Costa Rica is overcrowded by tourists. Everything is nicely set up for them. Even the prices. Costa Rica actually made it possible to provide access to their beautiful nature for each and everyone. Also for the ones that do not like to walk. Ecology and conservation are highly valued in Costa Rica. And so that
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On the search for Tarzan
Another gust of wind ascends and lifts one almost out of the shoes. It feels like an earthquake, everything is shaking. After a second everything is quiet again. It was just another heavy truck rushing past the highway in Selva Verde. And here is supposed to be the rain forest? Car after car and truck
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The enormously giant, incredible huge picnic
Going on an excursion with Costa Ricans involves a lot of logistical planning. You can’t just leave like that, spontaneously. Preparation already begins days before. It all starts with getting together enough people for the excursion. Every seat in the bus needs to be occupied. Bus? Yes, of course. When going on excursion in Costa
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Rice, Rice Baby
There are a lot of things one can do with rice. One can write a name on it, use it as a filling for cushions, throw it on a wedding or dry things with it, as rice absorbs humidity. But, one can also just eat the rice… For over half of the world’s population, rice
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Where am I?
„Yes, but to get into Costa Rica you need a return ticket! You can buy it outside at one of the travel agencies.“ Well, didn’t all the guidebooks, blogs and every person I asked say, that the officers never ask for a return ticket when crossing border by foot? Does not seem that true. Or
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Nicaraguan Christmas and other stories
Traveling by bus in Nicaragua is just crazy. Not because the bus is uncomfortable or something, no. It is because I always have to pay for two. In the beginning I thought that I have to pay for my luggage. However, later I realized that I have to pay for my schizophrenic me, as they
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An essay about different types of hostels
I realised that there is one thing about El Salvador, that you almost do not find anywhere else. And that are the very good hostels. When I start thinking about it, El Salvador had by far the best hostels here in Central America. Not because they were very clean, new or fancy, no, because they
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Where is the garbage?
Sometimes it is not that easy to cross a border as it seems. When leaving El Salvador I had to queue up for about 30 minutes. There were a hell lot of people and cars at the border, wanting to leave El Salvador. I am writing „to leave El Salvador“ and not „to enter Honduras“,
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Pupusas, Police and Painted Walls
Traveling in El Salvador feels a bit like being in a club when the party is almost over. Everybody tries to hit on you. The guys just want to hook up with a girl before the night ends. The problem is, that in El Salvador it goes like that the whole day. They just do
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Coke, Pepsi and Co.
Coca Cola, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Pepsi… Their logos are just everywhere in Honduras. It seems that every town sign is sponsored by either of them. During the whole journey through Honduras you just drive through Coca Cola towns, cross Pepsi bridges or you just see their logo emerging randomly from a river. And of course,
Ich schreibe und ich reise. Mal bin ich ganz weit weg, mal erkunde ich meine Stadt oder nur meinen Block, manchmal reise ich durch mein Zimmer. Dazu gibt es meistens Zeichnungen aus meinem Sketchbook. Auch mal Fotos. Und vielleicht bringe ich von der ein oder anderen Reise auch ein leckeres Rezept mit. Hier findest du all meine Erinnerungen. Schön, dass du vorbei schaust!