fear-and-loathing-in-southamerica

What, now everything is really "already" over (#mimimi #gränndoch #schaffekennschuso)?! The last few weeks have passed in a flash. This whole thing feels somehow surreal to me....

Phew, I got off lightly this time ;). Fortunately, the worst fears about the Ayahuasca/San Pedro retreat did not come true. Nevertheless, the days in the retreat were incredibly...

After until now I have tried to report to you more or less without gaps from my journey, I will certainly not stop suddenly with that :). As I already announced in the last blog...

360 Tour (around San Cristobal)

Viña Cousiño Macul

Hola Chile, du heisst irgendwie fast so, wie du aussiehst :). Obschon ich mittlerweile schon ein paar Wochen auf (wandernd, fahrend), über (fliegend/ fallend) oder in/unter dir...

The journey to Antarctica (09.02-18.02) The thing with Chile turned out to be an obvious lie.... A lie with serious consequences, as I soon found out after my return from...

Puerto Madryn (Peninsula Valdes, 09.01-15.01) After recovering more or less from the forced stop in Neuquen, the journey continued to Puerto Madryn (fortunately 670 km away...

Kaum zu glauben (zumindest für mich), aber ich bin mittlerweile schon mehr als 100 Tage in diesem (überaus faszinierenden/schönen/absurden) Südamerika unterwegs. Irgendwie habe...

Córdoba (12.12-16.12) Mit 1.58 Mio. Ew. ist Córdoba rund 10 Mal kleiner als Buenos Aires (und trotzdem ist )es die zweitgrösste Stadt des Landes). Da sich ein Grossteil der...

The Valley of Lamentation in a Sea of Flames While Switzerland has temporarily transformed into a small winter wonderland, there have been days here recently when it became...

...drinking courage at the harbor bar

After what felt like ages of waiting in Tupiza (unfortunately there was only one night bus heading towards Tarija, so I spent the whole day improving my poor Spanish skills by...

I have been traveling in South America for more than 1 month now. Hmm... maybe it's time for a little interim assessment...? My initial uncertainty/awkwardness (regarding pretty...

Cochabamba - an attempt to explain (21.10-23.10) Well, Cochabamba...hmm...honestly, I'm not sure how to put it, but you're just not my type and all....Name-wise, maybe you...

Abenteuerliche Reise nach Trinidad (14.10-15.10) Nach einer unspektakulären Übernachtung in Rurre, ging ich erwartungsvoll zum Busbahnhof, um mich dort zu erkundigen, ob bzw....

10.10.-13.10 The journey continued westwards, into the deep jungle of Bolivia. As a big animal lover (and a fan of all documentaries with David Attenborough!!), I was really...

Would you like a little bit more (plate #1 & #2)

El Condor in La Paz :)