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25.-29.11.09: Rio de Janeiro
DOs in Rio de Janeiro: Stay in Santa Teresa, the old bohemian living area on a hill directly overlooking Lapa’s nightlife and Rio’s metropolitan center, for example in: Terra Brasilis Take the old tram, “Bondinho” from behind the Cathedral/Petrobras Building … Continue reading
22.-25.11.09: Iguazu – waterfalls and butterflies
We were received by water falling – from the sky – already on our bus tour to the falls, around 12hrs before we reached Iguazu. Water continued to pour down the whole first day we spent there, while the water … Continue reading
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18.-21.11.09: Salta, Cachi, Cafayate
(Disclaimer: the following accounts – and pictures – are not suitable for vegetarians… ) Initially we wanted to travel south in Chile from San Pedro de Atacama – but seeing the prices, and also considering that southern Chile still was … Continue reading
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15.-18.11.09: No cash in San Pedro de Atacama (Chile)
Próxima Parada: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Here I had been back in 1992 for a few days – back then it had 1 hotel, 3-4 hostels, 2 agencies offering tours to the Geyser, Salar and Valle de la Luna, … Continue reading
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12.-15.11. Salar de Uyuni
After La Paz we went to southern Bolivia, to see the famous and world’s biggest Salar de Uyuni (12.000 square kilometers of pure white, salt crusted desert…) as well as the national park with lagunas in all colours, flamingos and … Continue reading
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8.-11.11.: La Paz and “World’s most dangerous road”
After many days with culture or pure nature we had to do some real touristy stuff then – also highly recommended by Oliver who did this a few years ago: the mountain bike downhill trip on the “World’s most dangerous … Continue reading
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7.-8.11.: Copacabana / Lago Titicaca, Bolivia
So we ventured from Cusco La Paz, making a stop at Copacabana on Lake Titicaca to rest a bit after the night bus. Impressions from an extremely peaceful border: …btw, no more Inca ruins either this month we decided – … Continue reading
Bolivian Marketing!
While we were surprised by incredibly on-time bus departures and arrivals all over Ecuador and northern Peru, with our travel from Cuzco to La Paz we encountered a whole new world: “Bolivian Marketing” (in our understanding the statements of the … Continue reading
2.11. – 6.11.: Cusco and Sacred Valley
As we are already in Argentina and I am still busy with updating the Cusco story, this will be just a foto story, same as the following 3 posts or so I guess. Anyway the story is told fast: went … Continue reading
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Galapagos – top 10 travel tips
1.) Don’t always believe Lonely Planet You really do not have to book a fully organized tour as Lonely Planet apparently strongly suggests – we found it actually pretty easy (and much cheaper! plus more options…) to just book the … Continue reading
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