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Santiago for the second time
Saturday morning I arrived in Santiago and took the Metro to get to my hostel. A real nice one, just want to mention it ;-). After checking in I we... Continue reading »
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Mendoza
Here is an entry from Jens (Yeah, I didn`t have to write something for a change :-) ... THANK YOU Jens :-)
We arrived late (around 20:00???)... Continue reading »
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Bariloche
Thursday January 3, 2008
We arrived in Bariloche some time in the Afternoon. After figuring out where exactly... Continue reading »
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Back to Chile (Chile Chico)
The bus arrived in Los Antiguos around 1:30PM and before I even was able to get of the bus a guy offered his services to take me to Chile Chico in... Continue reading »
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Coyhaique
We arrived in Coyhaique in the afternoon and I started to search for a hostel ... and for a chance I was lucky! Already at my second try I was succ... Continue reading »
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Fitz Roy, Los Glaciar NP, El Chalten
Internet is way too expensive to update here in El Chalten ... but at least you know now where I am right now! :)
Ok, Internet is a... Continue reading »
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Parque Nacional de Los Glacier, El Calafate
The bus ride was very pleasant. The Route 40 (famous one in Argentina) is really impressive, because you drive through pretty much veld, but many w... Continue reading »
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Parque Nacional Torres del Paine
OK, my bus was suppose to leave at 8AM so I got up early enough to pack my tent and my backpack and showed up at the bus terminal 30 minutes before... Continue reading »
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Punta Arenas
Here I was ... Punta Areans is a relative big city in the Southern part of Chile. I just stopped here because I could not get a direct bus from Pue... Continue reading »
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Tierra del Fuego
I took a bus from Punta Arenas, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina ... so another border to cross ... by now just a routine :-) ...
On this trip I... Continue reading »
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Trip to the German Embassy
It was a real luxury … instead of riding the bus for over 50 hours I made it to Buenos Aires within a little bit over 3 hours … ok, it costs a few... Continue reading »
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Peninsula Valdes
Wednesday morning we arrived in Puerto Madryn and went to the hostel Monika was staying at. It was great to see her again J. And I really got spoil... Continue reading »
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Buenos Aires
After another 18 hours in a bus and hardly any sleep Monika and I got our backpacks and walked to our hostel. It was very simple, renovation work e... Continue reading »
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Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Friday, February 29th ... a great day and date for the first stamps in our new passports. Emily brought us to the ferry, which would bring us to a... Continue reading »
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Montevideo
When we arrived in Montevideo, we had to figure out where the three German teachers lived we met in Buenos Aires couple of days ago. They invi... Continue reading »
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La Paloma
La Paloma ... the name just sounded wonderful! So when we arrived there late that night, we had it easy with picking a Hostel .. there was only one... Continue reading »
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Border to Brazil
Chuy was a typical town next to a border ... we stayed in a hotel for one night (Monika and I even had our own bathroom!!) and next morning we left... Continue reading »
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Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls or as the Brazilians call it Iguaçu Falls ... always a "must see" on my to do list ... and it was more than worth it to go there.... Continue reading »
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A very, very short trip to Paraguay
Since Paraguay is right around the corner from Iguazu falls I decided to do a little side trip to Paraguay to visit the biggest embarkment dam... Continue reading »
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Rio de Janeiro
After a 24h bus ride I arrived in Rio de Janeiro. The bus ride was actually lots of fun ... a Girls Volleyball team from Sweden and a Boys Soccer t... Continue reading »
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Paraty
Sunday I took a bus towards south ... hopefully I would have better weather down there. Brazil has so many beautiful beaches and I wanted to enjoy... Continue reading »
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São Paulo
When I arrived in São Paulo, I just took the Metro there to the place where Lilian lived. Lilian, a travel friend I met in Buenos Aires, is a Brazi... Continue reading »
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Made it to South Africa
I made it safe and sound to South Africa ...
More is coming soon ... now I have to find something to drink first!
What a trip ... over... Continue reading »
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My first GIRAFFE
Sunday morning I got up very early and took a minibus to the center of Johannesburg (with 1000 good tips from the staff of the hostel). There I had... Continue reading »
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Maseru, Lesotho
Tuesday morning I got up really early (4:45AM). My cold was really getting worth and so it was double hard to get going ;-) ... The night before th... Continue reading »
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Malealea
Getting up was soooo hard ... my head was just about to explode, there was no way to breath through the nose and fever was most definitely another... Continue reading »
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Sani Pass
It was impossible to get from Malealea to Sani Pass (a pass at the very eastern part of Lesotho) with one bus :-). The journey by itself was alread... Continue reading »
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Durban
I arrived in Durban and went to a backpackers. There I just chilled for the night since I was back in South Africa and it is just not possible to g... Continue reading »
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Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park & Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
Early in the morning I got a taxi to the minibus taxi stand. I asked for a bus to St. Lucia just to learn, that there was no direct connection. I h... Continue reading »
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Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary
After four days in St. Lucia I packed my things again and left ... Swaziland and its beautiful hiking trails were waiting for me :)
I figure... Continue reading »
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Tofo
Leaving Swaziland wasn't that easy ... I mean, literally!! The people in the Hostel told me to get a minibus taxi to Mbabane (so I did that), go ov... Continue reading »
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Maputo
The shuttle left at 4:00 AM in the morning ... so I walked to the bus in my sleep ... Surprisingly, I did not forget anything at the campground, ev... Continue reading »
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Nelspruit, SA
The bus was leaving at 7:30 AM ... that was so late, that Sascha, Marco and I slept in!!! How nice to leave the hostel in daylight ;-). The bus sto... Continue reading »
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Pretoria
Here is my first try to catch up with my own travel blog :-)
After an unspectacular bus trip I arrived in Pretoria. There I had to take a met... Continue reading »
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Pefferville Education Center
East London - the place I will stay for a while, because that´s where I found a nice volunteer project for a couple of weeks. After travelling arou... Continue reading »
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Port St. Johns
A 4-day weekend …. Such an invitation to go on a nice weekend trip J. But sure enough, on Thursday morning I heard the rain drops in the yard L ...... Continue reading »
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Coffee Bay
Since I wanted to go to Coffee Bay a couple weeks earlier, but couldn´t make it because of high fever, I decided to spent my last weekend in Easter... Continue reading »
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Addo Elephant NP
On Friday it was a special day form me J … because after school I went to the airport here in East London and pick up my rental car. It was the mos... Continue reading »
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Sunshine Coast
The coast of the Indian Ocean in Eastern Cape is famous for its waves and so it is not a wonder, that it is a surfers paradise here. At one very be... Continue reading »
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Valley of Desolation
First of all, I thought I wrote about this already … I could have sworn that I did!!! Oh well, apparently it is not there for some reason so I bett... Continue reading »
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Good bye South Africa
To leave East London was somehow sad. It became my home for some time and I got to know some lovely people, I knew where to get my things, I learnt... Continue reading »
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Hello Namibia
At the Namibian border we arrived at 10PM, everybody (approx.70 people) went through custom, got the stamps into the passports and then we left als... Continue reading »
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The highest Dunes of the world
Kilometres and Kilometres of dirt road and beautiful scenery were what we saw for that day … once in a while a car would pass by, but other than th... Continue reading »
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