09-12: Las Vegas Ok, so I arrived on a Tuesday evening at my hotel in Las Vegas. I had the following plan: Stay up during the night and sleep respectively relax in the hotel during the day. This would have some advantages: Las Vegas isn't located in Death Valley, but still, it is in the middle of the desert and temperature easily climbs up to 37°C during the day, even in September. After boiling in the desert during the last few days I just wanted to avoid the ...

09-09: Tecopa to Las Vegas I'm sorry for the delay, but I really had no time to update my blog. Now I am back in Germany and can roll up everything in a few last posts, because I experienced a lot in these days. In Tecopa, we checked in our hostel, a quite spectacular one. We had the opportunity to stay the night in one of these double-wide trailers, which half of America seems to live in. It had everything: bathroom, kitchen, couch, air-conditioning and thre...

09-06: San Francisco to Tecopa Hey there, here I am with a blog post from shiny Las Vegas trying to summarize the past two weeks. The last one was sent from Honolulu shortly before I departed to San Francisco flying with United Airlines. If you ever have the option of choosing your airline then avoid United. The stewardesses were unfriendly and the plane lacked comfort. That wouldn't have bothered me but here is the thing: Since it is kind of a long way flight...