Tag Archive | nature

La Fortuna

After 5 weeks in amazing Montezuma, I continued my journey in Costa Rica. This time to La Fortuna a region with a volcano. The first impression of La Fortuna was that the best time here is already over, maybe because the volcano is currently not active … But I went on a great hike and the nature was amazing again. In the evening I went to a Hot Spring which was nice 🙂 Here some impressions:

: 67km till La Fortuna

: Jesus (!!!) our tour guide explains the flora

: This is Patricia a wild bird following us for more than one hour on our trail thru the jungle

: Forst impression

: Jesus explains us how rubber is produced

: Tarzan swing 🙂

: Patricia is still following us on our trail. Funnily the girls name was Patricia as well 🙂

: Volcano Arenal

: wild flowers

: This is amazing! An Ant Highway!!!

: Ants on the Ant Highway transporting food

: Volcano Arenal

: Mmmhhh some delicious Guava from a wild tree

: Hello my friend

: Wow we saw a Tucan!!!

: Sloth in the tree

: Amazing flower

: Party Hostel in Arenal

: Some Wildlife in the Hot Spring

: Hot Spring

: Look at that isn’t that amazing

: Or here! Awesome!!!

: The sun was almost in the zenith almost no shade

: Amazing flora

20.03.2013

in Hawaii, Video
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Volcano National Park, Big Island

What an awesome park on Big Island. Great hikes like the Kilauea Iki Trail, including a walk thru Rain forest and a crater. Then seeing lava glowing at night time, a street covered with lava. Just awesome scenery! Here some picture impressions:

: Dask impression in Volcano National Park

: And the moon is out

: Lava tube

: Ready for the Kilauea Iki Trail

: First some Rain Forest on the Kilauea Iki Trail

: Trail sign

: What a coincidence and a great talk with Katherine on the Trail after we stayed in the same hostel in Hilo, Big Island

: Flowers in the crater

: Wow what an awesome trail

: Road sign …

: Lava over the street

: Lava flow from the past

: Lava entering the sea

: Big Truck for the Big Island

: Crater impression

: Rainbow and crater

: Lava glow

: Morning impression

: Crater

: What an awesome National Park

: Steam

: Flower impression

: Flower impression

: Flower impression

22.02.2013

in Hawaii
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SUP – Stand Up Paddling in Hawaii

Stand Up Paddling or short SUP is a very famous sport in Hawaii and my couchsurfing friend Jen introduced me to this sport on a Saturday morning in Kihei, Maui. The board was 25$ for 2 hours with a brief introduction how to do SUP. Basically you are standing on a big surf board and you have a paddle to navigate yourself around. Here some impressions from a sport which is very good for your balance and body and just great to be on the water and enjoy the scenery. We even got to see a baby whale nearby.

: Jen introduced me to SUP. Thank you Jen!

: Ok and action

: So this was the easy part sitting on the board

: Oh yeah the balance part was hard in the beginning …

: There we go! Posing for the picture 🙂

: Yeah now it is more fun after being relaxed on the board

: Spend at least two hours per day with physical, mental, spiritual or social activities (here Stand-up Paddling in Hawaii)

: Mmmhhh some delicious breakfast after the exercise

: And some more 🙂

18.02.2013

in Hawaii, Video
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Pu’u’ula’ula Mountain Sunrise in Maui

Wow what a great spectacle on Pu’u’ula’ula Mountain in Haleakala National Park. After catching the sunset the evening before and sleeping at the summit (Thanks to my couchsurfer friend Jen I had enough blankets for the night) at

5:30am and the nightly sky awakes with hints of red on the horizon. Watching this at 10.000 ft and above the clouds awesome! Check out some pictures and the timelapse video from my trip to the top of Maui.