Turrialba

There he spits again and with this wind direction probably messes up the arrival of others at the airport in San José aswell

Odyssey to Costa Rica

Sometimes things turn out different than you thought:
Nighttrain to Amsterdam, one day in Amsterdam:

In the evening flight to London, one night at the airport and in the morning heading off to Costa Rica. After more than half-way the vulcano next to the airport in San José decides to spit some ashes into the air. Therefore the pilot turns around and flys back to London (excellent!)

Luckily BA pays for accomodation, food and provides a new flight. This one goes after one night in Hilton to Houston. Therefore I had a 10 hour sunset and the honour to fly over greenland and got to see all the glaciers

One night in Houston in Mariott and off I go to Costa Rica. Total travelling time: 95h

Bromo II

In the afternoon through the ash desert towards the crater

from this point on no horses allowed

From the top you can see right into the crater. And it was so loud that you could only communicate screaming

your hair stands on end

what's left is the long way back

Bromo I

Sunrise at Bromo. Something maaaany tourists are doing. But it was one of the most impressive things I was able to witness because at the moment it (he?) was erupting. Therefore a multitude of pictures that have got more or less the same content. And that is just the selection (some pics Soso respectively Sosos camera)

on the next picture you can even see the ashes rain down again from the cloud

Quito - Bahía de Caráquez

Along the Ring of Fire and through the Páramo to the ocean.