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Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and writer
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Rockhopper penguins near Puerto Deseado
Now that we have secretly become penguin specialists, we don't want to miss out on the special species of rockhopper penguin. To do so, we take a detour from National Road 3 in Argentina to Puerto Deseado. We get into the reinforced inflatable boat and off we go on...
Ushuaia
We arrive in Ushuaia on the only major north-south connecting road. One more bend, and then the entrance gate with the exotic-sounding sequence of letters “Ushuaia” stands before us. We are excited to see the southernmost city in Argentina. At the same time, however,...
Tierra del Fuego
From the southernmost mainland of South America, we can drive a few kilometers further south with our campervan Ben. Not that far compared to the length of the entire continent of South America, but still a few hundred kilometers. From Punta Arenas, a ferry takes us...
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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Northern Ruta 40
After a short time in the north of Chile, we cross over into Argentina. We drive over the Paso de Jama, the Jama Pass, and continue to be impressed by the beautiful, barren landscape. On this pass road we have a few smaller lagoons in front of us, more impressions...
Potosí
Bolivia comes up with the next somewhat controversial item on the program. We drive our campervan Ben to Potosí, the historic silver capital of the world. We want to learn about the history of silver in connection with Potosí. Not only can we visit a museum, but we...
Pantanal
Next on our South America trip we visit a beautiful region with an extremely dense wildlife: The Pantanal in Brazil. The name sounds spectacular and exotic to us but translated from Portuguese it just means swamp or swamp region, derived from pântano. It is the...
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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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 to not only see the typical sights but also to get to know the culture of the respective country.
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About us
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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Rockhopper penguins near Puerto Deseado
Now that we have secretly become penguin specialists, we don't want to miss out on the special species of rockhopper penguin. To do so, we take a detour from National Road 3 in Argentina to Puerto Deseado. We get into the reinforced inflatable boat and off we go on...
Ushuaia
We arrive in Ushuaia on the only major north-south connecting road. One more bend, and then the entrance gate with the exotic-sounding sequence of letters “Ushuaia” stands before us. We are excited to see the southernmost city in Argentina. At the same time, however,...
Tierra del Fuego
From the southernmost mainland of South America, we can drive a few kilometers further south with our campervan Ben. Not that far compared to the length of the entire continent of South America, but still a few hundred kilometers. From Punta Arenas, a ferry takes us...
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....