Lene & Thilo on tour...

With our journey to the USA, our travel style has completely changed along with the surroundings. Instead of crowded minibuses, we were now traveling with our own (spacious by...

Arriving in Chile, we were greeted by the driest desert in the world, fortunately with pleasant temperatures at this time of year, allowing us to fully enjoy the sun. The town...

La Paz

Peru - from here on, every tourist wears an Alpaca / Llama sweater (similar to a Christmas reindeer sweater in our culture) - this is necessary for warmth even with continuous...

So, we haven't heard from you in a long time - probably because of the numerous multi-day hikes we have taken in Peru in the past few weeks. Nevertheless, we want to tell you a...

Colombia is, to dispel any possible clichés, a country where people are incredibly happy when you visit it. And from our experience, it is no more unsafe than other South...

After almost three weeks of traveling together, we were simply dropped off at the border between Costa Rica and Panama - and we were on our own again, without a car....

When the four of us set off for Costa Rica, we had many ideas but no plan on how to travel around the country. Eventually, we spontaneously decided to rent a car and join our...

Nicaragua - the first country we visited in Central America where not everyone carries a shotgun. However, the danger of being struck by a falling mango increased immensely - we...

After our spontaneous detour in Mexico, we didn't want to miss out on a highlight in northern Guatemala: the Maya city of Tikal. Tikal is not only enormous, with an area of...

We didn't originally have Mexico on our travel route at all. But the many enthusiastic stories from other backpackers and the prospect of dream beaches on the Caribbean coast...

We had booked our crash course in Spanish while still in Germany, with accommodation in a Guatemalan host family (Thilo thought one week was definitely enough ;-)). With the...

... in Guatemala, more specifically in Antigua, a quaint, historic town surrounded by volcanoes. After our relaxed arrival (surprisingly fit after 28 hours of travel time) and...

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