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New York
Am Anfang unserer Reise wären wir gern Richtung Norden aufgebrochen. Wenn schon einmal USA, dann darf New York City nicht fehlen. Aufgrund von Schnee und Kälte verworfen wir damals wieder die Idee -
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Baltimore
Baltimore, hier hat alles angefangen und soll es nun auch wieder enden. Vor 365 Tagen kam unser Ducato mit reichlich Verspätung im Hafen von Baltimore an. Von genau diesem Hafen schicken wir
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Red River Gorge
Sehr gut eingerichtetes Klettergebiet.
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Mammoth Caves National Park
Weitläufigste Höhle der Welt.
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El Potrero Chico – Klettern in Mexiko
Auf unserem Rückweg Richtung USA, nehmen wir im Norden von Mexiko einen kleinen Umweg ein. Fast sechs Monate waren wir jetzt nicht mehr klettern, umso mehr haben wir uns gefreut, in dieses -
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Cancun / Isla Blanca
Isla Blanca – noch ruhiges PLätzchen abseits der Touristenscharen.
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Tulum
Ruine vor Traumkulisse.
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Cenoten Xkeken und Samula
Zwei Cenoten auf einen Streich.
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Rio Largatos
Bootstour durch artenreiches Naturschutzgebiet.
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Uxmal
Beeindruckende Mayastätte mit abendlicher Lichtshow.
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Celestun
Der Spot um Flamingos zu beobachten.
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Merida
Bunte Hauptstadt Yucatáns.
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Chichen Itza
Große Touristenattraktion – aber sicher nicht die schönste historische Maya Stätte in Mexiko.
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Cenote Ch´Oojaj
Wie befinden uns ein paar Kilometer vor Valladolid auf einer gering befahrenen Nebenstraße. Am Straßenrand, mitten im nirgendwo, sehen wir beim vorbei fahren ein Pappschild mit der Aufschrift Cenote. Bis jetzt hatten -
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Xcalac
Zeitloses Fischerdorf.
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Playa Paraiso
Das wahre Paradis.
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Calakmul
Riesige Mayastätte mitten im Dschungel.
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Laguna Bacalar
Lagune der sieben Farben.
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Lamanai
Maya-Ruinen im Herzen des wunderbaren New River.
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Caye Calker & Hol Chan Marine Park
Nach den bisherigen Erfahrungen in Belize haben wir lange überlegt, den Trip nach Caye Calker überhaupt zu machen. Grund dafür war hauptsächlich die „Touristisierung“ und die damit zu erwartende Enttäuschung des einst
Love is in the air between the scarlet macaws over the ruins of Copán - Honduras. #scarletmacaw #2bfree #nature #centroamerica #honduras #aramacao #birds #birdingphotography #copanruinas #ara #colors #photography #natgeo #naturephoto
Der Arenal ist der aktivste und zugleich jüngste Vulkan von Costa Rica sowie einer der aktivsten Vulkane der Welt. #Arenal #Vulkan #CostaRica #2bfree #natgeo
Scenic view over the magnificent lake Atitlán. It is worth it to explore also the little charismatic towns surrounding the lake. #lagodeatitlan #lakeatitlan #visitguatemala #_centroamerica #perhapsyouneedalittleguatemala #volcano #earthoutdoors #exploreguatemala #natgeotravel #outdooradventures #2bfree #wanderlust #travel
Pretty nice little gorge with many different climbing spots.
@explorermagazin
@climbingawesome
#climbingromania #4x4truck #climbinglifestyle #homeiswhereyouparkit #climbtheworld #climbingvan
#2bfree
Nice hike to the Kjeragbolten. We found and made use of a very little time window within the constant heavy rain forecast over the past days around Lysefjord area. Got soaken wet on the way back, but that was worth it...
#kjeragbolten
#kjerag
#keepbalance
#neverstopexploring
#besthikingtrails
#beautifulnature
#lysefjord
#norway
#2bfree
Early morning atmosphere at Lake Yosephine. Glacier NationalPark / Montana / USA #lakejosephine #glaciernationalpark #montana #natgeo #nature #travel #lake #RockyMountains #mirror #2bfree #mountains
What a start in the day! Soaking wet, but worth it.
Lofoten in September may not be sunny and warm, but on the other hand it offers nature views like this. Mind blowing!
#lofoten
#lofotenislands
#reine
#reinebringen
#bestofnorway
#natgeo100contest
#naturephotography
#2bfree
#wanderlust
#exploretheworld
#norway
#explorenorway
#rainbow
Are you able to spot @juuuliiiiiiiia in here blue Kajak?
What a trip paddling through the archipelago north of Stockholm towards Ängsö National Park.
We were staying overnight on this beautiful island continuing to Ängsö early next morning and returned late in the evening. Both, the first and last hours of the day are probably the very best to kajak and explore the beauty of Swedens eastern coastline.
#ängsö
#ängsönationalpark
#kajaking
#kanuing
#nationalpark
#exploring
#natgeo100contest
#archipelago
#schärengarten
#scandinavia
#sweden
#stockholm
#stockholmarchipelago
#2bfree
#wanderlust
#amazingnature
#travelphotography
The famous stavechurch in Heddal ist the biggest of its kind in Norway. The wodden construction is over 1000 years old and still about 1/3 of the tarred pine-tree beams are from this time. Just amazing to visit this place.
#stavechurch
#heddalstavechurch
#heddalstavkirke
#church
#notodden
#vestfold
#norway
#2bfree
Beautiful underwater world of the Skagerrak discovered during a Kajaktour in the Lysekil area / Sweden.
#lysekil
#skagerak
#underwaterworld
#underwaterexplorer
#kajaking
#seakajaking
#jellyfish
#starfish
#archipelago
#natgeo100contest
#sweden
#2bfree
@natgeo @natgeowild @natgeoadventure @natgeotravel
For sure, everybody knows the Grand Canyon - but who knows the 'Bleik Canyon' which is by the way twice as deep?
I bet without using Wikipedia or Google there might be a rare number of people knowing this place and for what it's famous for.
The underwater canyon starts about 15 km offshore from Andenes/Norway and is a nature habitat for many underwater species, such as sperm whales, humpback whales, fin whales and killer whales (orcas).
We were lucky and could see both, sperm whales and orcas during a 5 hour ocean trip with the very friendly and competent team of @whalesafariandenes Thank you for the great opportunity!
#whales
#whalewatching
#spermwhale
#pottwal
#fluke
#wildlifephotography
#oceanphotography
#vesterålen
#northernnorway
#naturephotography
#whalespotting
#2bfree
#natgeo100contest
#bleikcanyon
Bike the Baltic #bikethebaltic #EuroVelo #ev10 #ostseeradweg #cycling #radtour #polen #ostsee #sonnenuntergang #sunset #2bfree
Actually, November is not as bad as most people are saying. It’s all about timing - being at the right place at the right time. Of course, not all days are like this, but who never tries, will never have a chance for such a jackpot experience.
#outdoor #rausmitdir #schwarzatal #2bfree #againstnovemberblues #thuringia #sleepingbag #outdoorlife #draussenzuhause
Worth it!
But you'll never know unless you try and find out.
This is why we often choose the more adventureous option to discover a famous destination like in this case the seven sisters in Norway / Geiranger Fjord. 99% of all visitors come via speedboat from Geiranger or just see the beauty of the fjord from the quite expensive ferry while crossing from Hellesylt to Geiranger.
And if there are paddlers, their preferred start is also Geiranger as it is just a 10km return trip from there.
Paddling all the way from Hellesylt and back makes it to an challenging 30km mini-adventure , facing headwinds and waves for almost half the distance.
But this allows us to time it in a way to reach the falls when most of the others have already left and the annoying sounds of the speedboats have faded away.
Very nice ambient then to enjoy - when the evening-sun diffracts on the steep cliffs of this amazing UNESCO world heritage site.
#geirangerfjord
#sevensisterwaterfall
#freelife
#traveltheworld
#greatoutdoors
#2bfree
#norway
#waterfall
#earthpix
#geiranger
#unescoworldheritage
#wanderlust
#advanture
#paddleadventures
#kajaking
#natgeo100contest
#hellesylt
@natgeoadventure
Top of Scandinavia, top of Norway.
Of course, many of my climbing or alpine friends do know most of the highest peaks of the central Europe countries, but pretty sure almost nobody knows the name of the highest peak of Norway and Scandinavia...
Galdhøppigen!
And as there are too many comfortable hikes from different huts to the 2469m summit available, we were looking for a real challenge to value the mountain in a special way.
We gave it a try by a little 'fair means' and skipped the huts at all. We started at 4:15am at the entrance of valley and cycled 18km and 700m elevation and took all the necessary gear (which isn't a lot to be honest) with us. We reached Spliterstulen hut at 6:00 and locked the bikes there. We hiked up via the Svellnose summit and Keilhaus Topp summit to the top.
We did well and reached Galdhøppigen after another 3,5 hours. Actually not all too bad for the ~1400m elevation gain, but more important was the fact, that the crowds were far behind us. So we had our peace to enjoy the beauty of this mountain just ourselves (okay, with two others but this is absolutely not much).
And when it started to become busy after a while we just moved to the southwest summit which is about 30m lower. Nobody will disturb there for hours as everyone is focused to the summit itself. Even if that means to share with hundreds of people. Strange...
At the end of the day we climbed 4 summits and made a 50km roundtrip with over 2000 meter elevation gain.
Chapeau!!!
#topofnorway🇳🇴
#topofnorway
#topofscandinavia
#galdhøppigen
#galdhoppigen
#svellnose
#keilhaustopp
#spliterstulen
#alpinism
#mountaineering
#summit
#summitsofeurope
#2bfree
#wanderlust
Scenic view over the cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica. #natgeo #2bfree #monteverde #costarica #nature #photography #landscape #cloudforest #travel #scenic #monteverdecostarica #sceniclocations #scenicview #clouds #traveltheworld #magicplace
Gorgeous thunderstorm over the baltic sea in Graal-Müritz. #2bfree #nature #thunderstorm #stormy #storm #photography #balticsea #ostsee #ostseeküste #coast #küstenliebe #natgeo #natgeoadventure #graalmüritz #naturephoto #stormchaser
Good for this black-capped squirrel monkey that he always has his umrella with him - especially in Costa Ricas long lasting rainy season. #2bfree #nature #monkey #costarica #rainyseason #wildlife #outdoor #monkeylove #animal #neverstopexploring
Praying time - monks during the spiritual evening ritual at Wat Xieng Thong - Luang Prabang, Lao #monks #praying #spiritual #WatXiengThong #LuangPrabang #lao #temple #buddha #ravel #natgeo #2bfree #wanderlust
