2014 was not a good year for Iceland. The volcano X erupted and crippled air traffic. Luckily, we could fly and also return home (unfortunately).

Quite frequently we stumbled across bottles along the roadside. First we thought it were water bottle to extinguish a fire. Luckily we didn’t have any fires because they are filled with gasoline for scooters.

Natural hot springs (温泉, onsen) are numerous and highly popular across Japan. Every region of the country has its share of hot springs and resort towns, which come with them. There are many types of hot springs, distinguished by the minerals dissolved in the water. Different minerals provide different health…

It took about 3 hours to cross a raging river using zip-lines between huge trees.