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We are Paddy and Mimi, a travel-hungry couple from tiny Switzerland in the middle of Europe. We call ourselves slow travelers, because we like to spend enough time in one place or country. Therefore we don’t only visit the typical sights but also get to know the culture of the respective country.

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Torres del Paine National Park

In the Torres del Paine National Park, everything revolves around a large mountain formation, the towers or Torres del Paine. The striking mountain formation is hidden within the larger Cordillera del Paine – the Torres themselves are not very visible on the approach....

Magellanic penguins at Cabo Virgenes

As we continue our journey, we come across the Magellanic penguins we already know. A short detour of “only” 120 km to go and 120 km to come back takes us to a large Magellanic penguin colony of approx. 250,000 penguins at Cabo Virgenes. On the Chilean island of...

Perito Moreno Glacier

As mentioned in the first blog post about Los Glaciares National Park and El Chaltén, we come across the same national park again a few hundred kilometers further south. This time the national park doesn't challenge us in a sporty way, but it still plays on all our...

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La Paz

After not knowing exactly whether we should enter Bolivia or not, we obviously decided in favor of Bolivia. A new country, new adventures, La Paz as the city with the highest seat of government in the world awaits us. We take a small border crossing from Lake Titicaca...

Seven months of Vanlife in Central America – these are the numbers

Having already published a compilation of our expenses in Europe over six months, we are doing the same with seven months in Central America. That's how long we took for our trip from Mexico to Panama. We saw and experienced a lot along the way and even visited a...

Acatenango

With our starting point in Antigua, we are perfectly placed to start a little adventure during our big travel adventure. We climb the 3976m high Acatenango in two days, with an overnight stay at about 3600m. Come with us on a strenuous but rewarding hike!Day 1 –...

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