the USA. a conclusion September 26, 2011

With two days left in this country it is time for a conclusion. I’m surprised to realize, that I’m actually sad to leave. In fact, I got quite attached to this country (and that is independent from private factors, that I won’t go into here but that are contributing to the fact) . This is why: The boundlessness of [...]

Storey Country, Nevada September 9, 2011

I’ve been a bit too busy traveling to update this blog. Writing these lines, you see, I didn’t die in the desert. Surprisingly so, if you have a look at these pictures. Storey County is situated right south of Reno. Only about 4000 people call this vast, desert area home. With a density of less [...]

Drive from Denver to Reno, Nevada August 28, 2011

Whereas the drive from Tennessee to Denver was rather plain, driving from there further to Reno, Nevada was outright breath-taking. We (same guy ans car as the trip before plus other rider sharers) left early in the morning to take I-70 right through the Rockies. Steep Canyons, threatening rocks and empty desert accompanied our way [...]

Boulder, CO August 28, 2011

My friends I’m staying showed me around in the beautifully situated town of Boulder, just about 20 min northwest of Denver. It’s a hippy hipster college town right at the slope of the Rockies, with a couple of walks right from the city’s center. A nice place to hang out, I suppose. Boulder is internationally [...]

Drive from Jackson, TN to Denver, CO August 25, 2011

After a couple of days in Jackson, Tennessee, I took on a rideshare I found on Craigslist all the way to Denver, Colorado. That 18-h drive took us through Missouri and Kansas, well into the west. The sight of the Great Plains was an impressive one. Not pretty, but vast, artificial emptiness. No hill, no [...]

Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina/Tennessee August 21, 2011

The Smoky Mountains are probably the most spectacular part of the Appalachians and the US’s most popular national park. Even though we didn’t feel like stay spending to much time in the park, we used the occasion to camp in the backcountry on our way from South Carolina to Tennessee. It’s free, after all. It [...]

Congaree National Park, South Carolina August 17, 2011

Being in the sweaty South, we obviously wanted to see one of these classy swamps full of mosquitos and alligators. Congaree National Park, a two-hours drive south of Charlotte, NC was our swamp of choice. Even though there were no alligators and only a few mosquitos (the latter to our benefit), the park was packed [...]

Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia August 15, 2011

This weekend we started on a road trip to Tennessee, with our first stop at a couchsurfing place in Roanoke, Virginia. We crossed Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia on Interstate 81 and drove the last bit on the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, on off the most popular roads in the USA, stretching all the way [...]

Luzerne county, PA August 15, 2011

New York City, NY August 8, 2011

Long before I entered this country I was filled with excited anticipation to finally experience one of the world’s major cities, New York. I haven’t been disappointed. It is a masterpiece of human achievement and to me, one of the wonders of the modern world. Regardless the scale, ranging from pieces of art in New [...]