Our travel planning – our tips

With every trip we gain new experiences. Partly about travelling in general but sometimes also about travelling in a certain country. We are always curious and grateful when friends and acquaintances tell us about their experiences before we travel to a new country. Sometimes because it has really useful tips and sometimes because it is simply exciting to see how others experience a country.

Here we want to share some of our experiences and tips with you.
Maybe one or another contribution will help you. Or maybe you have some super useful tips and experiences that you would like to share with us and our travel community.

Shipping Darien Gap, Panama to Colombia

Shipping Darien Gap, Panama to Colombia

When traveling on the Pan-American Highway, the question arises for all land travelers: How do I cross the Darien Gap? The Darien Gap is a piece of jungle between Panama and Colombia. The original plan for the Panamericana was to build a highway from far down in South...

Ferries to the Canary Islands: Things to know

Ferries to the Canary Islands: Things to know

There are basically as of 2023 exactly two providers of shipping from mainland Spain to the Canary Islands: Armas and Fred Olson Express. Tickets can be booked directly via the respective pages of these operators. Another option is to book via ferry comparison portals...

A half year of vanlife – these are the numbers

A half year of vanlife – these are the numbers

Time flies just like that, we have been traveling for half a year already. Besides all the countless, great experiences, we of course also find it exciting how our lives have changed. You can see that very well in numbers. So here are some numbers of our journey so...

How to book the best flight

How to book the best flight

For many people, booking a flight is a tiresome topic, but it is simply a part of travelling. Or at least it is for almost all travelers, especially if you want to travel further away. I used to love flying, the excitement, the anticipation and somehow I found the...

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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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Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

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Rockhopper penguins near Puerto Deseado

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

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

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...

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Northern Ruta 40

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

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

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...