Pix and Trix during my travelling!
02.11.2006 um 18:05
Chicago - USA
This piece of Art is in the Millenium Park Downtown Chicago. It's a huge bean - all mirror.
and a beautiful fountain.
Chicago from the Sears Tower.
Chicago from the Hankock Building
and Chicago at night!
It's all about the nightlife in Chicago!
Blue Chicago - Night Club in which they play Blues every night!
That's the second Blue Chicago! Their Blues is very good!
The Green Mill - AL CAPONE's favorite bar! I was really surprised that even the weather in Chicago was good during my visit. Of course the day before and the day I left was rainy, but while I was there it was just perfect. Even the locals were looking at the sky with surprise! :) I had 9 rainy days since I left Switzerland. 5 of them were in Hawaii on the Big Island, where it's raining everyday anyway - exept when I was on the tours ;) I'm at the Cappellino's now, my host-family during my exchange year! It's great to see them all again.
Well, gat'a go... Enjoy your time! I do ;)
Stefan
Hawaii - USA - Honolulu and the Big Island
Hawaii - It's about the lava and the
waves!
Honolulu - Waikiki. The touristic site of Hawaii... crowded I tell you..
Hawaii - Downtown. The Main Island is just full with houses!
Big Island - Boiling Pots. I was swimming under this waterfalls!
Big Island - 4200 Meters above sea level, on very top of the BIGGEST mountain on earth!
Big Island - Somewhere in the cold lava. This is an 'dried' out lava float about 300 meters inside the mountain.
Big Island - unter the Hawai'i sky. The best place to have a look at the stars from the northern AND the southern hemisphere!
Big Island - On the HOT lava! This light grey lava is still flowing. My sausage was done in 30 sec!!
On cold lava - me during sunset.
The pressure of the liquid, hot lava lifts up the already hard lava.
Lavariver!
That's the way to cook a sausage!!! :D
That would have been a bad place to be in 2003!
That's how it looks along the coast.
Big Island - Just another Coastal Picture!
Big Island - The highest waterfall in Hawaii. I didn't go swimming down there though... Time runs! I can't believe I have only a few weeks left! But still, thinking of coming back home is nice too! Looking forward to see you soon! Take care Stefan
Australia! East Coast - Magnetic Island & Great Barrier Reef
Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island
Koala
Sunset at the Great Barrier Reef
Birdshit-Island. I gave the island that name after my visit. There's no other island among the horizon!
Divers coming back to the surface - yes, the water is that clear!
Birdshit-Island including me and Ruedy, and the great barrier reef...
Birdshit-Island, Great Barrier Reef
White Water Rafting near Mission Beach! Finally I'm in Cairns! But I don't like this place - I'm leaving already tomorrow and go to Port Douglas. I hope you have a great weekend! Don't forget to post a comment ;)
Griaessli Stefan
Australia - White Sundays - Sailing Trip
Our boat - the 'Broomstick'
The Skipper ;)
The second nicest beach on earth... (don't ask me where the nicest one is - but after I've seen that one, I guess it's just a rumor - whitsunday has to be the nicest one!)
... with awesome powder sand. Here with some beautiful german girls I've been on the boat with.
Sunset at sea
to bad the colours don't tourn out as good as in reality... I've only 3 weeks left in Down Under! It's hard to believe that the time goes by this fast, I think my watch is broken... I'm still on my way up to Cairns - if I ever get that far ;)
G'day Mate! Stefan
Australia - Frazer Island
Lake Mc Kenzi - a blue as i have never seen it before!
group picture while partying
sunrise after sleeping on the beach
just stunning...
nothing i can say to that picture - just, it would be even better without me in it ;)
ship wreak on frazer since 1937
that's my 4x4 no guide driving team on frazer!
lake wabby - the lake gets slowly eaten by this huge dune
lake wabby - the sand is so fine, i still have it in my hair
That's the 'Town of 1770' and 'Agnes Water'. A very beautiful, small and relaxing place. This picture is taken from Bruce's aircraft - he's a crazy pilot and flys however the passenger likes it - and even lets me fly :D
That's Bruce and his small, two seated airplane.
First catch the wave (paddle hard!) - then get up (or die trying to)...
Franziska and Noemi (Germans) - my surf mates. Happy Bday Fraenzi. How are your legs doing Noemi? ;)
Noemi and me after surfing
Low Rider - yes, of course. I drove that chopper ;)
I'm now member of the Agnes Water 'Scooter-Roo' - Biker - Gang! Watch out!
Sunset in 1770 including pelican. I want to thank all of you guys! It's cool that you visit my blog that often. I want especially thank the ones that visit 2-3 times a day ;) I will continue to upload pictures. It may takes a few weeks as it has for this post. That's because the internet connections i have access to are often to slow or don't work at all. But I hope you're still having the patience with me! I hope I can give you a picture of my traveling and may awaken some of your travel-spirit at the same time! :D Please keep writing comments or mails. So i may can even improve my page! And so i know who my friends really are ;)
Cheers Mate! Stefan
Australia - Outback : Goondiwindi
That's the Brennan Family. I was honoured to stay at their place in Goondiwindi for two weeks! It was a great Outback-Experiece that would not have been possible without them!! Thank you very much!!
That's Goodniwindi from the highest place possible, a corn storage (ca. 60 m).
Jirky (Finland) and I went sheep gathering on 4-wheel-bikes. Thanks to Robert and Lisa!
Sheep-Boy My 4-wheel-bike had two sheep on more than once.
And that's a ram.
And I tried my best in shearing.
In Goondi are thousands of kangaroos, as well as emus, wild pigs...
... and other funny animals like this echinda.
The Outback is amazing! Here I'm sitting on a tree next to a billabong.
There are funny street signs all over the place to keep the drivers awake.
A huge thanks again to the Brennan Family: Ian, Libby and Tiffany. I enjoyed my time at yours very much. Thanks Jirky too :)
So finally I got cought by the Aussi-Wildlife!!
This picture is from the Outback-Spectacular-Show I went to with the Brennans. Australia rocks! And sorry I couldn't put pictures online during the last weeks - it was just not possible. That's life :) I hope you enjoy those!
Stefan
Australia - East Coast
Newcastle at night.
Coffs Harbour.
Pelikan.
I met Melanie Hodel (Lungern)at Bayron Bay.
Melanie and my kite teacher (www.windnwater.net) waiting for better weather.
Me and my new kite!
I'm doing a body-drag.
first time on the board! i love kiteboarding!
I'm going out for a bodysurf at sunset.
Me, body-surfing.
The point where the wave brakes.
Melanie and I at Sunrise at Bayron Bay. I'll be in Byron Bay for almost another week. Tomorrow i'm starting with my diving-school! Enjoy the sunshine back home. I've my own around here!
Stefan
Australia - Sydney
Sydney is the most beautiful city i've ever been to. Not only the architecture is special here!
Sydney is great from the TOP (Sky Tower)
to the bottom (Sydney Aquarium)!
just amazing... I just booked my greyhound bus. I don't know the trip in detail, I just know i'm going by bus all the way along the east coast up to Cairns. Have a great time! And now, as the swiss are not playing in the world cup anymore, you have more time to check out my pictures and plan your own travelling... ;)
Stefan
New Zealand - Auckland
That's the view from the SkyTower in Auckland.
And a boring touristic basejump... but it's just fun to watch people :D
That was my last Kiwi. BYEBYE New Zealand! I don't think this was my last visit. it's a great country! I will be back... ;)
And a second later... Aussi's getting close!
I didn't have a first class flight this time, but the view on Sydney was amazing even from the economy class. I'm im in Downtown Sydney now! (it's awfully hot here, but everyone is wearing thick pullovers) I'm on aussi ground since 5 hours and no evil animal has bitten me so far. is that a sign? a good one? or is the wildlife just waiting until i'm out in nowhere? we'll see... :) have a great time! FUN FUN FUN - for everyone (especially for me, of course)
stefan
New Zealand - North Island
i was caving (hoehlenforschen) with martina's future host father. it was amazing! best thing i did so far on my whole trip! actually it was more like canyjoning underground. AWESOME!!
that's the landscape around taupo.this vulcanic area is still active.
i don't think i have to explain a lot about that tower... i'm now in aukland and start to plan the end of my stay in new zealand. i can't believe how fast the time goes... stefan
New Zealand - South Island
Those pictures are from the marlborough sound.
That's mount egmond. it's almost a perfect cone. really impressive vulcano.
That's the place where martina will have her exchangeyear. it's a lovely family far out of te kuiti. great place.
I was Zorbing :-D
and there i enjoyed freefall for 4 MIN!! :-p That's it for the moment! I think it's enough anyways ;) have fun you guys. enjoy the summer stefan Heyho! these are picutures from Able Tasman National Park and the Farewell Spit/Point. Hope you like it. I'm in Nelson tonight and then at the Marlborough Sound before i'm shifting on the North Island. Have fun
Hey Guys! I'm sitting here northwest of nelson in Marahau, in the abel tasman area. lovely place! during the time i was at the west coast, i was cut out of the civilisation :) here are a couple of highlights!
That's the rugby stadion in christchurch. today there is the big final of the super14! unfortunately i didn't get cards. but i gained some time because i don't have to go back to chch. :)
That is the franz joseph glacier, a rainbow and me! My favorite picture so far!
That's me on the fox glacier! I did a day walk on it! it was awesome!
That's me in the glacier. but don't worry, i found the way out...
That's really close to the pancake rocks. I did cave-rafting! or better cave-tubeing. http://www.caverafting.com/adventure.asp?adventure=1 check it out yourself. the pictures will be up soon! i was on the Friday 26.05.06 morning trip WONDERFUL PICTURES i tell you!! don't miss 'em! Justin (Australia) made a blog from japan! check it out if you want to see more pictures of our japan trip: www.my-japanblog.blogspot.com That's it for today! i have to hurry, make myself dinner and the watch the super14 :D have fun! liaebi griaess und aes scheens weekend! stefan
scenery of New Zealand with me or my car :) and those little houses is china town in a old gold mineing area. I drove over 2000 km in 3 weeks. You can see most of the nature if you're just drivining like crazy, but the day-hikes are still much better. I'm in Christchurch now. Picture will follow hopefully. I had to empty out my camera sticks :) Have fun you guys! Keep it up! Stefan
my new car. Mitsubishi Mirage 1980. i just had to fix the brakes.
That's a picture from the swing where i'm hanging head first just before dropping...
Those are the guides from the rafting trip! Awesome guys from all over the world. 45 min left. then japan is gone and new zealand is coming. the last day in japan was strange. may it be because there was no more guide telling me all the importand stuff and knowing where the best placed are to go to. a huge thanks to Anna :) i reached the airport withouth problems. just bording complications made it harder. they have still trouble with foreigners making world trips, so they didnt know what to do with my passport. at the end, they even called me out the the checking in desk again, took my ticked and threw it away. she couldnt explain me why. after a few minutes she printed a new one. my japanese is not this good, but it looks like a first class ticked. :D it seems to get better and better! hehehe lets just hope it is one. the flight to christchurch takes 12h and then im still now in queenstown. btw, the weather in queenstown seems to be between 4 and 13 degrees... but sunny. my digital camera is broken. it may takes a while to repair it. even here in japan they told me it takes a whole week. so im going to look at it in queenstown where i have the chance to stay a week and pick it up after. during this time i just can take pictures with an analog cam. sorry guys... but the final pictures of japan are still coming :) thx for all the mails i got so far. its great. seems to be that lots of people like my page :D keep writing and mailing!! well then, good bye japan! hello new zealand! watch out, im coming hehehe stefan
Japan
That's Anna. She was our guide in Japan. Thanks again for everything Anna. You did a great job!
Im now located in hiroshima for 2 more nights. its an awesome city.
thx for the comments! i would be pleased to see more of them!! :)
I reached Japan without trouble. Tokio was fun. i hope someone has time to tippe my travelplan in here, so i dont have to do it myself. i dont have much time. im in hakobe right now. going eating. have fun guys
I'm back in military. Hopefully this time goes over fast, because i just booked all the flights!
14.04.06 Zürich-Kloten - Tokyo-Narita (2 weeks Japan)
29.04.06 Osaka Kansai Int. - Christchurch
30.04.06 Christchurch - Queenstown (8 weeks New Zealand) 25.06.06 Auckland - Sydney (12 weeks Australia)
13.09.06 Sydney - Honolulu (2 weeks Hawaii)
24.09.06 Honolulu - Chicago O'Hare (4 days Chicago)
29.09.06 Chicago O'Hare - Syracure (2 weeks Cappys)
09.10.06 Syracuse - Washington-Dulles
09.10.06 Washington-Dulles - Zürich-Kloten
Now it feels great! I'm really excited! I hope with this 'blog' you can share some of it with me! have fun stefan
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