🇧🇴 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
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🇧🇴 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Route into the Wild Bolivian Amazon
We head north towards Trinidad. This is where the Bolivian Amazon rainforest can be found. There is-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Cotoca and The Sloth in Town
Normal chaos returns to the streets. Traffic out of Santa Cruz is hectic. We spent two weeks here, but-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Santa Cruz, The Rich City in the Poor Country
We drive the highway from San José de Chiquitos to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The landscape quickly-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Magical Night in the Valley of the Moon
We leave the Devil's Tooth and still traverse an impressive landscape of jungle and red rocks rising-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Monastery at the Tooth of the Devil
The landscape becomes more exciting. After going very monotonously and straight to the place Roboré,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 A Road Trip through Bolivia’s Originality
After a few days we leave Aguas Calientes. It's gotten cold - handy for really appreciating the hot-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Hot Springs in the hot Jungle
It started raining at the border, but the jungle is still burning. It continues to rain and in the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴Scorched earth where rainforest should be
The border crossing between Brazilian Corumbá and Bolivia is getting complicated. As at the border of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Corumbá – The Charming Border Town in the Bush
The marshes of the Pantanal and its wilderness are now behind us and we are back in civilization. We-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 River and Marshes – the adventurous Drive through the Pantanal
The experience was a shock. Most of the Pantanal has already been conquered by the farmers and the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 The Domain of the Caimans
I didn't expect that on a trip with a baby we would see a jaguar in the wild. We didn't either, but we-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Dangerous Pantanal – The track of the Jaguar
As we leave Miranda and drive down the desolate highway, we don't completely lose contact with the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 The Conservative Brazil with A Touch of Miranda
With adventure in the wild Pantanal in mind, we reach Miranda at sunset and look for a nice place to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Vanlife in The Wild Pantanal
After our lovely time at the Aquidauana ranch, we head into the wild. I spotted a small road on the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 The Jungle Ranch in Aquidauana
After the wonderful drive through the pampas of the Pantanal, we arrive back in civilization with our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 On the Hunt for the Anteater
We had beautiful days at the Rio Verde. Part of the reason we stayed there and made the detour north-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 At the Green River of Mato Grosso
After a few days we leave Campo Grande again. We make a detour north because I've read reports of a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Campo Grande – The Big City with Wildlife
We leave Dourados unimpressed and continue through the landscape of cattle farms and soybean and corn-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Pampas and Industry – Welcome to Dourados
We leave the wild beauty of the Rio Paraná and the happy people we met there. There is a nature-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
