The Yucatan peninsula is famous for its Mayan history and beaches but there is more. You might have heard about the cenotes, but do you know about the henequen (English: Agave) production that once thrived on the peninsula? Near Mérida are the best cenotes in [read more]
When I visited Bolivia, I decided going by private car from Sucre to Potosi and then from Potosi to Uyuni would be best. This gave me the most flexibility when I was planning my amazing 10-day Bolivia itinerary. I had just 10 days, so everything [read more]
The Tomioka Silk Mill received UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2014 and has been on my radar since then. When I was planning my two-week Japan road trip with the family I just had to add a visit as a day trip from Tokyo. But, [read more]
#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 5 of 2015, Bahrain & oil pipelines. During our visit in Bahrain end of 2012 (read here) just a week after they had some big protests in the country we walked quite freely through the oil industry there. We were very surprised about the fact [read more]
In the weekend of 27-28 September 2014 I did a weekend trip with my daugther to the area around Dusseldorf. On the Saterday we visited the Augustusburg and Falkenburg palace and stayed overnight in Dusseldorf to visit the next day the Zollverein Essen. Both places [read more]
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