On a raft along the Dunajec river

Both my guide books, for Poland and for Slovakia, recommended a rafting tour on the Dunajec. The pictures of the…

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The Dnipro river – strolling along and going on a cruise

The Dnipro river reminds me of the Danube in Vienna. It divides the city in two parts. And we stayed…

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Glenfinnan Viaduct or the Harry Potter bridge

We stopped in Fort William to fill up on gas and were right across the street from the Ben Nevis…

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Rafting on the Li River

Rafting sounds probably a lot more exciting than it actually was. Since it was already May 28th and my visa…

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The Moon Hill in Yangshuo

Another morning dawned (and with dawned I mean the literal sense because I seem to wake up on this trip always around…

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The taming of the Lion

To keep with the Shakespeare theme from the day before, on this Sunday we were off to tame the lion.…

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Porto Alegre grows on me

Foremost and most important today was to get some cash. Drawing cash in Brazil has turned quite into an odyssey.…

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Wild, wild, wet

Wake-up call at 5:30 was brutal. But Sylvia and I were ready by 6:00 to see some animals. We saw…

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