Today was the beginning of our 7 days in Cyprus. Holidays in Europe – actually relatively untypical for us, unless it’s a city trip. But that is also precisely why we once opted for a European holiday destination. Your own continent is far too beautiful to always travel far away! And besides, we really wanted to take a look at the underwater world of the Mediterranean and dive into one of the most famous wrecks in the world – the …
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Our world is so incredibly beautiful and versatile and we want to explore & experience as much of it together as possible. We are Sandra and Michael from Darmstadt – commuters between full-time jobs and 30 days of vacation per year. There is a lot of wanderlust in between. And that’s why we keep pulling out into the wide or near world. Since 2012, we have been on our smaller and larger holidays by 78 Countries On travelled to all 5 continents and blog with a lot of passion about our countless adventures and experiences in our travel blog – be it from dreamlike islands, in cities of millions, on mountain peaks, in the pure wilderness or even in the depths of the oceans. Travel is our great passion and we love to get to know and write about new countries, places and cultures.
The Messel Pit Fossil Site – A window into prehistory (Germany)
Today we made a trip to the Messel pit, which is only about 20 minutes by car from our home in Darmstadt.
» Read the full blog postBrussels – Tourist Attractions, Things to do & Photo spots (Belgium)
Brussels is ideal for a short weekend getaway. Depending on where you live, Brussels is not all too far away from Germany, so it is easy to reach, the city is quite clear and not all too big and well developed for tourism. Whether on foot, by sightseeing bus or public transport – you can get to all important sights quite quickly and easily.
» Read the full blog postTaipei – Tourist Attractions & the most beautiful photo spots (Taiwan)
During our 3 days in Taipei we visited the most important sights and photo spots of the metropolis in the city.
» Read the full blog postTaipei – Chiang Kai-shek & Sun-Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taiwan)
Today we wanted to take a closer look at the two most important memory halls and thus also two of the most famous sights in Taipei: the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
» Read the full blog postTaipei – The view from Elephant Mountain & Taipei 101 (Taiwan)
For the million-dollar city of Taipei, we took 2 full days to explore the city on the Danshui River in the northern part of Taiwan with all its sights.
» Read the full blog postTaipei – Entry to Taiwan & our hotel in downtown (Taiwan)
After our 12 great days in the South Seas paradise Palau we had 3 days to explore the capital of Taiwan.
» Read the full blog postPalau – Travel Guide, Diving & Things to Do (Micronesia)
The islands of Palau in Micronesia are one of the most beautiful diving areas in the world. The dreamlike images of the UNESCO World Heritage Rock Islands have certainly been seen by many on the Internet or in reports on television. We spent a total of 12 days on Palau and have summarized in this post everything important (arrival, entry requirements, climate, hotels, attractions, diving) for a holiday in Palau for your own travel planning.
» Read the full blog postPalau – Scenic Flight over the Rock Islands & Seventy Islands (Palau)
Even before our holiday we had seen the pictures of the Rock Islands in Palau in the diving magazines and on the internet, we knew that we really wanted to make a scenic flight over the Ngerukeuid Islands (better known as The Seventy Islands). We think sightseeing flights are just a great opportunity to marvel at our world from above and get a completely different perspective on our earth. For example, we have already made sightseeing flights over the Blue …
» Read the full blog postPalau – Our Self-Guided Day Tour of Babeldaob Island (Palau)
For today we had planned a car tour over the island of Babeldaob to rattle off the main sights of the largest island of Palau.
» Read the full blog postPeleliu – Historical tour of the old battlefields in World War II (Palau)
After our two dives in Peleliu in the morning, a land tour to the historical theatres of war and remnants of world War II between the Japanese and the USA was imminent.
» Read the full blog postPeleliu – Diving on Palau Island (Palau)
When we studied Palau before our trip, we often encountered the name Peleliu. Peleliu is a state of Palaus and is located about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Koror. The island had interested us for two reasons: On the one hand, some of the most beautiful dive sites of Palaus are to be found here and on the other hand you can see some relics from the Second World War.
» Read the full blog postPalau – Diving in the island paradise of Micronesia (Palau)
In addition to the well-known dive sites in Palau such as the German Channel and the Blue Corner, we have also dived and explored other places with Fish ‘n Fins.
» Read the full blog postJake Seaplane – Diving at the Plane Wreck (Palau)
On today’s diving day, when we already had two dives in the southern lagoon, we went back to the diving school of Fish ‘n Fins. Here we briefly loaded new diving bottles onto the boat, because today we wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do a third dive. This usually goes to Jake Seaplane,just 5 minutes from Koror. We didn’t want to miss that. On Aruba we already had the opportunity to see a plane underwater and were …
» Read the full blog postThe German Channel – Diving at the Manta Hotspot (Palau)
The dive site German Channel is at least as famous as the Blue Corner. This is mainly due to the fact that the German Channel is considered THE Manta Hot Spot in Palau. And on the other hand, maybe a little because of his story, how it came about and how he got his name.
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