Start of Worldtrip

At the train station in Thun - auf dem Weg zum Flughafen in Zurich.

Is this enough luggage for the next 9 months...?
















Guys - war super, dass Ihr noch als Abschiedskomitee an den Flughafen gekommen seid!!! - Und der Bollinger war perfekt passend und stylisch wie immer, Martin!!

See you again in 9 Months!!

Our Itinerary / Unsere Reiseroute

31 May - 5 June: Singapore

5 June - 4 August: Indonesia
FLORES: Maumere - Moni (Kelimutu) - Bajawa (Bena) - Labuanbajo
LOMBOK: Mataram - Serengigi - Gunung Rinjani
BALI: Denpasar - Kuta
KALIMANTAN: Balikpapan - Samarinda - Jungle-/River-Trip - Balikpapan
NORTH SULAWESI: Manado (Bunaken National Park)/Lembeh Strait/Bangka Island
JAVA: Yogyakarta (Merapi, Borobudur) - Jakarta

4 August - 23 September: Australia
WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Perth - Kalbarri - Monkey Mia - Exmouth (Ningaloo Marine Park) - Broome - Gibb River Road - Katherine
NORTHERN TERRITORY: Darwin
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Adelaide - Barossa Valley - Great Ocean Road
VICTORIA: Great Ocean Road - Melbourne

23 September - 5 November: New Zealand
NORTH ISLAND: Auckland - Matamata (Hobbiton) - Waitomo Caves - Tongariro - North Palmerston - Whangarei - Tutukaka (Diving the Poor Knights Islands) - Russell - Dangaville (Kauri Forest) - Auckland
SOUTH ISLAND: Queenstown - Milford Sound - Christchurch -Lake Pukaki (Mount Cook)- Wanaka- Fox Glacier - Hanmer Springs - (Kaikoura) - Blenheim/Picton (Marlborough Sounds) - Nelson (Abel Tasman National Park)
NORTH ISLAND again: Wellington - Napier (Hawke's Bay) - Rotorua - Auckland

5 November - 18 November: Fiji Islands
VITI LEVU: Nadi - Beqa Lagoon
TAVEUNI/VANUA LEVU: Suva and ferry to Dolphin Bay Divers Retreat (Rainbow Reef)

17 November - 25 November: Cook Islands
RAROTONGA

26 November - 10 December: California, Nevada and Arizona
CALIFORNIA I: Los Angeles (Santa Monica/Venice Beach) - Mojave Desert - Death Valley
NEVADA: Las Vegas - Hoover Dam
ARIZONA: Grand Canyon
CALIFORNIA II: Joshua Tree National Park - San Diego - Los Angeles (West Hollywood)

11 December - 15 February 2007: Chile, Bolivia and Argentina
CHILE I (11/12-6/1): La Serena - Valparaiso/Viña del Mar - Santiago - San Pedro de Atacama (Valle de Luna/Atacama desert)
BOLIVIA (6/1-9/1): Salar de Uyuni - Tupiza - (Villazon)
ARGENTINA I (9/1-15/2): (La Quiaca) - Salta - Buenos Aires - Foz de Iguazu (Puerto Iguazu) - Mar del Plata - Buenos Aires - El Calafate
CHILE II (23/1-27/1): Puerto Natales (Torres del Paine-/Bernardo O'Higgins-National Park)
ARGENTINA II (27/1-15/2): El Calafate (Perito Moreno Glacier) - Bariloche (2-day Horseback Riding and Rafting) - San Martin de los Andes - Mendoza - Cordoba - Buenos Aires

15 February 2007: FLIGHT HOME...
BA via Sao Paolo to ZRH with LX0097, arrival in ZRH 11.05 CET

Pre-Worldtrip destination: France

Die Sicht auf den Strand direkt von unserem Balkon - Juan les Pins bei Antibes, Côte d'Azur.

Apartment with a view...











On the balcony in our flat in Juan-les-Pins, enjoying a nice glass of Pinot Gris...











What would our life be without friends. Megs, your visit was brilliant. We saw it all: Monaco, Eze, Cannes, St. Tropez...or just drinking some fantastic French wine and eating loads of French cheese on our balcony. It was beautiful to have you here....








After a weekend of babbling girls, Marco was finally rescued by Oliver... What could be better than sitting in a lounge chair at the beach in Nice, enjoying the sun, having lots of fun and - most important of all - nothing to do...

Santé, Oli - cool bisch eus cho bsueche!!








SOIREE SUISSE... Farewell party with cheese and red wine (and Rosé and Ricard and Limoncello and ...) on our balcony - what a night!!
Allez les Suisses!! ;-))









The real stars at the film festival in Cannes...













But Tom Hanks wanted to be there as well - well, it seemed that he drew more attention than we did... - Und Toms Kollege scheint seine ganze Aufmerksamkeit dem Auschnitt der Audrey Tatou zu widmen.

FOR ALL THE FRANCE PIX - click here!

Fuer alle Bilder von Frankreich - Fahrt von Thun ueber Lurs und Roussillon an die Cote d'Azur - klicke hier!