betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 4 min readPlettenberg Bay and the Robberg Nature ReserveAfter our awesome wildlife experience in the Addo Elephant Park , that marked the highlight of our Road Trip there was no way that anything could top that. Nevertheless, we had planned one or the…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 7 min readAddo Elephant NationalparkThe main reason and the final destination of our south african road trip always was the Addo-Elephant-Nationalpark about an hour drive north of Port Elizabeth . The Nationalpark is a 1640 km²…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 4 min readGarden Route - Wilderness SectionAfter our stop in Mossel Bay and our first wildlife experience in the Botlierskop Game Reserve our trip continued into the famous Garden Route Nationalpark . The Park consists of three…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 7 min readMossel Bay and the Botlierskop Game ReserveAfter our very unexpected horrible night, at the at least beautiful looking farm we packed our bags and left that place after breakfast. We went on to our next stop Mossel Bay which is a bigger…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 5 min readHermanus - The Capitol of Whale watchingWe´re on the road a bit over a week now along the east coast of South Africa and we´ve been closer to Wildlife than ever before. But before I tell you about it let me start at the beginning of our…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 3 min readThe African Penguin on the Cape PeninsulaBefore we started our road trip to the Garden Route 2 days ago we drove down the Cape Peninsula to see the famous African Penguin. On the east side of the peninsula there is a beach…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 3 min readFirst Hike in Cape Town South AfricaOr should I rather called it the first attempt to hike? Anyway, Yesterday we thought it´s time for the first adventure here in Cape Town before we´re leaving for our 3 weeks Garden Route Road Trip.…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 2 min readCape Town - First ImpressionsWe made it - after a shitty flight from Lisbon to Cape Town via Frankfurt we finally made it to the city of Cape Town and into our Apartement in Vredehoek. As I´m going to blog a lot about our 3…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 3 min readFrom Praia to Praia - Another day of Hiking on the AlgarveLast week I covered another short part of the famous hiking trail on the Algarve in Portugal. This time I only did a short walk from Praia do Burgau , a beautiful little beach in the village of…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 3 min readPraia da Cordoama - West Coast's finestOn some days, like today, we just decide to skip work, have a good breakfast and hit the road. As there is not much left we haven´t seen here on the Algarve n Portugal, we decided to drive towards…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 3 min readMonday Afternoon Hike - Praia do CanavialHiking on the Algarve in Portugalbetterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 4 min readExploring Beaches and Forte de Vera CruzAfter completing another bit of the famous Algarve hiking track a few days ago, we were ready for even more yesterday. In my previous post I told you about the section from the little beach…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 2 min readThe longest piece of ArtYesterday I´ve passed a wall painting which I consider to be the longest pice of Art I have ever seen. Not talking about general size, because I´ve seen way bigger murals. This painting, that I´ve…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 4 min readA foggy Hike in SalemaFinding a new Hiking spot here on the Algarve, in the south of Portugal is quite easy as there are more than 100km of hiking trails across the coast. Yesterday we covered another part of these…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 1 min readMore Art from the Streets - Silves, PortugalContinuation of my previous post about the art of the streets of Portugal. As said many times already, finding street art here in Portugal isn´t that hard. In fact you just need to open your…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 3 min readHike to Forte de AlmádenaJust recently I felt like I want to do something else than just surfing again. Surfing is fun and good physical exercise but it gets a bit monotone from time to time and then I need to go for a…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 4 min readSagres - Algarves capital of surfingAlthough Sagres, the westernmost town in the Algarve, has become something like the capital of surfing, you can also experience something here apart from surfing. Especially when none of the mighty…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 2 min readArt from the Streets - Lagos, PortugalI´ve been out and on the hunt for some StreetArt again and I´ve found some pretty cool paintings. Lagos surprises me with new StreetArt almost everytime I walk into town. It´s not like that these…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 3 min readPortimão Beaches - It´s Portugal but it looks like AustraliaEvery time I walk at any beach here on the Algarve in Portugal I feel like I´m in Australia. The south coast of Australia in particular looks similar. The similarity of the beaches of Portimao to…betterthanhome in # blurt • 3 years ago • 4 min readBelém - A Portuguese cultural heritageEven though we didn't have a lot of time or a plan about what to do on our Lisbon trip, we knew very well that we wanted to go to Belém. The fact that it is right on the water alone makes it very…
