Before embarking to the Galápagos islands I had one night in Guayaquil, Ecuador‘s second largest city and gateway to the islands. I stayed close to the airport, stocked up on insect repellent and sunscreen and tried to mentally prepare myself (=calm myself down) for my upcoming first ever dive aboard experience. The next morning, despite arriving at the airport with plenty of time, I almost missed my flight as the procedures at the Guayaquil airport are extremely inefficient; I had to argue my way through skipping both horrendous lines at the tourist card desk as well as the baggage drop after taking forever at the faulty self-check-in terminals.. Phew, my diving boat would not have waited ! After a thorough baggage check by the K9 dog unit at Baltra airport I was picked up by the boat crew and met the rest of the divers: a group of 6 Americans, a French couple, 2 Spaniards living in Panama and another American who I shared my cabin with as we were the only solo...
My Caribbean island escape is coming to an end and I gotta admit that time truly flies when having fun and/or being on holidays.. at the same time, as much as I needed this break from traveling - I was more than happy to not pack my bag after 1-2 days and leave to some place new - I‘m now refreshed and ready to go explore again, 2.5 weeks by the sea served me exactly what they were supposed to :) In order to get to these islands, I needed 1.5 days of travel, as turned out that La Paz is not a great hub for flying across South America. (It would have been perfect to enter the South of Peru by bus, as per the original intention and route; but my need for a break and the political situation in Peru still being somewhat unstable, hence the change of plans). After everyone had been checked for narcotics three times at the airport in La Paz, a short flight to Lima with two hours to change, then Bogota with actual five hours overlay, eventually I made it to San Andrés island (total of 18h of ...
For some reason Bosnia and particularly Sarajevo was the place I was most curious about in the balkan region. Maybe memories of what I heard about the Bosnian war in my childhood, maybe the little I knew about it but few stories... First realization when we arrived in Bosnia was that Euros are widely accepted, almost as common as the Bosnian Convertible Marka (based on the former German Mark). Secondly, we noticed the coexistence of Islam and Christianity - mosques and churches are located right next to each other. Due to the conditions of ever winding roads and long distances, we decided to focus on two destinations - Mostar and Sarajevo including surroundings - and whatever immediate interest we draw to places on the way. Thus, we took a half day to explore Trebinje, its old town and ancient Arslanagić bridge. When arriving to Mostar we had some trouble to find our guesthouse: in Bosnia guesthouse means a private room in or next to a locals flat/apartment, so...
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ich wünsche Dir viel Spaß und alles Gute für deinen Trip. Lass was von dir hören!
LG Britti :)
geile route :)