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Bus trip from Viña del Mar on the Chilean Pacific coast across the Andes to Mendoza in Argentina. Unfortunately, the upper panoramic window of our comfortable,...

It could have been so nice - but with a cloud base of 10-20 m and drizzle

The House of Pablo Neruda The path down to the harbor

Viña del Mar

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And here are the details regarding the frequently mentioned note in the daily reports: “… more about this at the end of this description …” …

our flight was scheduled for around 2 PM, and the airport was only about 1,500m from our cabin. Therefore, it was a relaxed morning: we had breakfast every day at “our” b

Returning the rental car in the morning and then a leisurely stroll through Hanga Roa to the industrial and fishing port in the west in the afternoon.

Good things come in threes: so first we went up again to Rauno Kau. Surprise! The road was still closed, but the hiking trail was open, which we followed to the entrance

Today, we drove clockwise along the round road to Ovahe Beach. On our first visit, we had little time—today, we wanted to take it a bit more relaxed.

Aside from the sites visited on the first day with our landlord (=official licensed guide🙄), there are some other places to explore - some with and some without a mandato

We initially intended to explore the island with our landlord on this day as well. However, we canceled this plan due to the "discrepancies" the day before. So, we set ou

The next morning we set off: But not in the promised modern vehicle (which had a sudden engine failure 😳) but in our landlord's rather rickety, seemingly 40-year-old pick

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The overnight bus ride from the Chilean border town of Arica to Calama in the Chilean Atacama Desert was not particularly exhausting but somewhat annoying: the bus stoppe

For the afternoon, we had last-minute booked a tour to one of the salt lakes or springs nearby. The drive took about 45 minutes. At the destination, in the middle of a ro

The time in Nazca until sunset, also for the departure of our bus, was limited. My driver suggested visiting the Necropolis of Chauchilla and the aqueducts of Cant

After visiting the Chauchilla Necropolis, we returned to Nazca and went to the eastern part of the city to the Aqueducts of Cantalloc. Here too, I quote excerpts from the...

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The pickup at the hostel in the oasis of Huacachina at 8 AM - booked as a private ride - went well. Although it was a bit different than expected 😂. In front of the hoste

In the morning, we booked a last-minute quad tour in the desert for the morning. This quad tour turned out to be “driving around on a pie

Cruz del Sur