Archive for the ‘Video’ Category

Now this is a throwback back to January 1980. A trip to Cape Town and of course up to the top of the iconic Table Mountain using the cableway. This cable car model was introduced in 1977 and ran until 1997 when it was replaced with the most recent model which has 360° revolving floors. The views are as spectacular now, as they were back in 1980. Happy 85th birthday   Read More ...

Categories: Cape Town, Nature, Panorama, Video

Thick white fog embraces us, while we climb higher and higher. A journey into the unknown, maneuvering our car around the tight bends, as suddenly the clouds unveil the long-awaited sign: Sani Pass!

Cirrus my friend, where have you been? Stratocumulus, long time no see! Cumulonimbus, Nimbostratus, Cumulus Mediocris and Cumulus Humilis…so good to see you again. So many difficult names for these liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water, drifting through our atmosphere. Always on the move, dissolving into thin air and resurrecting out of the blue, creating thin layers and big towers, shapes of animals, faces and just things, a   Read More ...

This year we skipped the long Easter weekend due to miserable weather and a higher than usual workload and decided to hit the road the following weekend instead. A bonus of course being that we left behind the masses of people simultaneously leaving town. The Tankwa Karoo National Park, about 300 km’s travelling distance from Cape Town sounded very appealing to us, so we booked one of the 6 camping   Read More ...

Standing on an extinct volcano in Iceland? The roaring steam bursting out of the ground, the rotten smell of sulfur in the air and the melting shoes on the hot ground tell another story! I am sure you have a lot of questions about that wonderful country, now let’s try to answer some of them: But it is so incredibly cold and it rains all the time? It is not   Read More ...

Categories: Camping, Iceland, Video

Iceland was never on your bucket list? Big mistake! Iceland is one of the most fascinating countries you can possibly imagine! This little island with only 320 000 inhabitants and 103 000 m² holds surprises and adventures ready at every turn. The only bigger city is Reykjavik, a living and colorful town with friendly people, delicious food, museums worth visiting and a pulsing fresh vibe you will never forget. There is only   Read More ...

Birds, mongoose and ground squirrels having the time of their life! the fluffy and the furious from the wild angle on Vimeo.

Categories: Animals, Camping, Namibia, Video

These are just some impressions of our last trip. It just needed 4 days in Namibia to fall in love with this wonderful country. Namibian Desert from the wild angle on Vimeo.

Categories: Camping, Namibia, Travel, Video