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...just a matter of time....

There is just one thing to say.... September 2009
:-)

Still at home.....

We are still at home and fully absorbed by work and daily routines.... it kind of scares me...
but we will go again ... it's just a matter of time.

Renate

6 month after our return

I don't think a lot of people will read this entry..... it's probably an entry for myself...
I miss traveling! I dream of this past journey and I imagine new journeys ....

Is there a virus which you catch when you do a long journey exactly like we did? I think there is. You will never again be without desire to go away again, you will never stop thinking of the wonderful days and experiences you had and your whish to have all of that again, ...to feel all of that again...to be free again ...to be thrilled by landscapes, nature, weather, sceneries, people and foreign cultures, strange food, new tastes, new smells and new feelings.
There is not one week in my life now in which I do not think of how and when I could possibly get away again. Not a single one..maybe not even a day....
Is this a kind of curse or is it the necessary drive to really "do it again"... is this restlessness a kind of reward so that you start traveling again and again, thus being blessed with all those experinces again in your life?!

What is it that pulls us? And why us and not all others as well?

whish I were on the road again already.....

Renate

back home.... let's go again !

Hallo,
The last entry....(probably more for us than for anyone else)...after we have come back, had to clean our homes, go to the office and had to hurry to the supermarket after work before it closes , we could suddenly apreciate even more - up to it's full extent - our luck and the wonderful experience of having been able to travel around "the world" for half a year.
It was really a great journey and many times a day each day we miss it "more than words can say".
I think if you do it once you get addicted to traveling and discovering new worlds, new people and places...other ways of living, other thoughts...the rest of the world.
As it is we are already showing first withdrawal syndroms... and the worl is so big and there are so many places to see and go to that our new plans of traveling have already started to develop and this will probably never end ....

Our final conclusion: everybody who wants to go should go! It was worth every trouble and inconvenience! ... maybe sometimes we will meet somewhere at the other end of the world ...
:-)

Meanwhile... see you all in the coffee corner, at lunch, for a beer or wine in Germany or in Austria! :-)

Kisses, kisses, kisses ...... Renate & Mirko

Dominican Republic - Caribe

Hallo,
this is probably our last entry for this journey!
Strange somehow. Time has gone by so fast!!!

We have spent the last days on the beaches of the domincan republic with: diving, sunbathing, Cuba libres, Bachata, mosquitos, sun, rain, sleeping, palm trees, papayas, mangos & ananas, fishes (seen as well as eaten :-) ), hot temperature, white sand beaches, a lot of other tourists ;-), clear aquamarine water etc... it was very good and relaxing. We have uploaded some PICTURES for you!
After these days of doing "nearly nothing" we found ourselves fit for another 6 months of ardous traveling through still unknown countries :-) but unfortunately work calls .... :-(
At the moment we spend our last days (gulp :-( ) in Santo Domingo and will probably (if no wonder happens) find ourselves in the airplane back home on the 25th of July. We will arrive on the 26th at 18:00 in Vienna....

The only thing which cheers us up is, that we will see you all again soon! :-)
Hear you! Thank you for your continous interest! Keep on viewing the blog after our return for the summary :-)!
Renate & Mirko

Panama

Hallo, we spent the last five days in Panama.
We visited Panama City, the Panama Canal and did daytrips inland to El Valle, one to the island Taboga with white sand beaches and to the north coast to the city "Portobelo", Colon and the locks of the canal towards the atlantic ocean.

Panama city is very impressive as there are on the one hand a lot of luxurious and modern skyscrapers and beautifully renovated colonial buildings and on the other hand old and dirty colonial and wood/brick buildings either abandoned or homes to poor people.
The countryside is beautiful and green..which we are not used to any more as in the last few months we have been more or less only to deserts and in high altitude, where there is no green vegetation at all. Therefore it was a pleasure for our eyes. The houses in the countryside are nice and well kept, most of them have a green lawn around and a lot of coloured flowers in front.
The island Taboga is a one hour trip by boat from Panama City and is a small, peaceful, green island where we spent the afternoon sunbathing and swimming in the clear waters of the sea. Although the weather was not that good (a lot of dark rain clouds covering mostly of the sun) it was very hot and damp so that swimming in the sea was really a relief and we both got a thorough sunburned skin although we applied sunscreen of strengh 20 ! :-(
(...and that after 5 months of traveling ...but our belly and all other parts except our face and hands did defenitely NOT get a lot of sun during our voyage :-)

Also the visit of the Panama Canal was a "must" and vert interesting. If you want to know more as well.... click here or go to the "What you never dared to ask"-section :-)

We enjoyed the total difference to the other countries and people we have visited during the last months!

On monday we will continue to our last (Aaaahhhhh! :-( ) stop : Dominican Republic ...
How fast time goes by!
We are looking forward to seeing you all again!
Renate