🇪🇨 Baños and The God of Blood in Tourist Heaven
We saw the falls that have faces. From there we head east; since the beginning of our journey on the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
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🇪🇨 The Falls that have Faces
The weather isn't as bad as predicted as we leave Riobamba with its Chimborazo and head east into the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The furthest Point from the Center of the Earth
Staying in the shadow of the Sangay impresses us. In the afternoon we reach Riobamba. It's rainy and foggy-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The old People In the Shadow of The Sangay Volcano
The next day is still cloudy when we start from Alausi, but around noon we finally have some sun. One-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The City of Alausi in the Kingdom of the Condor
We can see Ingaparca again in the sunlight, then we continue. But after a short time the weather-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Llamas on the Ruins of Ingapirca
After the week in Cuenca we head north again. Dusty's stay in the workshop and the long overdue-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Cuenca, the Gem of Ecuador
We reach the city of Cuenca after our refreshment with beans and cocoa and the beautiful days in the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Feasting like the Incas – Bean soup with cocoa
We drive down the mountain with the closed tequila distillery and we are hungry. By chance we find an-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Tequila Destillery on Top of the Andes
There is said to be an interesting tequila distillery near the bridge where we stayed. I don't want to-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Joy in the Andes
Vom Bad der Inkas fahren wir noch über die Höhen der ecuadorianischen Anden mit einer herrlichen Aussicht.-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 In the Bath of the Incas
As we walk in the pastures of the cows grazing between agaves, I see that there are supposed to be-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Where the Cows Graze between the Agaves
After our unplanned but well-used stay in Loja, we're heading north again on the Panamericana. The-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Ecuador’s Castle in Loja
We have found a cheap apartment near the Panamericana on the outskirts of town. Here we take a little-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 A Feeling of Home – Ecuador’s Green Pastures
We like Ecuador more and more. drive back the route and get goat's milk for Leon along the way. The road-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Hospitality in The Dry Forest
After the unexpectedly long stay in the small border town of Macará, we hope that the car will survive-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 New Country, new Breakdowns
The joy of the green landscape keeps us in suspense, then we suddenly reach the border. According to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 When you haven’t seen green for a long time
We say goodbye to Giancarlo and his lovely family from Piura. We'll get a lot of helpful advice along the-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Peruvian Hospitality – Home of Giancarlo
After the less than spectacular drive over the desolate and littered part of the Panamericana, we reach-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Garbage of the World – A Desert of Trash
The drive after leaving Huanchaco and Chan Chan is uneventful. We drive through the desert, far from the-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Chimús’ Grave – The Ancient Capital of Chan Chan
A bit of rest on the surfer beach was good. In the morning of our departure we visit Chan Chan, the-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Surfers’ Paradise of Huanchaco and Trujillo
We leave the site of the Huacas and head to our lodging in Huanchaco, a small coastal town outside of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 In the Dust of The Huaca de la Luna
We don't spend the night with the turtles, but drive a little further north. The night at the gas-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Hill of the Turtle – The Bay of Tortugas
We leave the ugly Panamericana in between and drive to the small town of Tortugas on the beach.
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🇵🇪 The ugly Face of the Pan-americanan Highway
The car stays intact when driving out of Lima, but new problems arise anyway. During one of the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Driving in Lima: Welcome to Hell
A long stretch of desolation brings us from the absurd tourist oasis near Ica to the city limits of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Huacachina – A Piece of the Orient in the Occident
It's four o'clock in the afternoon, five hours after our breakdown, when we're back on the road. The-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Country of the Naszca – Glyphs, Churches and Glitches
We refresh our supplies, I have our air filter cleaned as a precaution, and off we go. We leave Nazca-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The inexplicable Legacy – The Pyramid of the Nazca
When I have solid ground under my feet again after the flight over the Nazca Lines, we go to eat-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The inexplicable Legacy – The Lines of The Nazca
After our visit to the dead, we arrive in the city of Nazca in the afternoon. We stay the night there-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 A Hello from the Dead of Chauchilla
Our bellies are filled with olives. The chapter of our journey changes again. The last time we were alone-->-->-->-->-->-->…
