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Our trip to Cuba started in typical Cuban fashion, with a delay. The Cubana Airline made us wait for two full days in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, as the plane...

Continuation of the Nicaragua report. All the pictures are in Part 1! After about 2 weeks, we had to say goodbye to the beautiful Corn Islands. Back in Managua, we picked up...

Der Abschied aus Südamerika fiel uns sehr schwer, aber wir waren auch gespannt auf Mittelamerika, vor allem weil die Länder hier so klein und dementsprechend „schneller“ zu...

Itaipu Dam

From Buenos Aires, we took the ferry to Colonia in Uruguay. Since the Argentinians were celebrating some weird holiday, almost all ferries and buses were fully booked, so we...

Jumping for joy in Torres del Paine National Park

Laguna de los Témpanos with glacier in the background

Nach unserem kleinen Durchhänger in Argentinien, hatten wir ein bisschen Angst, dass wir in die oft erzählte Reisephase gekommen waren, in der man alles blöd findet, dem...

In Pucón, we booked the villarica volcano climb and a rafting tour on the Trancura River. On the remaining days, we made trips to Huerquehue National Park and the hot springs....

After our fantastic tour through the Uyuni Desert, we were dropped off at the Chilean border, which we had already prepared for the evening before. Due to the historical events...

We have been in Chile for a few days now and it is time to look back on our unfortunately short but eventful journey through Bolivia. The first days in Copacabana and on Isla...

We are now in the last hours in Cusco before we continue to Puno tonight and then to Bolivia, to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca. The past few days here in Cusco, the archaeological...

After a last dinner in Nazca, we took the night bus to Arequipa with a nasty cold in my bag. In the early morning, we were still in the middle of the desert, just before our...

After our wonderful stay in Huaraz, we took the overnight bus to Lima. The capital was announced to us by our tour guides as chaotic, noisy, and dangerous, which made me feel a...

After the party beach of Máncora, we definitely wanted to quickly go to a less touristy part of the country, so we decided on Chachapoyas, a totally charming town in northern...

After having enough of the rainy Andean weather in Cuenca, we wanted to pamper ourselves with some sun on the coast and we hadn't given up hope of finding an affordable...

After enjoying the Quilotoa crater lake so much, we wanted to hike the complete loop, 60km zigzagging through the Andes. We chose the 'easier' option, which tends to go downhill...

We survived the jungle... No, we really enjoyed our time there. Our lodge was right by the river and had a very jungle-like design, including tarantulas under every thatched...

Today, our 2 weeks in Quito are coming to an end, we are heading for the Amazon Jungle for 4 days overnight! I am looking forward to seeing spiders, anacondas, piranhas,...

After a week here in Quito, we have already settled in quite well. The Spanish is getting better and better, más o menos ;) although Tömmi curses every day and regularly makes...

Yesterday, after a 22-hour journey, we arrived safely in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, and immediately had a nice evening with our host family. We are now Alicia and Galo's...

This all has to come with me, hopefully my backpack turns out to be a space miracle ;)