Translation of pickaxe in German

Getting to the door and skipping the entire line, we started to chat with some guy from New York, and by coincidence we found out, that he had good connections in this club and could help us getting in.
Anyway, the entire bus ride lasted four hours and we finally arrived at the city of Halong. We were supposed to take a two day luxury boat tour on a ship called The Lagoon Explorer.
Although you need at least 2 weeks to visit Peru, it was worth being there for 5 days. It definitely gave us a taste: we will be back for a longer stay.