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The tour starts at 3500m and goes up to 4900m in altitude. Here you can visit the highest lagoons, geysers, and hot springs.

Here there are two superlatives: 1) The largest railway graveyard in the world and 2) The largest salt flat in the world Unfortunately, we did not drive far in because it was...

Closed mine, here the old iron is melted down and partly exported to Germany. The mine is located at 4200m!

The mining town of Potosi was once the richest city in the world, as it is home to the Silver Mountain. Today, the city has 170,000 inhabitants, but a planned mine visit...

The mountains are the same but the poverty is significantly greater. From now on, we will be at an altitude of over 4000 m for a longer time.

In the Red Mountains of Jujuy, one can experience wonderful altitude acclimatization. Here, the ascent is gradual from 1500m to 3000m.

Four days of travel through the northern part of Argentina were very strenuous. As a reward, there was a wonderful Asado in the mountains.

Railway Museum which unfortunately was closed. Largest church in Paraguay, not very impressive and a place for Chris to park. Here, the overhaul of the steering rod was on the...

Paraguay, land of emigrants! It's hot and has 95% humidity, or it rains and then has 100% humidity.

Here we met old and new friends.

Visited a turtle rescue station, unfortunately these cannot be released back into the wild. After that, we went to the Coffee Museum in Sao Paulo and then to the beach. We...

Fortaleza is a small peninsula covered by the Atlantic rainforest. Rainforest comes from rain!

Old gold city of the Portuguese, from here it was shipped to Europe.

Incredible wildlife and plant life.

The weather improved, but now the tourists arrived! Wait time for the ascent to the Christ Statue is 3 hours, so we preferred to go back to the beach. Caipirinha is a must, of...

Impressive city, unfortunately we didn't have such nice weather, but Copacabana is also visited in the rain. Monkeys and raccoons are regular visitors to the campsite.

The Blue Stone in the coffee plantations.

Brake line defective, we already know that. Car wash is necessary too, after more than an hour Bibo looks like new. We haven't had a truck accident so far, and we don't want any...

Well, dreams must be realized, and we have had this dream for a long time. It is simply magnificent to observe a mother with her calf.

Do you feel like having a barbecue together with us? Why not? That way you can meet new friends.

Relaxing at the beach

So the 500 km to the next larger city is just a hop, Brazil is really very large! Salvador was a major hub for African slaves to South America. We cannot recommend leaving the...

Hiking on the tabletop mountains is fantastic! The waterfalls and underwater caves are unique. Here, hiking is only allowed with a guide, costing 30 € for the whole day.

Beautiful national park with extensive hiking trails.