Yucatán
White beaches with turquoise sea, grand Mayan ruins, colourful colonial towns and the fascinating cenotes (Mexico).
Tag: sea
At the Gulf of Porto (Corsica)
Hikes along the most beautiful bay of the beautiful island with Calanche di Piana, Cabo d’Orto, Capu Rossu, Monte Senino.
Calenques near Cassis
The narrow and rocky bays Calanque d’en Vau, Calanque de Port Pin and Calanque de Port-Miou
The thresher sharks at Malapasqua
The small island of Malapasqua, located just north of Cebu (Philippines), is particularly famous among divers. Because at a nearby sunken island, Monad Shoal, thresher sharks can be observed with a very high probability, which normally tend to stay in deeper water.
Mayon
The perfectly shaped volcano from different angles (Luzon, Philippines)
Sveti Stefan
Once a romantic fishing village in Montenegro
Bay of Kotor
The “Fjord” of the Balkans in Montenegro: Hikes and Old Towns
Istria
Ancient towns, Venetian churches and Roman ruins on the Adriatic coast of the peninsula (Slovenia, Croatia)
Eilean Donan Castle
This castle is an icon of Scotland
Isle of Skye
Hikes to Cuilin Mountains and Old Man of Storr
Orkney Islands
Seastacks and stone circles on the islands in the north of Scotland
Cabo de Gata
Nature on the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia (Spain)
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
Hikes at the “End of the World”: Views, bays and bogs in Tierra del Fuego National Park (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)
Punta Arenas
Penguins, wrecks and craters — Excursions to Isla Magdalena and along the Strait of Magellan to Pali Aike (Patagonia, Chile)
Rügen
Chalk cliffs in Jasmund National Park
La Palma: Hiking Ruta de los Volcanes and Ruta de la Cresteria (GR 131)
The GR 131 hiking trail on La Palma combines the Ruta de los Volcanes with the Ruta de la Cresteria for a four-day hike, an island crossing that is scenically and geologically spectacular (Canary Islands, Spain)
Tenerife
It was about time that I paid a visit to the Canary Islands. After all, Teide is the highest hotspot volcano after Hawaii’s and much quicker to reach… However, there are also a few important differences to Hawaii, for example, a stratovolcano like Teide is not exactly typical of a hotspot, nor are the large … Continue reading “Tenerife”
La Gomera
Valle Gran Rey, Garajonay and Roque de Ojila (Canary Islands, Spain)
Lofoten
Trip to Lofoten, islands in Norway with rugged mountains, fjords and fishing villages — hikes to viewpoints and mountain peaks
Turkish Black Sea Coast
Trip along the coast with Sumela, Trabzon, Amasya, Sinop, Amasra and Safranbolu
Baku
Baku is oil. A whole row of oil platforms can be seen on the horizon in the bay, even in the suburbs there are oil pumps on every corner and in every second front garden, and the wider surroundings of the city are a tangle of pipelines. In the many bars, money is immediately converted … Continue reading “Baku”
Caspian Riviera
Iran is not known for its beaches. Of course, men and women have to bathe separately and for this purpose pieces of beach and sea are separated with corrugated iron walls. The amount of rubbish lying around doesn’t make it any better. But for the Iranians, who will probably come here in a fortnight, the … Continue reading “Caspian Riviera”
Cuba
Isn’t it fascinating how stubbornly this small country and its inhabitants defy everything that befalls them? The collapse of the Soviet Union, economic blockade, the lack that comes with it…. Who knows what will happen when Fidel is gone; high time I thought, to drink a mojito to the revolution on this green island lapped … Continue reading “Cuba”
Iceland
On the Ring Road through Iceland, with the trek from Landmannalaugar to Skogarfoss and other hikes
Bali
Ascent of Gunung Agun and various temples, lakes, volcanoes and rice fields
Gili Islands
On an islet between Bali and Lombok (Indonesia)
Krakatoa
By outrigger boat to the volcano in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java (Indonesia)
Perhentian Islands
Diving and snorkelling on an island in Malaysia
Krabi
The sky is cloudy and almost every day there are one or two heavy monsoon showers – it’s obviously time for me to go to Malaysia, because the rainy season is already over there. But when it clears, the limestone cliffs shine beautifully in the sun. A bar on the beach has new furniture made … Continue reading “Krabi”
Halong Bay
Cone karst island world in the north of Vietnam
Ko Tao
Diving off the island in southern Thailand
Ko Pha Ngan
Dance and relax on the island in southern Thailand
Kerala
A man who comes to Kochin immediately forgets his wife, because of the beauty of the city. So they say. Indeed, there is something about the cosmopolitan flair with a mix of Portuguese, Dutch, British, Jewish and Indian culture. The city, situated on a narrow peninsula, is very green and the best thing is that … Continue reading “Kerala”
Goa
The beach vendor looks at me incredulously: “why do you come to the beach if you don’t want to buy anything?” Well, why? To forget the stress of university, to swim, relax in the sun or read a book in the shade. Eat delicious fish in the evening… And just in time for the European … Continue reading “Goa”
Excursion: Volcanism Southern Italy
More than 2 m of pumice was deposited on the first day of the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius. The weight caused roofs of buildings to collapse, but people died in the pyroclastic flows (surges) that came down the mountain towards the end of the eruption. A caldera formed during the eruption, and Mt. Somma … Continue reading “Excursion: Volcanism Southern Italy”
Sri Lanka
Six weeks in Sri Lanka: the small town of Kandy offers more than the temple with Buddha’s tooth, above all also beautiful surroundings. We drive past the cave temples of Dambulla to the impressive fortress of Sigiriya, perched on a rock. In Polonnaruwa we admire the wonderful semicircular moonstones that mark the entrances of the … Continue reading “Sri Lanka”
Santorini
Geological excursion: explosive volcanism in the Mediterranean (Greece)