300m above sea level (über NN) in Xscream

To fight my acrophobia, I decided to go up the Stratosphere Tower. The tower is 941 feet (287m) high and after the first run in the “Insanity” I got even more excited and went with a smile in my face right into the “X-Scream” but you can see that the smile was gone...

Ich bin in Vegas Baby!

Ceasar’s Palace, MGM Grand, Bellagio oder doch lieber Mirage? Roulette, Blackjack oder Poker? Skytower, Achterbahn oder Bungeejump? 10, 100 oder 1.000 Dollar verzocken? Ich konnte mich für kein Hotel in Las Vegas entscheiden. Nachdem ich aber dann die Zimmerpreise...

Panamericana, San Francisco & Alcatraz

The first drive with my new cargo van was the Panamericana, the U.S. Highway No. 1. I drove along the beautiful coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The van did well although it has already a mileage of 350.000 km’s. I took a rest at the sand dunes; the ones...

Panamericana & San Francisco

Die Jungfernfahrt über die Panamericana, den U.S. Highway No. 1, einen der schönsten Küstenabschnitte Amerikas von Los Angeles nach San Francisco, überstand mein frisch erstandener Cargo Van trotz Rentneralter (immerhin hat er schon 349.000 km auf dem Buckel) ohne...

Auto- oder Camperkauf in den USA

How to buy a car in the US as a non-US citizen? The following travelogue should help to buy a car or camper instead of renting one, if you travel the US or Canada for a longer time. This story is unfortunately only in German, but it is not really important for...

Beverly Hills 90210, Pretty Woman, Stars & Hollywood

(To read the travelogue in German, please scroll down / für den Bericht auf Deutsch bitte runterscrollen) I arrived in L.A. on a Sunday. Although it was late in the afternoon after picking up my rental van, I started the research for cargo vans. On Monday I purchased...