Ilha Christmas and Rio de Janeiro Réveillon…
My plan for the last week and a half in Brazil (and South America) had been set in stone (or rather in hostel- and flight bookings) since early November. So […]
Category Archives: South America
Ups and downs of water exposure in Brazil…
I finished the last post on the bus to Porto Alegre, located halfway between the border and my planned first destination in Brazil. Thanks to the bus’ delay (it never […]
Communication breakdown…
Today, when I went to the Argentine side of Iguazú Falls, this happened: I cleaned the lens contacts. The same message came up. Heartbreak ensued. Pure, unadulterated, don’t-know-how-I’m-keeping-it-together heartbreak…
How to rush through Uruguay…
Uruguay was in my original plans. But when I came out of Bolivia behind schedule, I decided to skip it. Great, I thought, because that meant I could spend more […]
Argentina aka the land of platform shoes, pretty people and Palermo Viejo…
After a half day of passing time (it involved supermarket trips, coffee and free wifi) in Tucumán (not an interesting city at all), we made an overnight bus, as planned, to […]
Argentina aka the land of Malbec, meat and maté…
I eased into Argentina. It’s like the universe (or maybe Pachamama. She took better care of me in Bolivia than she did in Peru) really didn’t want me to get […]
Salt flats and the Bolivian wild west…
I got a bit too relaxed about organising my trip from Sucre to Uyuni, leaving everything to the last minute. Booking my bus ahead of time? Who needs to do […]
Getting stuck in central Bolivia…
It was a long trip (23 hours) from La Paz to Samaipata but I wanted to veer a little off the gringo trail so it felt worth it. Despite the […]
Intro to Bolivia: Sunny lakesides, a bicycle ride and a casual little walk up a 6000m glacier…
My first day in Bolivia was in sunny Copacabana on Lake Titicaca. That rain at the border crossing was clearly just an early trick to try to get me to […]
When one Peruvian trek nearly breaks you, do another…
*** Bolivia isn’t known for the fastest wifi so the fact that I’m getting this posted is a small miracle. But getting photos uploaded is asking too much so they’ll […]
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