Day 1: Gîte de la Plaine des Chicots (1.839 m)

Ascent through the mystical rainforest

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Tamarin des Hauts

Silence. Some birds are singing. An intense forest aroma. The path at the beginning is relatively wide, the roots of the Japanese sickle firs run crisscross. Again and again the path is terraced with boards, although it is not really steep, probably a tribute to the extreme rainfall. We put one foot in front of […]

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The Sentier de Grande Randonnée No. 2 (R2) is the crossing of the island from the capital St. Denis in the north to Basse Vallée in the south. The tour is scenically incredibly varied, especially the variety of different forests on Reunion fascinates. The typical tropical mixed forest of the island (“Bois de couleurs des […]

La Réunion 2019: Prologue

Wedding dance on the volcano

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Callalilie (Zantedeschia aethiopica) in der Nähe von La Nouvelle

2019 is a very special year for us, a truly extraordinary year! See for yourself and pay attention to the small details in the following image: YES! We got married on September 14, 2019. “Lustwandlerlike” in the “Buckligen Welt”, outdoors, by a pond, accompanied by family, many friends and a cool jazz duo playing piano […]

Day 19 – 20: Abisko

Some tourist program at the end of our trip

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Blick auf den Torneträsk

After the nights in the tent and in the sleeping bag in the cabins we enjoyed a bed with fresh bed linen. At the breakfast buffet we get soft eggs, ham, cheese, homemade jams, orange juice and: mmmmmh really good Swedish coffee! The evening menu doesn’t appeal to us this time, so we decide to […]

Day 17 – 18: Hunddalen – Katterat – Riksgränsen – Abisko

On the gravel road to Katterat and on to Rallarvegen

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Rallarveien (Blick zurück)

Hooray, today the weather is actually more beautiful! We decide to go to Katterat already today, because first of all we don’t know how the weather will be tomorrow and secondly we already get some hut fever here … The mountains are lightly covered with snow, outside it’s only 3° C. While reading we wait […]