Our day trip to Strasbourg was very spontaneous: Friday was predicted in the news super weather for the whole weekend and on Sunday at 9 o’clock we sat in the car and entered Strasbourg as a destination in our navigation system. From Darmstadt, Strasbourg is only about 200 kilometres away, so it took us just under 2 hours to get to the city. And the weather forecast was also true: it was bright blue sky and the sun was already …
» Read the full blog postTravel Reports » UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNESCO is an international organization of the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture, which has made it its mission to award and protect outstanding testimonies of human history and natural history with the World Heritage Title. The World Heritage List was first opened in 1978 and today comprises 1,121 sites in more than 167 countries (as of May 2020), which are world-important in their uniqueness, authenticity and integrity. These are currently 869 cultural monuments, 213 natural sites and 39 mixed natural and cultural sites. They are all architectural and artistic masterpieces, diverse cultural landscapes and parks, unique natural areas or testimonies of social and technological developments and testify in their entirety to the diversity of the world’s natural and cultural heritage. There are currently 46 World Heritage Sites in Germany, including seven cross-border or transnational sites.
Komodo National Park – Komodo Dragons on Rinca Island (Indonesia)
The visit of the Komodo Dragons on Rinca Island in the Komodo National Park we had prepared for the last day of our holiday, because we could not dive today anyway. Ideally, there should be 24 hours between the last dive and the flight and we always try to keep that.
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In order to take full advantage of the day, we started again quite early today in Coral Bay and drove to Exmouth, about 150 kilometres away.
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Our goal today was Shark Bay, a protected area of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on the west coast of Australia about 800 kilometres north of Perth.
» Read the full blog postSafari – The northern Serengeti & driving to Arusha (Tanzania)
Today we started again at 6 o’clock in the morning, because we wanted to make a morning game trip through the northern part of the Serengeti before our long return trip to Arusha. At the reception we quickly grabbed our breakfast boxes and drove off.
» Read the full blog postSafari – The Lobo area in Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
After our morning cruise in the Seronera area, we set off for the north of the Serengeti in the Lobo area around noon. Our destination was the Lobo Wildlife Lodge.
» Read the full blog postSafari – A morning cruise in Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Today we had a full day in the Serengeti and already at 6.30 a.m. we sat for a morning cruise in the jeep.
» Read the full blog postSafari – Serengeti National Park, an UNESCO World Heritage Site (Tanzania)
Today, one of the most famous and largest national parks in the world was on our program: the Serengeti National Park.
» Read the full blog postSafari – Ngorongoro Crater in Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
After breakfast we packed our things together and drove from our camp at Tarangire National Park to Ngorongoro Crater.
» Read the full blog postMumbai – Travel Guide, Things to do & Photo Spots (India)
After our stay in Delhi and Agra, we landed today at the domestic terminal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport in Mumbai shortly after 6 pm.
» Read the full blog postAgra – Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Fort & Sunset at Taj Mahal (India)
After visiting the Taj Mahal this morning we continued our tour to Agra Fort 2,5 km away.
» Read the full blog postTaj Mahal – The Monument of a Great Love in Agra (India)
One of the main reasons why we have included India in the itinerary on our trip around the world is the Taj Mahal in Agra. We wanted to see this beautiful mausoleum for ourselves. Therefore we had already searched the internet a few days ago for providers offering a sightseeing tour from Delhi to Agra.
» Read the full blog postDelhi – Travel Guide, Things to do & Photo Spots (India)
After the countries Japan, China, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia, our trip was going on to India. To get from Denpasar in Bali to New Delhi, we had 2 flights ahead. First it was around lunchtime with Malindo Air from Denpasar to Kuala Lumpur. Here we deliberately did not put in a stopover, as we have already seen the city with the impressive Petrona Towers 2 times. So we went on to Delhi 2 hours later with the next flight, where …
» Read the full blog postJava – Our day trip to the Prambanan Temple (Indonesia)
After visiting the Borobudur Temple this morning, the journey continued to the Prambanan Temple, which we still wanted to visit today.
» Read the full blog postJava – Our day trip to the Borobudur Temple (Indonesia)
With Air Asia we went today from Singapore to the island of Java to Yogyakarta in Indonesia, where we arrived around 1 p.m.
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