Throwback to our trip to Costa Rica. We flew to San José, rented a car and then went to Tamarindo where we stayed for the duration.
First shock on the trip was the drive to the town as I though it…
Not too long after the Echo Lake hike we went further north to Lake Callaghan where we camped for a night (no reservation, it can get crowded in the Summer) and then on the next day crossed the lake with…
Short trail report from the Echo Lake Trail in Squamish in August 2021. The adventure starts early here since you have to cross a river to get to the trailhead. To do so we brought a small boat and we…
Flashback to 2021 when we got a group together to explore the Broken Islands on Vancouver Island via kajak. To get there we first took the ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Nainamo and then took the Hwy 4 West…
Flashback to 2021 when our friend Michelle joined us for a BC roadtrip to Wells Gray Provincvial Park, which is best known for it's spectacular waterfalls. From Vancouver it's about a 6 hour drive to Clearwater,…
Here a small recap about a Christmas trip we had with our friends Elise and Michael. We had a big roadtrip planned that has stops in Sun Peaks, Revelstroke and finally Rossland. In total 3 ski resorts…
After our Banff trip it was soon getting Fall. Looking at the forecast we saw a small window for another short trip to enjoy the last days of Summer for the year. We wanted to explore more places along…
After the long day hiking we decided to take it a bit easier the next day. We headed over to Canmore and after a good breakfast at JK Bakery Cafe (jummy baked goods) to play some discgolf at the Canmore…
This second part of our trip report starts at Rossland and continue East. We didn't go to Banff right away, first I wanted to see Fernie, about a 4 hour drive. I've come across that town in several guides,…
Reporting back from our grand BC trip to Banff, which came together last minute after friends invited us to join them at their campsite in Banff. We thought we make the best out of it and explore other…
Looking back on a day hike we did back in June with our friends Sean and Alice. The hike was up to Deeks Lake, which is park of the Howe Sound Crest Trail starting from Porteau Cove. The hike is about…
Since the lockdown started we have been looking for alternative activties and our favourite so far is to explore new areas around Vancouver (of course making sure we're socially distancing). Below a random…
Time to wrap up the winder season. Back in Feburary we decided to explore some new place we haven't been before. After weighting our options we agreed to plan another snowboarding trip (which also turned…
Beginning of January we extended our Christmas break for a short trip to Revelstroke and Kicking Horse with some of our friends. Kicking Horse was a first time for us, so we were quite exited!
The…
The local Winter season came to an abrubt end due to the Coronavirus, so I thought I look back at the great season I had. After I started snowboarding at Cypress about 5 years ago I got better for about…
After surviving the hurricane in our little tent at the beach it was time to move on and explore the rest of the island. First stop for the day was the Polynesian Cultural Center a few kilometers south…
We're back again with probably our last series for the year with our trip to Hawaii in October, split up into two parts. I had two weeks off inbetween switching jobs, so it was the prefect opportunity…
When JJ became a Candian citizen she also got a voucher for a discounted train ticket. We have been thinking of trying out taking the train before, so this was the perfect opportunity, since it couldn't…
As I'm wrapping up the year I wanted to share a few more experiences of the past year. One of the highlights were the trips we did in the beginning of the year. First there was a short trip to Whister…
So, final post from our trip last year to wrap that chapter up :) After leaving Dresden and the Saxon Switzerland National Park we hit the road again south towards Prague. To get a better deal we stayed…
After leaving Iceland we headed for a one night layover in Amsterdam. There we planned to check of the Celebration of Lights festival, but ended up missing the ferry. Also a bottle that contained maple…
Kicking off the long overdue report from our Europo trip over Christmas and New Years. Over 3 weeks we visited multiple countries, so I decided to split this one up into multiple smaller posts. First stop…
On a beatiful and sunny day in October we decided to explore Garibaldi Lake. JJ has been there before, but for me it was the first time and I got blown away by the stunning nature the park offers. But…
I decided to split up our Burningman post into daytime and nighttime for a good reason. It's incredible how the whole atmosphere changes once it gets dark. Colorful lights are getting turned on everywhere,…
I couldn't believe that it would finally happen. Earlier this year our friends Todd and Tiff announced that they plan to go to Burning Man this year and that they had a spare ticket. This isn't really…
Final post of this series.. For the last part we took a flight from San Francisco to Portland and then booked a one-way car-rental to get to Vancouver over the course of a few days. Highlights include…
This time our trip continued fron San Francisco up north to the famous Redwood Trees in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. What makes these trees so special is that they are the tallest and one of the most…
Here we are again. This time our trip takes us to lovely San Fancisco. We stayed here only a few days and explored the city and the nearby San Jose. And last but not least .. a Pirate festival! I got your…
New update! Finally found some time to finish off this post and others should follow soon.
We're now halfway through our tip through California with JJs parents and grandparents. This time exploring…
After a few days in Las Vegas we went on to our next stop San Diago. First we met up with JJs grandparents and her uncle who would join us for a few days. Next we rented a car for our time in southern…
This post has been in the making for a while now. But since the year is nearing its end I wanted to make sure to finish it.
It all started with JJ announcing that both her parent AND grandparents…
Sorry for not sending many updates, but JJ and I have been super busy with trips in the past two months and are just finding time to catch up. I'll start with our trip to Galiano Island, which started…
Sean invited us to join him cfelebrating Egmont Day on this lovely weekend trip in his hometown Engmont. Around 330 people live there and it lies at the north end of the Sechelt Peninsula on the Sunshine…
The last few weeks I have been quite busy with my new job. But now I finally found the time to wrap our last trip. We only had 2 days available leaving Bremen until we had to catch our flight, so some…
I has been 2 years since our last visit to my family back in Germany, so it was long overdue to see them again. And what time could be better for that than Christmas!
For the first week we planned…
The year 2016 has been blessed with great weather for wintersports, so we already got a good collection of photos to share.This years pictures are all taken at Cypress Mountain on our snowboarding excursions…
Here we are again, this time finishing up our report with the trip to Havanna and Trinidad. As already mentioned in the last post: I was forced to visit the Canadian Embassy in Havanna to get a permit…
Our good friends Jonas and Monette had their get-away wedding in Cuba recently and they invited us to come along. So what else to do than packing our bags and heading out of rainy Vancouver and towards…
This is a short report from my work-trip to Montreal from Oct 16th to 18th. Besides the meetings I had some time to explore the city and nightlife. Sadly without JJ this time, there was just not enough…
It's summer and with a long weekend coming up, so we thought to create a small adventure for ourselves. The goal was to camp a night or two in our new tent and hopefully see some nice nature where I can…
We are going down under! For the first time we both traveled south of the equator. How exciting!
I was the first to go, JJ was supposed to join up later... but more about that in a bit. At my work…
One of the most recommended hikes in the Sydney region is the Costal Walk. There is a shorter one (about 5km) from Bondi To Coogee, but decided to go for the longer one, which is from Bundeena to Otfort…
The Yosemite National Peark (pronounced "Yoh-sem-it-ee") was one of the highliths of our trip, so it deserved it's own post. It is set within California’s Sierra Nevada mountains and is famed for its giant,…
We were thinking about doing a trip to California for a while now. With national hoidays coming up in in March we finally saw a good oppotunity to realize it. The cheapest flight we found was a roundtrip…
While deciding on the most economic and fun option to explore California we stumbled on a great offer from Escape Campervans, for a roadtip experience. This was something we were thinking about for a while,…
Over new year we decided to get away from the busy Vancouver live and spend a few days in the USA. The plan was to drive down to Portland, spent 2 nights there and then drive back up alongside the coast…
When I arrived in Vancouver two years ago a common question I would get was "What kind of wintersports do you do?" or even just "Do you ski or snowboard?". At first I found it funny that everyone is supposed…
This is the final part of our Asia trip series. It was time to get busy again after having some relaxing days with JJ's parents. We only had 3 nights to spent in Hong Kong, so any plans to see everything…
This will be the first post of our Asia series spanning Tokyo, Kyoto, China (Hangzhou / Shanghai) and Hong Kong. The trip took three weeks in total with the first week spent in Japan, then one and a half…
After seeing a lot of the mondern and busy side of Japan we were happy to go to Kyoto and slow everything down a bit. One thing many people warning about when visiting the city is overloading the itinary…
This is a shorter post from our two-night stay in Shanghai. JJ's Uncle (father of Susan, if you read the previous blog post from Hangzhou) was also at the family gathering and was nice enough to offer…
I was more than exited about visiting JJ's home town Hangzhou after hearing so many good things about it. It is often referred to as Shanghai's backyard thanks to its location less than 180 kilometers…
This is a collection of toys and gadgets we saw on our travels through Japan. They don't really fit in the other articles, but it felt wrong not showing them. Hope you enjoy!
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Our second trip to Kelowna, this time with our friends from the Alpha group. Our plan was to have a mix of biking on the Kettle Valley Railway and wine tasking at some wineries (it's Kelowna after all).…
Kelowna is a middle sized town (population of 180k) a 4 hour drive East of Vancouver. It is located in the Okanage Valley next to the big Okanagen Lake. The hot weather in the valley makes the area a good…
After having some wonderful days over New Years with our friends in Bremen we left to Amsterdam, from where we would take our flight back to Vancouver. I've been to the city before, but it was a first…