Tunesien im September 2009

Der erste Urlaub mit meiner kleinen Tochter in Tunesien/Nord-Afrika. Wir hatten eine wunderschöne Zeit dort. Essen, Gastfreundschaft und Wetter waren toll. Vielen Dank an die lieben Gastgeber :-). Genießt einfach die Bilder.

Impressionen von Mittenwald + Umgebung

Summer Germany 2009

After waiting for one year I finally came back for a holiday to my home country Germany. I went for one week to the Bavarian Alps to Mittenwald. It was very impressive this time and I had some wonderful weather with blue sky. So it was unavoidable to go for some breathtaking hiking tours through the alpine area.
On the picture on top you can see the "Eng-Almen" in Tirol/Austria. You can reach this upper valley only by road via Germany. One of the most beautiful spots I've seen so far in the Alps.
I also did a 2 days trekking tour with a night in a hut where already King Ludwig II. of Bavaria decided to rest (Soiernhaus). Incredible!
I had to share the room with 36 other hikers :-) It was a wonderful snooring concert on 1610m (5300 ft.) above see level!
I also took a quit interesting picture of the only venomous snake in this region. A Common Viper (Kreuzotter). By mistake I thought it's the unvenomous and shy Grass Snake (Ringelnatter). Thats why I got very close to the snake to take some pictures.
Only after comparing my photo with some Internet photos of the two different snakes it seems that it was the Common Viper. Well... Good luck in that case ;-)
Next time I better should improve my knowledge about snakes and watch a bit more of Animal Planet.
Cheers!

Christmas / New Year in Sri Lanka 2008/2009

Back in Sri Lanka! After beeing for 3 months in Hanoi/Vietnam I came home to my beloved island. I spend Christmas and New Years Eve in Sri Lanka and I really had a great time.
Sri Lanka is full of natural beauty as you can see on these pictures.
I spend my time in Colombo and Unawatuna. Unawatuna has become in the recent 3,5 years my second home.
I have a good old "Aussi/Dutchy" friend there who was giving me great hospitality in his lovely house. Bohoma estuti an be sure that Im coming again very soon machang. Happy avurudu to all my friends in lasenai Lanka.