Tag: South America
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Tour of the Americas
A 6 months backpacking trip through 13 countries in North, Central and South America*. * and Europe (Short trip to Iceland ;-)) Between my Bachelor and Master studies, I decided together with my then boyfriend to take some time off to explore 13 countries on a low budget backpacking trip. We started with a short…
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Bolivia
We spent 10 amazing days in Bolivia. Lake Titicaca 29 August 2015 After a short stay in Puno, we left for Bolivia this morning at 7 a.m.! Namely, to the beautiful town of Copacabana on Lake Titicaca. Lake Titicaca is the largest lake at this altitude, located 3,808 m.a.s.l. on the border of Peru and…
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Salar de Uyuni
Three days tour through the Salar de Uyuni. The Salar de Uyuni is one of Bolivia’s most remarkable natural wonders and the largest salt flat in the world. Located in the southwestern part of Bolivia, it covers an expansive area of over 10,000 square kilometers (4,000 square miles). The salt flat was formed from the…
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Inca Jungle Trail to Machu Picchu
Four day tour to Machu Picchu with adventures like mountainbiking, ziplining and rafting, great views and a great finale on the world heritage. Not the “classical” way but also not restricted by limitations that you usually face on the Inka Trial. Well suited for families. Day 1 21 August 2015 At half past five on…
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Huacachina and Nazca
Three days in Huacachina, Ica and Nazca Huacachina Huacachina is located near Ica and has roughly 100 inhabitants. It is a small village built around an oasis and is surrounded by ~100m high dunes. 15 August 2015 As soon as we arrived to our hostel, we booked a sand buggy and sand boarding tour for…
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Santa Cruz Trek
Four day trek through the Cordillera Blanca in Peru with stunning views and great acclimatization options in altitudes up to 4760m – surrounded by five- and six-thousand-metre-mountain-peaks. Accomodation in simple tents, medium fitness required (~50km in total). Starting point is usually Huaraz. Best travel time is June to August where the wheather is usually dry…
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Ecuador
Two weeks in Ecuador. Quito 15 July 2015 Today we took the public bus to the airport at a quarter past five in the morning. As in LA, we had problems with the check-in again. The employee first said we needed a visa for Ecuador, but after a long time everything worked out. Our backpacks…
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Pululahua and Mitad del Mundo
Day trip to Pululahua and Mitad del Mundo from Quito 20 July 2015 First thing this morning we caught a bus to Pululahua Crater. We had to walk quite a bit from the bus stop. Strengthened with ice we then enjoyed the sight of the crater – great! The hill on the left in the…
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Day trip to Otavalo and Cuicocha Lagoon
Day trip from Quito to the market of Otovalo and the Cuicocha Lagoon 18 July 2015 At 7 a.m. we took the bus, taxi and bus to Otavalo, together with Charly and Krisztian. That took forever. More than three hours. Otavalo is about 110 km north of Quito and is surrounded by the volcanoes Imbabura,…
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Day trip to Cotopaxi volcano
Day trip from Quito to the Cotopaxi volcano to hike to refugio and beginning of the glacier. The Cotopaxi is 5,897 m high (with the glacier starting around 5,000 m) and the second highest mountain in Ecuador. It name means “throat of the moon”. The volcano was first climbed by Wilhelm Reiss (from Mannheim, Germany)…