Le Gosier, Guadeloupe

First day of many to follow!! We arrived for celebrating new years eve at the french 'departements d'outre mer' island Guadeloupe.
New Year's Eve

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Firework on the beach next to 'Casino du Gosier'
Îlet du Gosier

How would we imagine a Caribbean Island to look like? White Sand beach? Palms? Turquoise water?
'Îlet du Gosier' has all of it!! Just a short boat trip away from 'Plage de la datcha', we spend theRead more
Îlet du Gosier

Besides the Caribbean dream beaches 'Îlet du Gosier' can show you the rough sides of an Atlantic coastline. The cliffs at the north and eastern side of the island gives you the same view and feelingRead more
Plage de Grande Anse

Also some of the beaches in 'Basse-Terre' aren't quite like you would suspect a Caribbean beach to be. Plage de Grande Anse is one of the most beautiful beaches we have ever been even with no whiteRead more
Basse-Terre

The main island of Guadalupe consists of two islands. The eastern one 'Grand-Terre' and western 'Basse-Terre'. The character of 'Basse-Terre' is shaped by his still active Volcano 'Soufrière'. WithRead more
Grand-Terre

'Grand-Terre' the eastern wing of the butterfly island is famous for his dream beaches .... and gives home to Guadeloupes' sugar cane farms.
Zona colonial, Santo Domingo

Today we moved on from the small and calm island of Guadeloupe to the second largest and vibrant island of Hispaniola. Our first impressions on the old city center: beautiful blend of 15th/16thRead more
Santo Domingo

After a quick tour thru the colonial zone at our day of arrival in Santo Domingo, the second day started with the must sees outside the colonial zone.
First stop 'Parque Nacional Los Tres Ojos'. ARead more
Santa Barbara de Samana

Some impressions of the more beautiful sides of Santa Barbara de Samana ...
Samaná - Playa Rincón

Yesterday we arrived in the north of Dominican Republic, on Semaná Peninsula. To enjoy some of the beautiful beaches here, today we catched the last rental car of the city (at least it felt like thatRead more
El Valle

Two nights in Santa Barbara de Samana, two nights in an Airbnb with a wonderful view of the coast, the city and the ocean ... Two nights with a bar and pool billiard just on the other side of theRead more
El Valle - Unique Exotic Hotel

After some nights in more or less budget AirBnBs' we decided to have one night in a more exclusive place to sleep. So we spend the night in a jungle hotel.
The hotel had a endless pool with aRead more
Playa El Valle - how locals are fishing

After a night with heavy rain fall the water at 'Playa El Valle' looked a bit muddy from the distant view of our infinity pool. Nevertheless we went there to enjoy a day at the beach before startingRead more
Las Terrenas - Playa Popy

Moving just a few kilometers to the west sometimes make a huge difference. 'El Valle' was a small secluded place with rain forest and mountains all around. Now we're in 'Las Terrenas'.
Kilometers ofRead more
Las Terrenas - Playa las Ballenas

Second day of 'Las Terrenas'. After another night with heavy rainfall today it's pure sunshine 😎🌞
Lunch we had in a very small family run restaurant. Daddy is the cook, mommy is doing the barRead more
Las Terrenas

Well at some days we don't even know what we could upload. Today was a very lazy day at the beach. Before we went to Playa Popy again, we had a look on the local "fish market". Instead bringing themRead more
El Limón

Renting a quad to reach some places outside the town was the idea of the day 🤓 It brought us to El Limón waterfall - including a high-end mudd walk to get there 🥾
Whale Watching

The whale watching season started! It was the reason why we stayed longer in Las Terrenas. Today finally was the day - and we saw some whales from the boat 🐳 The experience was different asRead more
Los Melones

Bayahibe Beach. Less known then Punta Cana but not less beautiful....
When the sun drops in the water

Everyone who's on holidays at the sea is dreaming of sunset where the sun just drops onto the water. Having spend most of our days till now on the east, north or south coast of islands this was ourRead more
Finally Caribbean Sea

The last days in Dominican Republic we spent in the south of the island, in Bayahibe. Somehow we found us in a little town with lots of Italian flavour, including aperitivo on the rooftop of ourRead more
Lost places

Aren't photos of 'lost places', dead and empty once inhabited villages, clinics, factories, .... A real popular thing right now?
Turn on HDR filters, darkening the whole image to add some mystery.Read more
Isla Holbox

¡Hola México!
¡Hola Isla Holbox!
After leaving the Dominican republic our next stop was Cancun. After just one night and probably the worst Mexican food we ever had, to the "charming, laid-back,Read more
Holbox Nature

Visiting the protected area, watching birds around Isla de la Passion, walking in some kind of "wadden sea" and over sandbanks. Seeing some of the oldest animals that survived the extinction of theRead more