Mendoza is known internationally for two things: fine wine and Aconcagua – the world’s highest mountain outside of Asia (6956m). We went to see both. Continue reading
Argentina: Mendoza
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Argentina: Buenos Aires
Since our smiling argentine friend Guada picked us up at Ezeiza airport on Wednesday, Buenos Aires has only become better and better. Tango, clubbing, Evita, wine, sun, ridiculously low prices and lots of friendly people – and some old friends. Continue reading
Snow, ice and isolation
Temperatures more than 30 degrees Celsius below zero. A lonely winter lodge without electricity or water, that can only be reached by one and a half hour cross-country skiing. An isolated lodge in the mountains of Valdres offers the best of winter Norway… Continue reading
Santiago
I´m in Barrio Brasil, a neighbourhood in Santiago, updating my webpages on the go. The capital of Chile is a clean and orderly city surrounded by beautiful snow-capped mountain peaks. However, I´m sure that the city´s 5 million inhabitants are getting pretty sick (also literally) of the dense smog cloud that is filling the valley between the mountains and reducing visibility severely. Continue reading
My first loop
Life ain’t half bad when you’re hanging upside down 4500 feet above ground in a 2-seater Cessna Aerobat. Rolls, loops, barrel rolls, stall turns, wingovers and spins. I did them all today, and still kept my lunch…
Surfing Yorkes
The UniSA boardriders organised a surf trip to Yorke Peninsula in the last weekend of May. Great I thought. But the car drive is 4-5 hours. Too long. Let’s take the Cessna instead. But where is the airport?
Malo e lelei
I’m just back in Australia from two wonderful weeks in a country that doesn’t have a single traffic light, where pigs run around in the streets and where you can eat lobster for less than $ 10 USD. Welcome to the kingdom of Tonga.
Tonga: Vava’u
Vava’u was our first stop in Tonga. Unfortunately, the hurricane Waka had hit Vava’u hard December 31 2001, and we found that many places had shut down (as they no longer had roofs or walls). But life goes on in this yachties paradise.
Tonga: Ha’apai
The island group of Ha’apai is only visited by a handful of tourists each year, and yet it has the beaches of travel posters and catalogues. This is a place where it easy to find kilometres with deserted, white, palm-fringed beaches, and absolutely impossible to find an Internet connection.
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Ikale – The first beer in the world
Ikale is the beer of champions. At least, it is the beer of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Tupoato’a of Tonga. We were having a beer at the Billfish bar and restaurant in Nuku’alofa when we ran into Master Brewer Lennart Sätmark…