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Santiago de Chile & Region

“Domestic Flight” Easter Island was our entry door into South America, technically. As Easter Island is Chilean territory, we were taking a “local” flight to Santiago de Chile. We were looking into renting an apartment via Airbnb. It didn’t take us long to realise that after our South Pacific trip Read more…

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Easter Island – Home of the Moai

Introduction Easter Island, a small remote volcanic island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the south-easternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. It is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. Its native name is Rapa Nui, the same name is their local spoken language which Read more…

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French Polynesia – The Island Dream

Our second last stop in the South Pacific or let’s say our last “pearl” of the South Pacific. We both where always curious about French Polynesia as it the place of the famous island Bora Bora and its Honeymoon tourism. How will it be? Is it comparable to all the Read more…

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Cook Islands

Our next target after Samoa is Cook Islands. Cook Islands is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. Cook Islands counts 15 islands and Cook Islanders are citizens of New Zealand. They have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not Read more…

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Samoa – ‘Talofa’ everybody!

After an amazing week in Fiji it was time for another target. We had to choose between Samoa or Tonga to reduce our carbon footprints or let’s say to make our budget a favor ???? Decision Tonga is a country with 169 islands, some even inhabited. Tonga stretches across approximately 800 kilometres Read more…

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Fiji – A nation of many islands

BULAAA – Welcome to Fiji It was time to move eastwards to the next South Pacific island/country, Fiji. We had a flight from Port Vila to Nadi with Fiji Airways. We arrived in Nadi in the early afternoon on Thursday, 21st of June. The weather wasn’t that great when we Read more…

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Australia – Travelling through the Sunshine State

Introduction Australia was not high up on our bucket list but I mean we didn’t want to leave out such a big continent on our trip. We anyway had to go to Australia to be able to get good flight connections to the South Pacific islands. So here we are, Read more…

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Japan – Unexpectedly extraordinary

T’Way airline – A long way to board Having only heard great things about Japan, it was randomly made a destination on May 8th when Ueli & I noticed cheap fares to Osaka. Booking our flight and hotel immediately, we mentally prepared ourselves for colder weather in Japan. Arriving 2 hours Read more…

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Mariana Islands – Exploring Micronesia

Mariana Islands – Start in Guam Our Philippines trip ended for us in Manila, the capital city where we were hoping to find a flight into a new adventure. Manila wasn’t really a city we wanted to explore. Instead it was time to create a new plan for a new Read more…

Philippines – Asia’s favorite

Before India, we were not able to cover the Philippines on our trip so far. Therefore, the Philippines was our next target before it is time to leave Asia after more than 3 months on that continent. At the same time, my two best buddies got some time off at Read more…

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