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Genesis Nature Reserve and Rainbow Waterfall

Natur / Pflanzen / Plants / Tiere / Urlaub / Vacation / animals - 3 months ago - cheesy

After a rich breakfast with tea and toast with peanut butter and guava jam we went for Scarborough with our rented car. We actually wanted to see Fort George but couldn’t find it – plus I didn’t have the nerves for the traffic. So we went on.

For 200TT$ (aprox. 30US$) we stopped at the “Genesis Nature Park”. This is a small self-proclaimed zoo where we could see life versions of the favourite meat of Tobagonians – and therefore almost extinguished – agoutis and collared peccaries. Actually it was quite interesting to talk to one of the locals but I’m not sure if it was worth the money.

Luckily he described us the way to the rainbow waterfall. Otherwise I’m pretty sure we would have missed the little road going there. Another 200TT$ later we got a detailed instruction how to find the waterfall. It was not too hard to find: right after crossing the river turn left and follow the path. The next time you come to the river walk along or through it to the left until you find a way out on the right side. Follow the path again and simply cross the river a third time. When you come upon the river a fourth time, do as you did the second time. Walk a bit more and you are there… Simple, isn’t it?

It was a walk of about half an hour in the midst of the rain forest, partly quite muddy. But we didn’t have much problems finding the waterfall. And it was quite beautiful! We could swim there and – maybe because of the long way – we were all alone.

Back in the apartment we cooked dinner – pasta with shrimps, salmon and local herbal sauce. Yummy!

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Biking to Work – You’re doing it wrong!

Fun / Pflanzen / Plants / Seasonal / Sport - 10 months ago - David

First I was very happy to be able to bike to work again. But lately – for various reasons – I didn’t get around to it at all. Yesterday I wanted to bike again and when fetching the bike from the terrace, I noticed that some kind of vine had ranked over it. Cheeky bastard! It inspired me for the following poster in the tradition of memebase and Despair Inc.:

“Biking to Work – You’re doing it wrong!”

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Strasshof, Prater and Windischgarsten

Ausflug / Familie / Family / Feste / Fotos / Freunde / Friends / Natur / Pflanzen / Pix / Plants / Restaurant / ShortTrip - 1 year ago - cheesy

On 17th I’ve been to my parents’ to help them out a bit and I took some nice pics of my mum’s plants:

On 20th Evi had her birthday party in Prater and I set my own personal beer record up to nine and a half (4.75l beer)…

This weekend David and I picked up Conny in Windischgarsten and celebrated her birthday together with her.

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Windischgarsten to Villach

Ausflug / Familie / Family / Freunde / Friends / Music / Musik / Pflanzen / Plants / ShortTrip - 1 year ago - cheesy

Wednesday morning Conny and I left for Windischgarsten. After packing the car full to the roof we went first to Linz to visit some of Connys friends. For lunch we went up on Pöstlingberg with a beautiful church and an even more stunning view over Linz. In Windischgarsten we went shopping and prepared the hut to have some relaxing days.

Thursday I convinced Conny to drive to Hutterer Höss, a mountain in Hinterstoder which can be reached over cable car. Not only that we had an amazing view but all the alpine flowers were blooming beautifully! The walk at the Höss is quite flat and can be done in 45 minutes. Therefore we didn’t panic much when we were suddenly enclosed in a thick cloud making the path almost invisible but for a few meters. Back down we could see the cloud hanging around the peak.

On Friday the weather was so bad that we decided to stay inside working on Connys heart-project.

Saturday Gerhard and David took the train to Windischgarsten and together we enjoyed lokal beef steak! Then David and I went on to Friesach, where we met Evi. In Friesach there was a medieval festival with great atmosphere, craft, a market and lots of games.

On Sunday we started out slowly. After a late brunch we went along the Villach Alpine road up the mountain Dobratsch. The view is stunning. At one stop you could walk over a grilled platform over the edge of a cliff and look down between your feet through the grill. So cool! On top of the road we watched the cows and horses grazing. Back in Villach David went on to visit his cousin while Evi and I put on our traditional clothing and went to the Kermesse in Villach. They have a special Kermesse soup which is delicious! In the evening we went to St. Veit an der Glan. Evis Dad was singing at a Carinthian Song night which war really good!

Monday we slept in again and then went to the Kermesse to watch the final preparations. There I made Evi buy another traditional dress for lots of money. *evilgrin*

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Carnivorous Plants

Fotos / Natur / Pflanzen / Pix / Plants - 1 year ago - cheesy

Yesterday I went to the local DIY store and instantly fell in love with the carnivorous plants they had there. Since the radish I had planted in my Farmville planter, I got me four new friends – Nephertiti Nepenthes (Tropical pitcher plant), Sergio Sarracenia (North American pitcher plant), Doris Drosera (Sundew) und Dyonisos Dionaea (Venus fly trap).

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