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We leave South America on the evening of March 10th, after spending 66 days there. In the late afternoon of the following day, we are back in Graz – after driving 7,500 km by...

Sunrise at the Rio de la Plata

What a contrast - from the relative loneliness of Tierra del Fuego and 12 degrees Celsius maximum temperature, we come to Buenos Aires - a megacity with 13.5 million people...

There is not much to report about Ushuaia. The city today, with about 60,000 inhabitants, was founded in 1884 as a penal colony and housed the worst criminals in Argentina until...

After leaving Pia Bay, the 'Stella Australis' continues its journey through the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel. The so-called 'Glacier Alley' is truly grand - the glaciers,...

We start in Punta Arenas in the evening. The next morning, we land in Ainsworth Bay with the Zodiac boats. We take a hike in the subantarctic, Magellanic rainforest - today very...

After almost 7000 km drive with our brave Dodge RAM, we reach the coast of the Strait of Magellan and can take a first look over to Tierra del Fuego. It is strange to see so...

We pay a visit to prehistory – at the “Cueva de Mildon”. German explorer Hermann Eberhard actually was checking the region regarding potential agricultural development end of...

After an overall smooth but time-consuming border crossing, we are back in Chile. In front of us are 3 tourist buses - all passengers must disembark, go to the border station,...

Perito Moreno Glacier

The turn-off from Route 40 is hard to miss, a very strange fish serves as a marker. After a few kilometers, we have the first view of the Fitz Roy Massif with its main peaks - a...

'Zone of road holes'

"Karte" ist jetzt mit Bezugspunkten zu den einzelnen Blogs befüllt, leider keine Routendarstellung möglich, aber wenn ihr mit dem Cursor auf den roten Marker fährt, wird der...

In Puerto Tranquilo we book a boat tour to the main attraction at Lago General Carrera - the "Marble Chapels". The nearly 2-hour ride takes us to the amazing rock formations -...

Now we are enjoying the Southern Carretera Austral with beautiful landscapes, especially the Valle Ibanez and the drive down there. We visit the 'Wall of Hands' during a nice...

To avoid further boring driving through the boring Argentinian Pampa we have to cross back to Chile. The highlight of this border crossing is the falling off of the...

Lake Nahuel Huapi / Bariloche

Die Mühle / Mill

Chiloe is known for its wooden churches, shingle houses, wool sweaters, and oyster and fish farms. The island was the last Spanish bastion in the independence war of Chile. In...

The city is named after the Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia, who founded it in 1552. In Valdivia, there are very few old buildings - the earthquake (magnitude 9.5) and the...

The mostly very bad and narrow track - already borderline for our large camper - leads us to Parque Nacional Conguillio, where we find a nice, quiet and free overnight spot...

Back to the mountains

Hi, I can get back online today, there is rarely WiFi in nature and often no good mobile reception.... After Mendoza and visiting Norton in Argentina, we continued southwards....

The NORTON winery, located south of Mendoza, was founded in 1895 by British railway engineer Edmund Norton and taken over by Gernot Langes - Swarovski from Wattens / Tyrol in...

We start in Uspallata - the main thing for us there was the ATM (max withdrawal approx. 50 EUR). After a short visit to the old furnaces, we go back up into the mountains. The...

On January 8th, we finally start for real - we take over our camper. The whole procedure, including all the paperwork to be able to drive to Argentina, takes some time. The next...

Upon arrival in the lower town, Valparaíso appears to be a somewhat run-down port city. However, this impression changes as soon as you reach Plaza Sotomayor and becomes...

Santiago presents itself to us as a calm and modern, but also traditional city. There is little evidence of the intense protests against the government at the end of 2019 - many...

Our journey Graz - Frankfurt - Bogota - Santiago de Chile ended after 28 hours and we reached the hotel in Las Condes. The daily peak temperature is 32 degrees Celsius.

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