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Day 70
Thursday, July 12, 2018
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Thailand Khlong Wat Thepphathida 13.747835, 100.4979413°44’52” N 100°29’53” E
Bangkok
July 12, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Last day of Asia spent in Bangkok enjoying street food and coconuts 🥥🥥🥥

Now headed to another little paradise: home ✈️🏡⛱🏕🎡🛶
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Day 77
Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 3:25 PM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 271 m
Portugal Lagoa das Sete Cidades 37.854845, -25.78684337°51’17” N 25°47’13” W
Sete Cidades & Co.
July 19, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
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Day 78
Friday, July 20, 2018 at 1:29 PM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 294 m
Portugal Poça da Dona Beija 37.766005, -25.32565437°45’58” N 25°19’32” W
Furnas
July 20, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Visitamos as Furnas, não fomos aos banhos nem comemos o famoso cozido poruqe estivemos ocupados a explorar a floresta :)
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Day 79
Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 3:31 PM
☁️ 24 °C
Altitude: 49 m
Portugal Posto Santo 38.659352, -27.23048538°39’34” N 27°13’50” W
Mais S. Miguel e um saltinho à Terceira
July 21, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
A última noite em S. Miguel foi passada a acampar num parque de campismo gratuito com ótimas condições e rodeado de paisagens incríveis. Passamos pela Terceira a caminho do Pico, e a melhor memória da ilha é a de um excelente almoço na companhia da nossa querida D. Ermelinda.Read more
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Day 81
Monday, July 23, 2018 at 3:02 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Portugal Ribeiras 38.4045, -28.18746438°24’16” N 28°11’15” W
Pico
July 23, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
O Pico conquistou-nos. Acampamos mais uma vez com ainda melhores condições (água quente!!!), só não achámos piada nenhuma às cagarras, aquelas aves marinhas incrivelmente irritantes que passam a noite a berrar! As paisagens e as cores foram das melhores de sempre, e ainda tivemos direito à festa da vila de São Roque do Pico.Read more
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Day 83
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 3:59 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 60 m
Portugal Baía de Canas 38.486389, -28.22944438°29’11” N 28°13’46” W
...e mais Pico!
July 25, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
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Day 115
Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 12:00 PM
🌙 24 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Portugal Senhora da Luz 41.76409, -8.59227241°45’51” N 8°35’32” W
Parabéns a você 🎈
August 26, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
O aniversário do Dioguinho! Festejado com a família no Açude, um dia depois de ficarmos noivinhos ❤
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Day 171
Sunday, October 21, 2018
🌧 29 °C
Altitude: 19 m
Mexico Playa Mamitas 20.62956, -87.0738820°37’46” N 87°4’26” W
A bit of Yucatan
October 21, 2018 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
First days of traveling by myself. It's not that scary after all :) people were very friendly helping me find the right buses, I explored a bit of Cancun and Playa del Carmen and ended up swimming with nurse sharks. I had two days of mind-blowing diving in cenotes which I'll always remember as one of the most incredible things I've done. And I met the group with whom I'll spend the next two weeks traveling that could hardly be more multicultural. So far so good!Read more
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Day 174
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Belize Caye Caulker 17.76116, -88.0277517°45’40” N 88°1’40” W
Caye Caulker
October 24, 2018 in Belize ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Life is good. Island life is better.

Diving, kayaking, and dancing on the beach at the Full Moon party to the sound of the worst DJ in the world. All shared with a really nice group of random strangers :)Read more
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Day 176
Friday, October 26, 2018
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 82 m
Belize San Ignacio 17.15229, -89.0800217°9’8” N 89°4’48” W
San Ignacio, Belize
October 26, 2018 in Belize ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We decided not to choose any of the activities proposed by the GAdventures and went exploring the surroundings of San Ignacio on our own. This turned out to be way cheaper and nicer. We explored abandoned ruins, caves in the middle of the jungle and spent hours swimming in waterfalls and natural pools. Even the torrencial rain could not spoil it ⛈️Read more
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Day 177
Saturday, October 27, 2018
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 296 m
Guatemala Gran Plaza 17.22205, -89.623717°13’19” N 89°37’25” W
Tikal and Flores, Guatemala
October 27, 2018 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The first taste of Guatemala was impressive.

Tikal, a.k.a. the Manhattan of the Mayas, is a huge site with huge buildings, but each detail seems to be precisely calculated, each stone placed in the exact spot so that the position of the sun relative to each temple would reveal the beginning of each season and guide their agricultural practices. All of this deep in the middle of the jungle.

We spent the night in Flores, we thought it was a good idea to go for a swim in the lake until locals were staring at us as if we were crazy. We were therefore forced to watch sunset from the swimming pool and finished the night with some mojitos 🌅 🍹Read more
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Day 179
Monday, October 29, 2018
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 15 m
Guatemala Rio Dulce 15.664109, -89.00091515°39’51” N 89°0’3” W
Rio Dulce and Livingston, Guatemala
October 29, 2018 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Rio Dulce was a good surprise. We stayed in a lodge in the jungle next to the river, with overpriced bad food but beautiful wood cabins and lots of birds around. We made the trip to Livingston to see the Garifuna people & culture, but the boat ride in itself was already worth the trip. With the beautiful walk up the river to the Siete Altares waterfalls and swimming there, even better.Read more
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Day 181
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 2,586 m
Guatemala Cerro Chiquito 14.38275, -90.6016114°22’58” N 90°36’6” W
Hiking Pacaya Volcano
October 31, 2018 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Where do I start... It seemed like a great idea to go hike and sleep close to the mouth of an active volcano. It didn't seem so great when we had to start walking up in the rain on slippery ground and with heavy backpacks. But we managed to get to the campsite before total dark and to have a great evening with a hilarious girl-tent-wine-party, lantern-lit dinner, marshmallow-roasting and watching small eruptions at night. We then woke up before 4 am - again, wondering why the **** are we doing this - for a horrible night hike up to the mouth of the volcano to get there before sunrise.

And then the universe made up for all our suffering. The sky was clear, the volcano was beautiful and really smelly and so intimidating, the sunrise was beautiful, the mountains around were beautiful, we could see all the way to the other 3 volcanos... It was worth every fall on the bum on the slippery way down!Read more
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Day 184
Saturday, November 3, 2018
🌧 25 °C
Altitude: 1,556 m
Guatemala Río Catarata 14.74335, -91.1645314°44’36” N 91°9’52” W
Lake Atitlan and a sad goodbye
November 3, 2018 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
The last night of the group tour was spent in a homestay with Mayan families in San Juan La Laguna, who welcomed us in their homes, showed us their culture and tried to teach us to make tortillas.

In the morning, Lena and I had to say goodbye to this group of strangers who became a sort of family in the last weeks. Each of them was a little crazy in their own ways. Ailise and Ciara the Irish girls who spoke really slowly so we could understand them, Fiona Red Hair, Gabriel my dive buddy, Holly the international, Izie the cinema girl, Johanna the photographer, Lotte the cliff jumper, Luna the adrenaline seeker, Michelle the (future) survivor, Ray the amigo, Rosemarie 30-second-shower, Rosie the horse rider, Tom the party beast, Vesna the "I want to go to bed early" party beast, and our guide Harold who loves us all.

To fight off post-group-tour-depression, we spent Sunday morning in the most colorful place on Earth, the market of Chichicastenango, stocking up on souvenirs.Read more
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Day 190
Friday, November 9, 2018
🌧 25 °C
Altitude: 1,573 m
Guatemala San Pedro La Laguna 14.69478, -91.2717214°41’41” N 91°16’18” W
A week in San Pedro La Laguna
November 9, 2018 in Guatemala ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
I stayed one week on the shores of Lake Atitlan to learn Spanish, but did much more than that. For one week I spoke to my teacher for 4 hours everyday, lived with the family of Maria and Ventura, and was a regular client at the panaderías, so I had no choice but to learn a lot. Again Lena and I thought it was a wonderful idea to wake up during the night to go hike Volcán San Pedro, regretted it on the way up, and decided we'd do it all again when we got to the top looked at the view. I also painted for the first time since kindergaden, and the school took us on a visit to coffee plantations that ended up being a slightly scary night hike. Altogether it was an intense but also relaxing week, since it was the first time I slept in the same place for more than two nights in a row... Finally we left the lake behind headed for our next adventure: Honduras!Read more
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Day 193
Monday, November 12, 2018
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 670 m
Honduras Quebrada Seca 14.84973, -89.1467814°50’59” N 89°8’48” W
Copán Ruínas, Honduras
November 12, 2018 in Honduras ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
A last minute decision to go to Honduras led us to a surprisingly relaxing and beautiful weekend. We went there for the Mayan ruins - the artistic center of the Mayas - but were also enchanted by the macaws - dozens of them both wild and in a recovery centre for former domestic birds. The town of Copán itself is small and colorful, a very pleasant place to walk around and eat cheap pupusas. And we found a little bit of heaven in the Tea and Chocolate Place ☕Read more
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Day 195
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 1,532 m
Guatemala Parque Central Antigua Guatemala 14.55672, -90.7336914°33’24” N 90°44’1” W
Antigua is the cutest
November 14, 2018 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
My last days in the country of volcanoes were spent in Antigua, one of the most colorful and cute towns I've seen. It is such a pleasant and friendly place for having hot chocolate and fruit shakes all day long, and sit in the main square watching Volcán de Fuego explode. I had to say goodbye to Lena, my wonderful travel companion from the last weeks. It was a surprise to realize that traveling alone actually doesn't have to mean being alone at all. You meet and connect with amazing people and end up creating unexpected friendships. It really is the people, more than the places, that make your journey.Read more
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Day 213
Sunday, December 2, 2018
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Panama Knapps Hole 9.40316, -82.324849°24’11” N 82°19’29” W
All aboard!
December 2, 2018 in Panama ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Living on a sailboat for 2 days with Analia and Marcelo was an incredible experience. They were such nice people, it was really enriching to get to know them and their experiences, and sailing with them was a lot of fun and we learned some stuff! Sleeping on the boat, in a remote place, with the window wide open above you means each time you wake up you are looking directly at the stars. And so many stars. Unless the reason you woke up was the rain falling on you. At night we could have fun watching bioluminescence in the water and in the early morning we had the beach all to ourselves for snorkeling with dozens of starfish. Unforgettable!Read more
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Day 216
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Altitude: 10 m
Panama Canal de Bocas del Toro 9.349, -82.210369°20’56” N 82°12’37” W
Bocas del Toro
December 5, 2018 in Panama
Time for some serious relaxation. We stayed in Bastimentos Island which was perfect for that, mainly because there wasn't much else to do! A lot of hammock time, three nice dives (getting lost made it so much more fun), exploring a bat cave where we had water up to the neck, and hiking forbidden trails to perfect beaches. Oh, the cocktails too.Read more
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Day 218
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 7:12 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Panama Río Matasnillo 8.98991, -79.51348°59’24” N 79°30’48” W
Panama City and bye bye Central America
December 7, 2018 in Panama ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Our last day in Central America... Panama City was sunny and rainy and hot and humid all at the same time. Christmas decorations are all over, but our European brains are unable to get in that spirit while feeling this heat. But that should be solved by tomorrow, because we are headed to very cold places ✈️ ☃️Read more
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Trip end
January 6, 2019