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Room With A View, The Wild West

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NEX-5 (18mm, f/6.3, 1/80 sec, ISO200)

NEX-5 (26mm, f/6.3, 1/125 sec, ISO200)

In Las Vegas I sounded as I’m not a real camper but I’m. Of course I love to have a kingsize bed and a big bathroom but I still prefer to travel with RVs for many reasons. One is that you do not have to adopt to different hotels every second day. The other one is that you do not have to lug around your bags or living out of your bag. But the biggest one is that you are not caged up in a big hotel. Camping means that you stay right in nature and camping with an American RV means that you still have the comfort of a hotel room ( well almost ). You camp on great places and you are just one small step away from nature. Continue reading →

Leaving Las Vegas

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NEX-5 (18mm, f/7.1, 1/320 sec, ISO200)

After 24h it was time to move on. We came here at lunch time and we left the next day. It was nice to see it but it somehow reminds me on the Märchenwald in Germany I have seen as a kid. I was amazed when I was there as a kid but disappointed when I visited the place again as an adult. To me it seems Las Vegas is just the same.

There are two things I will miss though: the kingsize bed and the bathroom.

 

Even Better Than The Real Thing

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NEX-5 (18mm, f/3.5, 1/30 sec, ISO250)

NEX-5 (18mm, f/3.5, 1/30 sec, ISO800)

“Even better than the real thing” – U2

Gondolas, Canals. Everything is there. The water is crystal clear and … smells! Chlorine! Everything is covered in artificial light! Everything looks like it is made of paper and plastic and I guess that’s what everything is made of here. Las Vegas is a strange place. I think prefer the real thing. Continue reading →

Viva Las Vegas

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NEX-5 (18mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO200)

Las Vegas is a strange place. And if you are in a strange place the best thing to do is to act strange to assimilate. Las Vegas is known for it’s casinos and hotels. So we decided to stay in a hotel and leave our RV in the car park. I guess we are no hard core campers. It’s sound very strange to pay for a hotel when you are already paying for your RV but in Las Vegas it makes sense. They have so many hotel rooms that you can get them for very little money. At the same time they have very expensive RV parks. At the end it’s an easy decision if you have to pay $10 more for 4 star hotel on the strip. Continue reading →

On The Road

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NEX-5 (24mm, f/4, 1/160 sec, ISO200)

Jump back in time another year. September 2010. USA. California on the way to the Yosemite NP. Image shot with my second favorite small travel camera I just bought about  a week before the trip. Despite I travelled with 2 DSLRs and a backpack full of lenses I took more than 60% of all shots with the Sony NEX 5. How come? It’s simple: In the cities like Las Vegas and San Francisco I took only the NEX to travel light. On our long beach walks I used only the NEX. With the camera stored away in a small bag I felt like a local enjoying the sunsets on the beach. Continue reading →