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Essay Published 13 April 2020

Uruguay

Uruguay is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in South America, yet it is more than four times bigger than Switzerland. It is famous for its beaches, some of which we visited traveling mostly along the coast. The country is mostly flat, the highest… Read more

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Essay Published 3 April 2020

Are you still traveling?

The short answer is: no. But it has been a little more complicated than that. Right now we are back in Switzerland since late Tuesday evening. We were lucky enough to be taken on a repatriation flight to Frankfurt/Germany and from there it was an easy… Read more

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Southwestern Patagonia

As soon as we had crossed the border from Chile to Argentina at Paso Roballos we were in off-road and outdoor heaven again. Lonesome gravel roads, sunny weather, great views, perfect wild camps. Paso Roballos is the last border crossing to Argentina… Read more
Argentinian Puna

In Argentina we did another great road trip. The Puna is the Argentinian highlands, not as high up in the Andes as in Bolivia, but equally as impressive. It is easily possible to find overnight places below 3500m. The volcanic origin of these landscapes… Read more
Salt, Water & Rocks - Southern Bolivia

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Northern Peru

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Bolivian lowlands

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Back into the mountains - Southern Peru

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Into the Cordilleras

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