About Kurt Fortwängler
Reisen ist mein erstes Hobby, rund um die ganze Welt. Dabei gehören in aller Regel auch einige Wanderungen oder zumindest ausgedehnte Spaziergänge dazu.
Seit November 2023 habe ich noch deutlich mehr Zeit dafür (Vorruhestand), ich werde in den nächsten Jahren noch viel mehr unterwegs sein als bisher!
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Recent Activity
- Ruth Wünstel-Schiefer and Kurt Fortwängler like this.
In Kowloon there are several reasons why you shouldn't rely too much on Komoot: there is no reception in the urban canyons, tunnels, malls, etc., and there are constant changes and closures due to the busy construction activity. That's why planning too precisely doesn't make much sense; you have to constantly…
3 days ago
- Bernd, Wanderschnecke, and 10 others like this.
When planning, I classified this tour as “small”. But the tour wasn't that small! Even if 9 kilometers (plus the perhaps 2 kilometers that Komoot omitted) and a good 300 meters of altitude (in reality it was more like 500) don't sound that dramatic, it is still a rather difficult tour that can be extremely…
5 days ago
After a very tiring day yesterday (also due to jet lag - 13 hours compared to Florida) today it should be a little quieter. First I turned the tables (instead of +13 it's now -11 hours), watched "my" club's football game at night (a very convincing 5-0 in the Europa Ligue) and then took pictures etc…
6 days ago
Today, on the first full day in Hong Kong, we should go to perhaps the biggest highlight in Hong Kong - The Peak. Because in the coming days the weather is expected to be mixed like today, today was still the best chance for beautiful views. But they weren't really that great, so instead of taking the…
6 days ago
- Ruth Wünstel-Schiefer and Kurt Fortwängler like this.
Normally you take the cog railway to The Peak (and then back again). But that also often means long queues! Why not take the bus up and then walk down? Then you can also take the long escalators with you...
7 days ago
- Handrick 🚴+🥾, Kurt Fortwängler, and 14 others like this.
After the two short tours we wanted to walk a little more. It didn't turn out quite as much as planned. On the one hand, because the weather was difficult (a shower every now and then, and we also experienced several massive cloudbursts in the car) - and because we found various interesting photo opportunities…
November 25, 2023
- Bernd, Kurt Fortwängler, and 13 others like this.
The trail is a short loop through a typical hammock, completely on a wooden boardwalk - so you can walk it even now, when the water level is very high.
There used to be a lot of mahogany trees here, but they were almost completely cut down by the first settlers. There are still a few copies here. They…
November 25, 2023
- Bernd, Kurt Fortwängler, and 12 others like this.
Today, on the last full day of our vacation in the USA this year, we went to the Everglades again - more precisely: to the closed part of the national park. The Anhinga Trail (plus the Gumbo Limbo Trail right next door) is a must here - here you actually have an alligator and anhinga guarantee! Today…
November 25, 2023
- Bernd, Kurt Fortwängler, and 12 others like this.
The Key Deer Trail on No Name Key has always been one of our favorites around here. The rare Key Deers can always be seen, usually up close. Today the photos were taken shortly after the end of the tour, the animals are now spending more time in the residential areas (the animals in the Hammock forests…
November 24, 2023
The loop through Macau, taking the ferry to the new terminal (Taipa), right next to the airport.
There are free shuttle buses to places like Grand Lisboa, and bus line 26 is also an option.
But there is a lot to consider, see the two recordings of the ferry journeys (including transfer)!