🇵🇪 Living Ghost Towns of the Pan-American Highway
After the eventful day with the ocean, pretty girls and pelicans we continue along the Panamericana. The-->-->-->-->-->-->…
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🇵🇪 A 1st Birthday with the Ocean, Girls and Pelicans
We leave our dream beach and follow the Panamericana to Ático in the late morning to have lunch and do all-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Perfect Vanlife – A Dream of Loneliness
A lot of time has passed in the chance encounter with the whales on the beach. It's too late to reach-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 An impossible Encounter – the Whales on the Beach
We are on the Panamericana and although the landscape is barren, there are always surprises. At-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Pacific Section of the Legendary Panamericana
In the afternoon we say goodbye to the children in Mollendo and continue up the Panamericana for-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 A Heart for Children in Mollendo
We had a lovely first taste of Mollendo, our first stop on the Pacific Coast after months of traveling-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Pacific Coast Town of Mollendo
As soon as we reach the coast via the sand-covered mountains, we are now on the legendary-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Mountains covered in Sand
The landscape around Arequipa is bone dry. We already saw that on the way from the Altiplano and during-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Arequipa, the Pearl in the Shadow of the Vulcanoes
The drive down from the Altiplano to the city of Arequipa is very difficult because, although it is-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Llamas and The Altiplano
After our impressive stay on one of the floating reed islands of Lake Titicaca, we return to the city of-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 On the Uros Reed Islands of Lake Titicaca
After exploring the city of Puno, we leave the car in a commercial garage and stay for three days on-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Puno, the City of Mountains, Lake and Alpakas
The journey from the border town of Yunguyo leads over the barren high plateau and in parts along the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Peru’s ongoing Fight For a new Beginning
Bolivian Copacabana is behind us and a bunch of formalities ahead. However, the border crossing is-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Lake Titicaca and The Bolivian Copacabana
We are happy that we can continue. The continuation of our journey was still hanging by a thread a few-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Our Journey Hanging by a Thread
The sunrise is fantastic at our night camp on the shore of Lake Titicaca where the reeds are growing-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Origin of The Kon Tiki
We drive north-west across the Altiplano. We finally made the climb to El Alto and left La Paz. The-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Cholitas and Witches of La Paz
La Paz has a very special mix of modernity and tradition. While on the one hand people in suits are-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The colorful City of the Dead
La Paz has many obscure places to visit. One of them is the City of the Dead. An entire neighborhood-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The La Paz Artisan Market
Calle Tarija at Plaza Gastón Velasco is just one of many places where you can admire this beautiful-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Graffiti of llamas – street art in Bolivian
As we walk through La Paz, we notice the many beautiful graffiti on the walls of many houses. At train-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 La Paz – The Mega City above the Clouds
The breakdown on the La Cumbre mountain pass was very unfortunate. The car spends the next two weeks-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The worst possible Breakdown – The End on 4703 Meters
We survived the Death Road and only have one more pass to get to La Paz. Google plans an hour and a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Dare to tread the Death Road
I have the bold idea in mind to take the old road "Yungas Road" to La Paz, which is also called "Death-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Up into the Bolivian Andes
We pack our things and drive on. The idyll on the small river did us good. I have in my head the bold-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Idyll Of the Jungle at Rio Quiquibey
We continue the journey, leaving the Jesuit Route and again crossing a great distance, as the air is still-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Jesuits and false Policemen
We safely crossed the big Rio Mamore, but unfortunately we didn't see any river dolphins. We stay-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Crossing Bolivia’s Great Rivers
We leave the jungle paradise of Chuchini and continue west. At the gas station in Trinidad we use our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Chuchini, the Eco-Reserve in the Jungle
We leave Trinidad after a few errands and drive deep into the jungle of the north. The Rio Mamore-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Trinidad – the Gate to Amazonia
We are still traumatized by our experience at the site of the freshly destroyed rainforest. There are-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Destruction of the tropical Rainforest
We are so excited to finally get to the legendary Amazon rainforest and get to know its nature and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
