Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mexico

The fourth and last country of the South America trip was Mexico.

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Mexico - a country of...


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...the Beatle,...


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...Mariachis,...


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...tequila - planted...


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...and the final liquid (here served with lemon and tomatoe juice),...


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...chili,...


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...colorful dancers,...


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...and the former historic center of South America:...


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...The old city of Teotihuacan.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Colombia - Bogota

In the third country, Colombia, we did not have time to explore a lot. Two days of work in Bogota before we had to leave again.

But at least we drove an evening through the city...

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Skyline of Colombia


... and went to a nice event bar.

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Incredibly delicious meat

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Venezuela - Los Roques

Venezuela was the second country on our business trip. After 2 days in Maraquai (2 hours west of Caracas) we had the Saturday off and chose to fly to Los Roques, a small Carribean Island which can be reached with an hour flight from Caracas.

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The outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela´s capital


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Interesting architecture...


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...and lots of oldtimers and youngtimers.


Having arrived in Los Roques they drove us to a small neighboring island with turquoise waters and excellent snorkeling.

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Los Roques - the beach at the small airstrip


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Pelicans - lots of them.


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"Cooling down" in the Carribean Sea.


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Turquoise water.


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The part of the island where we did some snorkeling.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Ecuador

I am currently on a business trip to South America to give some training in SAP. The first country is Ecuador. Luckily we arrived 2 days earlier because my suitcase got stuck in Venezuela on the way and arrived a day late. It also gave us time to get accustomed to the climate and hight of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, which is situated in a 2800 m high valley framed by the so-called Avenue de la Volcanos, a range of volcanos, the highest ones being almost 6000m. You can feel the thin air as soon as you run some meters.

We felt very welcome and the local team organized a lot to also show us something of Quito and the surroundings.

Please find some photo impressions below.

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The Panamericana north of Quito


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An Ecuadorian Family Car


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Indians at the Cascades of Peguche


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Cathedral (Basilica del Vote Nacional)in Quito's old town


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The view on the virgin of Quito from a rooftop restaurant in the old town