Timelapse Video of sunset at the Kochelsee
This is a short timelapse video of a beautiful sunset over the Kochelsee in Bavaria, taken from the balcony of my room of the Hotel “Grauer Bär”. Hope you enjoy it!
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Sziget Festival – one week of unleashed fun!
I feel a little sad as will not attend the Sziget Festival for the second year. The nine years from 2006 to 2014 I always spent a week on the Obudai sziget (sziget actually means island). It was great to see this festival rise to the biggest (and once even voted the best) music festivals in Europe. Great due to Read More …
Via Ferrata in Reit im Winkl
Reit im Winkl – rather known as skiing spot – has a new summer attraction: a nice via ferrata! As the setting is beautiful, right along a waterfall, the access is easy and it is not very long, I gathered some friends to check it out. Location: Reit im Winkl, Hausbachfall Duration: Ascend: 1h 30m, Descend: 30m Difficulty: B/C The Read More …
Oman Offroad Day II: To Masirah Island
The next stint lead from Sur via Shannah to Masirah Island. We fancied crossing the enormous dune south-west of Al Kamil Wal Wafi, but we had to catch the ferry in Shannah departing at 15:00. Unfortunately we could not cross these beautiful dunes, the sand field is truly large, check it out in satellite view in google maps. When I Read More …
Biking along the Isar in the Bavarian Alps
As I got me a new mountain bike, I was looking a comfortable tour on a beginner level due to my lack of endurance. For a long time I hadn’t been at the Sylvenstein Reservoir so I decided to go there. The tour nicely starts along the Isar followed by a passage along the B13. After that you need to Read More …
The Transformers paid a visit!
I was startled by an intimidating roar! Then I hardly couldn’t believe my eyes as I just saw Optimus Prime followed by Bumblebee and the Decepticon Barricade passing by!!! Read More …
Dive safari in the Sultanate of Oman
Being one of the spots where you can encounter or even dive with hump back whales the Sultanate of Oman caught my interest quite quick. As there is just one boat, the Saman Explorer, at the moment having a license for dive safaris around the coast of Oman, the decision was not hard either. So after I finished the Read More …
Oman offroad tour from Muscat to Salalah
As foreplay for the next diving safari my dive buddy and I decided to add a roadtrip from Muscat to Salalah. So we booked a 5 day offroad trip including hotels after each day and a Toyota Landcruiser, sporting a cage and a modified gearbox. Having an organised tour was unnecessary, as we found out soon. You can rent a Read More …
Diving around Marsa Alam
To get my batteries loaded again, I decided to have another short trip to Red Sea in Egypt. So I convinced my buddy to have one week underwater action with Seaworld Diving Center besides the Novotel Marsa Alam. But before I could enjoy the warm climate and the awesome underwater wildlife of Egypt, my patience had to pass a frustrating Read More …
Hornschlitten Rennen 2017 in Garmisch
“Hornschlitten Rennen” means wooden sledge race. A “Hornschlitten” is a sledge which sports two uprising handles emerging from its runners, resembling to horns.Since ages in alpine regions these sledges were the tool of choice to bring down wood, hay or nuriture from the mountain huts or villages into the valleys in a quick manner.So one time one sledge driver challenged Read More …