Today we “climbed” the Sugar Loaf…
View of Botafogo and Flamengo (and also some CBD)
To the left: Leme and Copacabana – To the right: Botafogo and Flamengo
Copacabana
Copacabana zommed in (including the fan fest)Papfkfsdjf
Panoramic view
Our ride home…
The “dramatic mode” of Baules camera works well…
Rio, where should we start? It’s a fantastic city with the most spectacular settings we have ever seen! The people are among the most friendly we have met so far, its flanked by gorgeous mountains, white-sandy beaches and forests. We stayed 250 m from the Copacabana close to Ipanema. The city itself is very green. The world-famous beaches of Copacabana and Ipanama are truly amazing and the scenic outlooks of Corcovado and Pão de Açúcar are breathtaking (two posts will follow the next two days :).
Morning sun at the Copacabana
Rio is soccer!
Ipanema Beach
A street in Hamburg? Nope… its Rio! 
Nice view of Rio: Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon 
A night out with Helena (she saved our lifes by guiding us to the supermarket) 
Baule in his chair/bed in our cozy apartment 😉
The world famous Ausländer
What else is there to say besides “AN AMAZING GAME”
What is there to say about Playa del Carmen? Lust and vice everywhere! I guess god turned his back on this place – luckily he did: the parties are amazing!
CocoBongo is one of the most famous clubs in the area and we got to found out why. Besides the fact that you get all drinks for free they have a fantastic show which starts at 11 pm and goes onto the early morning. Well I guess that’s what you get for 70 USD p.P. (+ 30 USD p.P. for a table 😉
Whhaaaa how is that guy?! 
Ohhh its me “Rob” 😉 
A great show with flying acrobats, ballons, confetti and much more…
Whats Mallorca for germans its Playa del Carmen for americans 
On my bucket-list: snorkeling with whale-sharks Whales-sharks are a slow-moving filter feeding sharks and the largest known fish species (yes the largest! They can grow up to over 14 m (46 ft) with a weight of around 30 tons!). They have a lifespan of about 70 years and they feed mainly on plankton. But enough facts for now. After a one hour boat ride from Cancun we spotted the first whale-shark. Suddenly our guide told us to jump in the water and within seconds we and Dina were swimming towards something we only new from documentaries. Directly 2 meters in front of us the whale shark mouth appeared and scared us to death – those animals are massive! We swam next to it for a while before it disappeared in the widths of the ocean. Two more times we got the opportunity to snorkel with whale-sharks before we left the area heading of for a lunch stop at “Isla de Mujeres” where we enjoyed lunch in the fantastic water. 
Niels and Diena liked it 😉Lunchbreak at Isla Mujeres 
One of the main attraction of Belize is its reef and the Great Blue Hole. The Belize Reef is the world’s second longest (after the Great Barrier Reef) and offers some truly amazing sights including coral canyons, an astonishing range of tropical fish, manta rays, sharks and barracudas.
The Great Blue hole is located around 100 kilometers off the coast of Belize. Its one of the Must-Sees for divers therefore I took the opportunity to go on a daily diving trip (including 2 more dives at the barrier reef), while Niels viewed it on a bird’s eye view. It is circular in shape (over 300 meters in diameter and 125 meters deep), in the middle its dark blue and surrounded by an atoll with light turquoise water. The sinkhole originally formed as a limestone cave during a time when sea levels were much lower. As the ocean began to rise, the cave system flooded and eventually collapsed, creating a “vertical cave” in the ocean. To be honest the marine life inside the Blue Hole is not very interesting, besides some fish, barracudas and reef-sharks there was not much to see. Its more about the geological formations that now lie in the ocean’s depths. Going down to 35 m huge stalactites and stalagmites arise, some reaching 9-12 meters in length. We got the opportunity to dive through them.
“Captain MueWi speaking – do you all feel save?”
Blue Hole from the bird´s eye view
Diving the Blue Hole was dark and a little creepy 
We did it 35 meters in the Blue Hole
After the Blue hole we did two more dives at great dive sites
After the second dive we had a lunch stop at this nice little island
Hermit crabs everywhere
Third dive 
After the diving we received a reward for the exhausting day (rum punch served by my dive buddy)
Some more impressions from Niels bird´s eye view
The Split 