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    Richtig gut!

    War gerade auf deiner Internetpräsenz und habe festgestellt, dass du auch schon im gelobten Land USA unterwegs warst. Ich finde leider die dazugehörigen Berichte, falls es welche dazu gibt, nicht. Wo finde ich die denn? Danke und viel spass weiterhin!

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      Ah das war damals 2005 für die CPL Summer in Dallas. Bin danach noch nahc New York, San Fran und LA geflogen aber hatte nur scheiss bilder mit dem handy, von daher gibts da leider keinen bericht!

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        Live #15, Merida, Dzibilchaltun and Uxmul, Mexico



        17/12/2014 Another quick update from Mexico, only two more and I am ready to provide some pictures from Belize :) Together with some Couchsurfers, I visited the Dzibilchaltun & Uxmal Maya ruins close to Merida. Right now I am actually in El Salvador and just came back from climbing yet another volcano here!

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          Jo coole updates kann gut verstehen wenn dir die Ruinen mittlerweile was zum Hals raushängen ist halt oft sehr ähnlich. Was macht das Spanisch und wie hat es dir sonst in Mexico gefallen?

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            Hatte 25h unterricht aber das war mehr wörter lernen und durchkonjugieren und es kommt mir vor als ob es mir nicht so viel gebracht hat. Muss halt jetzt viel Zeit ins selbstlernen stecken aber irgendwie fehlt mir ein bisschen die Motivation!

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              Live #16, Campeche & Calakmul, Mexico

              Click the Link for the pictures!



              19/12/2014 Turns out the west of El Salvador features some pretty amazing little villages, especially the one that I am staying in now, Juayúa. People here are so friendly and I can barely see any tourists at all on the beautiful streets. I will leave today heading to the El Imposible National Park; but before I do so, check out the update about one of my highlights in the Yucatan: The remote ruins of Calakmul, once one of the biggest cities of the Maya!

              I spent hours figuring out the best and most direct way from Mérida to the area of Calakmul since I tried to avoid driving along the west side of the Yucatan. Due to a local bus strike, I was eventually forced to stop by in Campeche and make my way further down south and then east to my destination. Campeche actually turned out to be very nice so I was not sad at all to drive some extra km. The only trouble I had was getting a taxi to the ADO bus terminal to make it in time because all taxis were full and did not stop for me. In the end, I just barely made it though and even met a German couple that would go to Calakmul as well, so we decided to join forces.

              Calakmul had always been the one ruin that I was looking forward to the most. The main reason being the fact that it is so remote. First you have to get to Xpujil and based from there either have a private car or hire a taxi to drive into the jungle for another two hours of driving. The other reason being the fact that it used to be one of the biggest ancient Maya sites, fighting with Tikal in Guatemala at some point in history, better check Wikipedia for that since they know the details ;)

              We stayed the night in a nice place (including a swimming pool) and organised a taxi driver for 1200 pesos, so 400 pesos or about 22€ each. This deal was pretty sweat actually since the driver would wait for us at Calakmul for about 4 hours and then another 2 hours and the Becan ruins on the way back. Usually they charge a bit more for that. The driver picked us up the next morning and after 30 minutes or so, I asked him if I could maybe drive a bit. He did not hesitate to stop the car and from then on I was in charge of getting us to the ruins, driving about 80 minutes through the jungle :)

              As imagined, we were completely alone in the huge complex. Only one other car arrived before us but we didn’t really see the people since it’s spread out so much. The ruins were amazing, including some of the biggest Maya temples you will ever see. There is also a lot of wildlife around and you can hear and spot monkeys while you walk around the jungle from one temple to the other. Being on top of the biggest pyramid, we could even spot the El Mirador ruins in Guatemala way in the distance!

              Jochen was driving us back to Xpujil, but before we could enjoy a final amazing Torta they would serve there, we had one final stop and it turned out to be my absolute favorite of all the Maya ruins: Becan. But more on that in a separate update in a few days!

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                Next update :)

                Live #17, Becan Maya Ruins, Mexico Click for the Pictures!



                21/12/2014 And finally… the last update about Maya ruins in Mexico! It ended with my favorite of them all, the city of Becan. Located very close to Xpujil, it is not as remote as Calakmul, but nevertheless only a few people go there. Check out this post to find out why it turned out to be my favorite in the end.

                Part of our deal with the Taxi driver was to spend about 2 1/2 hours in Becan on our way back from Calakmul. It is very close to Xpujil and you could even bike there if you wanted to, but well we already had the Taxi for us :) The first thing that I noticed about that site was that everything just feels much more like it used to be during the times of the Maya. You can even walk around some small corridors and rooms and everything is in a very good shape without over-restaurating it like Chichen Itza for instance.

                I especially enjoyed the main temples. One of them (as seen on the cover picture on this post) just looks awesome thanks to it’s shape and the fact that it is still surrounded by trees. And the other one (from where I took the cover picture) is half collapsed and allowed me to do some climbing while offering the great view. Becan just felt right, it is hard to describe but for some reason it was my favorite even though it is not as big as Calakmul or as famous as Chichen Itza. You should check it out if you make it down to Xpujil!

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                  Happy xmas :)

                  Live #18, Bacalar, Mexico



                  23/12/2014 One more day until Christmas and I am back in Guatemala City once more to spend the festival in 29°C – a very strange feeling and my first Christmas outside of Germany! Keeping my pace for updates every 2nd day, I can now finally present the last part of Mexico in the beautiful Laguna Bacalar!

                  Bacalar did not play a role in my initial planning for Mexico, I simply had no idea until other travelers told me about it in Mexico. Quickly checking it out on Google, I did not hesitate to adept my plans so I could fit it in for a few days. Doing so was a brilliant decision since it turned out to be my favorite place in Mexico next to the Maya ruins of Becan and Calakmul! The water of the Laguna is great and comes in different colors and just chilling out their was really relaxing before heading onwards to Belize!

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                    Sind geile Bilder :)

                    Happy XMAS an dich, bruda.

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                      Sehr geil mal wieder! Hab deine Sorgfalt und Akribität ja schon mal gelobt. Echt super, weiter so und natürlich viel Spaß weiterhin :)

                      Von mir auch Merry Christmas!

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                        Besten Dank :) Hoffe ihr hattet auch ein schönes Fest!

                        First update from Belize!

                        Live #19, Caye Caulker, Belize



                        26/12/2014 Christmas in Guatemala turns out to be quiet the opposite of Europe and is celebrated like New Years Eve here with a late dinner, fireworks and lots of parties all night long. After 5 weeks in this great country, it is time to move on now and a long distance bus will take me to the Copan Ruins in Honduras tomorrow. Hope you will enjoy this first update from Belize now, visiting Caye Caulker in the Caribbean Sea.

                        Caye Caulker in Belize was another location that I added to my itinerary last second, hearing about it from other travelers. The only thing I wanted to do was the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, based from San Pedro. Turns out that this place is packed with hotels though, whereas Caye Caulker has more of a backpacking vibe for it, making my decision to go there instead very easy. I stayed in the Bella’s Hostal just next to the Dirty McNasty’s, which seems to be the place-to-go for all those party hungry backpackers. I was glad I did not stay there.

                        The motto of the Island is “Go Slow” and it even changed my walking habits from a fast paced London style to the very relaxed and slow one of the island. The streets on Caye Caulker are also just made out of sand and the only vehicles here are gold caddys, making the place quiet special and cool! And did I mention they have great looking waters around there too?

                        We booked a sail tour for a complete day, visiting the local coral reef, the shark alley and the Hol Chan Marine Reserve. A pack of ten dolphins followed us on the way to the shark alley. Feeding the sharks there was great since you could swim right in the middle of them. They are all harmless obviously and very used to humans in that area. The Hol Chan features some more marine life such as turtles but overall I expected a bit more from that, guess it is better for diving than just snorkeling here so I missed out on a bit.

                        I can just highly recommend doing the tour and especially liked the fresh food provided or the all-you-can-drink rum punch happy hour on the way back. I think I had seven big cups in the end, a perfect way to start the evening! If you have more time, you can even do the three day tour including night stays on deserted islands going down to the south of Belize. Sadly we could not opt in tour due to a bad weather forecast, otherwise I would have ended up extended my stay in Caye Caulker.

                        On the last full day, we relaxed at the so called “Split”, the part of the island that was cut off my hurricanes. At least that is what the internet tells you, our captain on the boat however said that it was originally started by the americans, digging out just a tiny passage for small ships which was eventually broadened by the hurricans to create the split that you can see today. It is a great place to hang out though and good fun to swim to the other side of the split since there is a small current that will drag you out a bit.

                        We also hired some Kayaks (ree at the Bella’s Hostel) and used them to check out the other Island for a while. If you have a lot of time, you could even make a complete circuit but bring a lot of water for that. We just had an hour and were forced to turn back just shortly after we reached the other island. Still a lot of fun! In the end I can just say that I was very happy to come to Caye Caulker and I would only have one more major destination in Belize, the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) caves, coming up in the next Live Report :)

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                          Erstes Honduras Bild ist bei Instagram oben, Tak3r vs Parrot :)

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                            Blue Hole hattest auch überlegt in Belize? Wenn schon so nah gewesen wärst ;)

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                              Ja schon macht aber ohne Tauchen keinen Sinn. Werde in einer Woche tauchen auf Utila lernen!

                              Und Blue hole sieht eigentlich nur richtig geil von oben aus, wenn man drin ist und nur schnorchelt macht es nichts her.

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                                Live #20, San Ignacio & ATM Caves, Belize



                                28/12/2014 Having spent the complete day at the Copan Maya Ruins in brutal sunshine and annoying mosquitos, I am now presenting the second and also last update from Belize :) I visited the Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves (or just known as ATM Caves) and enjoyed the laid back town of San Ignacio, very close to the border of Guatemala. Check out this quick report to see why the ATM Caves have been my best Caving expierence as of now.

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