Tino’s World Trip 2022

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Day 74
Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 10:59 AM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 1,531 m
Guatemala Zanjón Santa María 14.530297, -90.74001314°31’49” N 90°44’24” W
Guatemala
June 12, 2022 in Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A steady pace is mandatory on a world trip. We therefor leave Asia (for now) and fly to the American continent. First stop: Guatemala, where I meet up, flying east, with Gustavo, flying west. A 16 days adventure with him and a travel group ensues.Read more
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Day 76
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 8:01 AM
🌧 20 °C
Altitude: 609 m
Honduras Quebrada Sesesmil 14.839938, -89.1550614°50’24” N 89°9’18” W
Honduras
June 14, 2022 in Honduras ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
201 years ago in 1821 Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador gained independence from Spain. Although all countries have developed differently, going through the reigns of different dictators, military generals, civil wars and drug cartels they share a common Mayan and Spanish heritage. You will often come across people in indigenous Mayan clothing (especialy in Guatemala lesser in Honduras) while they wear a Christian cross necklace simultaneously.

Our short stop in Copan led us to ancient Mayan ruins (a central spot of rule in the past) and a wonderful hot spring in the jungle, where already Mayans used to meditate at (a heavy tropical rainfall accompanied our session there to complete the experience).Read more
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Day 77
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 4:35 PM
🌧 28 °C
Altitude: 241 m
El Salvador Río Concepción 13.9459, -89.01541913°56’45” N 89°0’56” W
El Salvador: Surfing El Tunco
June 15, 2022 in El Salvador ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
El Salvador has some good and bad reputation around it:
+ It is the first country to declare bitcoin legal tender (they use usd as their innate currency)
- It has a situation with two rivalling gangs (13 and 18 identifiable by tattoes, which again made the current president incarcerate many tattoed people even completely harmless ones, stirring human rights activism). The 13/18 tattoes are earned by atrocious acts, such as murdering a rival.
- It has very few indigenous people (or the people have few such roots), as a ruling general in the 30ties outlawed being indigenous and hunted such..
+ The country is beautiful (lots of Mayan ruins and volcanoes) and the people are very welcoming. They just hosted the world surf league too!Read more
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Day 81
Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 3:41 PM
🌧 19 °C
Altitude: 1,827 m
El Salvador Cerro Verde 13.830647, -89.62911213°49’50” N 89°37’45” W
El Salvador: Volcano Santa Ana
June 19, 2022 in El Salvador ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
A glamping experience is obviously also included.

There are two types of volcanoes, such that constantly carry magma to the surface and such that get active for a short while irregularly, and can “explode” in the literal sense. The volcano we hiked exploded a few years ago, after which villages around it abandoned the area.Read more
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Day 84
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 9:11 AM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 1,321 m
Costa Rica Santa Elena 10.314713, -84.82805610°18’53” N 84°49’41” W
Costa Rica: Ziplining
June 22, 2022 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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Day 87
Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 10:59 AM
🌧 26 °C
Altitude: 237 m
Costa Rica Quebrada Cristalina 10.470158, -84.64348610°28’13” N 84°38’37” W
Culture: Costa Rican Homestay
June 25, 2022 in Costa Rica ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
I was a tad unconvinced that the homestay organised will be authentic, but when I realised that noone there spoke any English, there was no cellular reception and each family had 4+ children a feeling of relieve went through me.

We spent a two days following a Costan Rican family through their daily routine (being a family of 10 the addition of us hardly had an impact on their routine). This included checking on the live stock (all families here have them), playing soccer, watching Spanish Tv, hosing down the motorbike, cooking tortillas and going to the market to sell chicken and eggs.

The families here have a very simple life, men work the fields, waking up at 4am, women cook and take care of the live stock (The chicken cooked for us was still breathing two hours before we ate). But we felt that everybody was connecting, mingling and meeting up constantly. The ties between these communities appear stronger than any big city neighbourhoods.Read more
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Day 98
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 10:36 AM
🌧 28 °C
Altitude: 23 m
Costa Rica Playa Santa Teresa 9.645442, -85.1683589°38’44” N 85°10’6” W
Costa Rica: Surf paradise Santa Teresa
July 6, 2022 in Costa Rica ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Santa Teresa was supposedly started by Israeli, who built there own resorts back in the days and then the area expanded to become a surf haven today (its also full of Swiss!). Surf camps and restaurants/bars fill up the one main street, where quads, pick ups and motorbikes (all filled with surf board of course) pass each other.

I switched to short board here and got spilled and washed over quite a bit going to the line up. Losing the board in the impact zone definetely got my heart rate up to. I am still very beginner so can’t stand more than 1-2 actual waves for a few seconds, so I usually still spend half of the session in the white wash practising my technique.

It was fantastic connecting with Liza who is here for a longer time and seeing her sparkling with joy over her first own board 😃.Read more
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Day 98
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 4:30 PM
🌧 27 °C
Altitude: 53 m
Costa Rica La Abuela 9.698755, -85.023179°41’56” N 85°1’23” W
Costa Rica to Miami
July 6, 2022 in Costa Rica ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Next to surfing, a trip trip to a lake full of bioluminiscent plankton was on the menu. The plankton uses the lighting up to scare of fish. So any movement (diving under water) will elicit a swarm of most happily dancing bright flashes of light around you.

The final days in Santa Teresa where marred by a dog bite, one that did weigh heavy on my peace of mind. It took quite dome deliboration and worrying to conclude that no post exposure vaccination is required:
- 3 separate doctors told me it wasnt
- The dog still lives today
- The dog does not appear rabid
- The bite only lead to a scratch
- I am vaccinated (last march 2022)Read more
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Day 101
Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 7:35 PM
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Dominican Republic Bávaro 18.691172, -68.438318°41’28” N 68°26’18” W
Culture: From Dominican to New Orleans
July 9, 2022 in Dominican Republic ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Five days of 5* resort should do the trick recharging travel and social batteries (hard to believe even a 9.5/10 extrovert such as me does have a limit to his social batteries). And finally I have visited a carribean island! I have learned that christopher columbus first set foot here - and met the Taíno culture. As opposed to the “Carrib” folks in the south east who were known to be aggressive cannibals (As displayed in the famous pirates of the carribean movie series), the Taíno were a rather peaceful society based on a matrilineal system, where the men lived separate whilst the women took care of organising society. The Spaniard wiped out 95%+ of Tainos with their advent (mainly due to transmitting diseases from pest/polio/measles ridden Europe).

Many words we use daily originate from Taíno language, including:

Barbecue, ananas, papaya, cannibal, canoe, cassava, guava, hammock, hurricane, iguana, manatee, mangrove, potato, savanna, and tobacco.Read more
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Day 111
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 7:27 PM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 83 m
United States Regnart Creek 37.302703, -122.01690637°18’10” N 122°1’1” W
San Francisco
July 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Finally reunited with loved ones, also meaning I have made it to half way on the world trip, we fall back into our pattern of shopping, hunting for the best Chinese restaurant and musicals. San Francisco is also the first place I wear my long underpants - a clothing piece I have yet had to wear, which put it dangerously close to being discarded.

SF is also where my late employers live, or lived. May he rest in peace.Read more
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Day 117
Monday, July 25, 2022 at 9:00 AM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 38 m
United States Santa Monica State Beach 34.018688, -118.50167134°1’7” N 118°30’6” W
Los Angeles, city of the famous
July 25, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
“Where is Iian?”
“He is grabing your starbucks”
“I know, thats why I’m asking! We are rolling in 30”
“Here you are sir”
“Good. Alright, now bring up the camera a bit, lights out, fly in the carriage, 7 seconds to water dump, ready aaaand Action!”
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Sir Horsealots research diaries 🐴🔬🧫🧪
- Never interact with a stray dog
- Ask for military discount in the US even if you just did peaceful Swiss army service
- Avoid the hospital in the US unless necessary (An x-ray spending 40 min in the hospital costs 1.4k$)
- US people are not happy with the Swiss driving license
- When alone, explore cities with public transport, it feels authentic, saves money and is usually less crowded (you wont remember anything on the low
quality audio guide anyhow)Read more
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Day 124
Monday, August 1, 2022 at 8:35 PM
🌙 19 °C
Altitude: Sea level
United States Death Valley 36.403191, -116.86081836°24’11” N 116°51’39” W
Yosemite and Death Valley
August 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Our journey to the national parks commences - join us!

Rules in National parks:

- Dont feed wild life! (500$ fine)
- Bring plenty of water
- Some hikes and camping require permits!
- Take many photos
- Hiking time is only half as much as indicated

Also, happy birthday Switzerland 🇨🇭🎉Read more
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Day 126
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 4:07 PM
☀️ 39 °C
Altitude: 808 m
United States Azrael Ridge 36.643581, -116.39588236°38’37” N 116°23’45” W
Las Vegas I
August 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
Enjoy the show!
Gamble your wallets empty!
Awe at Americanized European squares!
And most definetely come back!
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Day 128
Friday, August 5, 2022 at 3:08 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 1,604 m
United States Pine Creek Gorge 37.212872, -112.94461137°12’46” N 112°56’41” W
Zion National Park
August 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
One long valley presents an opportunity to run alongside a river and even wade in it reaching the temple of sinamawa (A complete let down though).

To complement the experience of hiking, we do need to do some bbq, cooking, living in a chalet and star gazing. Which we do.Read more
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Day 130
Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 9:31 AM
☀️ 17 °C
Altitude: 2,375 m
United States Sunrise Point 37.627575, -112.16190337°37’39” N 112°9’43” W
Bryce National Park
August 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Our favourite national park shows beautifully formed pillars, formed by ice, wind and rain over thousands of years.
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Day 131
Monday, August 8, 2022 at 4:09 PM
☀️ 37 °C
Altitude: 1,230 m
United States Lower Antelope Canyon 36.90358, -111.41453736°54’13” N 111°24’52” W
Antelope Canyon
August 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
These breathtaking creek lies in the navajo land (second mos populous tribe after cherokee) and is governed by them. A tour is mandatory - as flash floods occur 20 times a year fully filling the canyon. Many a visitor have hiked within at the wrong time before, all of which perished.Read more
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Day 134
Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 6:35 PM
⛅ 36 °C
Altitude: 632 m
United States Fashion Square 36.132156, -115.16614536°7’56” N 115°9’58” W
Grand Canyon and LV 2
August 11, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
The largest and vastest sights are kept for the end. After another beautiful night in a cabin in the wilderness, we stride along the paths of the grand canyon. Looking so many dozens of miles into the distance it feels as if one is looking at a postcard thats right in front of you.

We conclude our joint time with a last trip to Vegas.Read more
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Day 135
Friday, August 12, 2022 at 11:52 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 637 m
United States Boulder Junction 36.074532, -115.18106136°4’28” N 115°10’52” W
First carribean cruise experience
August 12, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A cruise ship can be both the most boring place to be (which after 5 months of adventure and road trips and hiking is a welcoming refreshment) or one of the most fun if you let it be.

Positives:
- Everytime you look out you see the infinite ocean all the way to the horizon
- Surprisingly good shows (The audience is a potential 6000 peole big after all)
- Very friendly staff (many south east Asians). Note: Staff works 7(!) days a week 12h a day, for 6 months straight, then return home for 2 months. They do earn 2-3k US$ a month which can me comparatively great. They do have cinema, gym and leisure activities for staff but many simply choose to sleep in their free time.
-Free food everywhere

Negatives:
- A mass tourism feeling (positive if you’re into that)
- Definetely a good amount of heavy oil burnt (as opposed to a normal hotel resort). Roughly 4 liters per 15 m.
- Not enough time to explore any ports at which you stop

Bonus: Some delayed content from Waterfalls in Costa Rica!Read more
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Day 144
Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 1:09 PM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 6 m
United States Orsino 28.522978, -80.68258728°31’23” N 80°40’57” W
Nasa
August 21, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We head over to Nasa only one week before the launch of the Artemis mission’s first rocket - a circling of our moon. I must admit, I did get very excited seeing those original pieces of space history!
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Day 145
Monday, August 22, 2022 at 9:31 AM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 44 m
United States Islands of Adventure 28.472721, -81.47399128°28’22” N 81°28’26” W
Universal and Miami 2
August 22, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Orlando it packed with a dozen highly acclaimed amusement parks. We settled for universal where the worlds second most expensive roller coaster is located. 150 minutes waiting line - but probably the best ride I have ever taken.Read more
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Day 151
Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 12:45 AM
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 37 m
Canada Robson Square 49.27898, -123.12331449°16’44” N 123°7’24” W
Vancouver: Helping Ursula home
August 28, 2022 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
A detour to Vancouver is indicated. My aunt needs some aid and my father and me immediately head to Canada on the next flight to visit her. Fortunately she is able to leave the hospital soon and we explore british columbia while packing and preparing her things. Of which, her being a lifelong collector of art and antiques throughout the world, there is much.

I have also came to notice the resemblance this region has with Switzerland. High mountain ranges, fir and spruce forests and fancy ski resorts (Whistler). High prices levels. Some difference are obvious too: A very high Asian population, bear warnings (I tripped into one at night at the campsite) and the Ocean.

I also came in contact with hutterites in Squamish whom were wearing traditional dresses and headgown (much like Austrian traditional dresses). This group was on a ten days trip, a rare outing. I couldnt believe they shared their Instagram with me - they are from a very progressive tribe they said.Read more
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Day 168
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 10:19 AM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Philippines Santa Clara 14.548533, 121.00351714°32’55” N 121°0’13” E
Philippines: Manila and Cebu
September 14, 2022 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
The philippines is a long time secret tipp for any Asia travellers. As friendly as the Thai, as modestly prices as Vietnam, as safe as Indonesia, top ranking beautiful islands and (in most parts) less touristic and full of bustling local life. The archipelago is so vast that is is simply impossible to visit any meaningfull amounts of this country if you dont have at least 2-3 months to explore.Read more
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Day 174
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 1:45 PM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Philippines Guyang Island 9.765812, 126.1677259°45’57” N 126°10’4” E
Philippines: Siar Gao
September 20, 2022 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The surfer capital of the philippines with its cloud 9 had a different appeal to me all together. Local village and fiesta culture. I was fortunate enough to make friends with many locals/expats and experience a yearly fiesta, where people from all around come to General Luna. Everybody’s invited to join the party.

Other than that, the surfing was tough (I am a bit sick from the aircon bacteria) and the rocky ground makes for many a cut on legs and feet. But the waves are consistent and smooth, worth the risk!Read more
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Day 177
Friday, September 23, 2022 at 5:38 PM
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Philippines El Nido Airport 11.201517, 119.41801511°12’5” N 119°25’5” E
Philippines: Palawan
September 23, 2022 on the Philippines ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Following my two travel mates Alrun and Chloe. We arrive in Palawan. The most beautiful islands and beaches await, which despite being down with a nasty cold and food poisening, we explore.
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Day 184
Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:07 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 27 m
Singapore Chinatown 1.284217, 103.8426591°17’3” N 103°50’34” E
Singapore: Lydia’s Wedding
September 30, 2022 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Beautiful Lydia and her smashing Chris finally get to hold hands forever 😊. Lydia is full of life, when you meet her she will infect you with her optimism and joyfulness. So happy to be part of such a happy day in their life.

Ps: The setting at the Singapore Island golf club was chosen by uncle for sure ! 🤔Read more
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