new lens - Canon 100mm 2.8L macro

A lens I missed for quite some time now is a macro lens. Well that changed now ;). Really looking forward to spring time now. The little flower on the picture is only about 2cm in real, and this is the full picture, no crop.

back from South America... and new travel plans...

In South America I did not find any time to blog. I had a great time there. Rio de Janeiro the weather was mostly bad, but the rest of the trip was amazing. Only Torres del Paine was a big dissapointment, the park was 80% closed due to a fire. And in addition to that I had stomache problems ;). But the rest was awesome. Pictures can be found on my homepage (www.jsbpics.de).

But also the next trip to Island is booked... And not to forget I will be in Jordan next month :)

South America - Patagonia

Next Tuesday I will finally leave to South America. I still have no idea how I can pack all my stuff. I have far too much, especially this time I need a sleepingbag and stuff because I will be camping. Also I need clothes for all temperatures. In the beginning it will be > 30 degrees but in Patagonia weather can be everything from warm to snow...
This time I will fly from Frankfurt to Rio de Janeiro with TAM. After 2 nights in Rio I will arrive at the 30th of December in Santiago de Chile. From there on I am on a tour.
According to the itineary I won't have much time in Santiago, the first 3 days will be going to Pucon. I hope I have time to climb the Villarica vulcano. From there on it goes to Bariloche in Argentina (another 3 days including travel). Back in Chile I take the ferry from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales. The ferry takes 4 days and 3 nights and everything seems very rustical. Shared facilites... But the landscape will be amazing (and as I read also the food :) )
From Puerto Natales the tour goes to the most important National Parks in Patagonia. El Chalten (Fitzroy), El Calafate (Moreno Glacier) - Torres del Paine... Finally after a stop in Punta Arenas the tour will end in Ushuaia. From Santiago to Ushuaia that will be 21 days... Not much but enough to take some good pictures I hope.
From Ushuaia I will fly to Buenos Aires to spend another 2 days there before returning home.

Here is a map with an overview of the tour.


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San Sebastian

The short 3 day weekend in San Sebastian was a trip back into the warm weather. Instead of -1 back home it got up to 20 deg... lovely warm temperatures... T-shirt weather. Apart from the great basque food (Pinsho) there is quite a lot to see in San Sebastian. Lots of beaches, lots of nice lookouts... nice people. Check out the pictures at www.jsbpics.de

Istanbul

Some crazy weeks are behind me... Just 2 weeks before flying to Istanbul I was in Las Vegas, and in between hiking in snow...

Well Istanbul was great. It is one of my most favourite cities and it is easy to spend a lot of time there especially on the Bazaar shopping ;). After some trouble getting to the airport (Swiss bus/train ticket machine only take coins...) I could not take the offer of 250€ to take a flight the next morning because it was overbooked ;). Too much to see, too much to do... The weather in Istanbul was not the best, the first 2 days windy and not sunny at all. Most impressive were the mosques but they are filled with tourists. But a little off the main sights it was very nice. Pictures can be found on my homepage...