A South America Road Trip with a Toddler (2022)
Traveling South America with a Toddler
We started: Leon, Sara and I on a journey through South America. With a stopover via Sao Paolo in Brazil, it goes to Asuncion in Paraguay. From there we start our tour with a converted camper across the continent up to Colombia!
This is an old Toyota Hiace from 1996.
It’s still in good shape and is getting an update from us both inside and out for a trip off the beaten track and suitable for a small family. In addition to a new interior, a larger kitchen and additional batteries and tanks, it also received a roof rack, solar panels with the corresponding power distribution in the car, a snorkel and larger tires. The more precise specifications can be found here!
Dusty is For Rent/Sale!
A South America Road Trip with a Toddler (2022)
🇵🇾 The new Car and its Offroad Test at Rio Paraguay
My first day is eventful. Esteban finally arrives with our long-awaited vehicle and shows it to us in front of our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇾 The Cerros Where the Pomelos grow
Then it starts, but for a weekend. The metal work on the car has to be postponed due to the “TransChaco” rally, but we can-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇾 Straight Roads and no Cars – Paraguay Overland
We leave the Cerro Acahay and start our journey towards Yvycuí. Although we are not far from Asunción, this route, an hour-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇾 Paraguay Outdoor Adventure at The Waterfalls of Yvycuí
Our journey from Asunción, with a first stop at Cerro Acahay, takes us across the expanse of Paraguayan land to the Yvycuí (or-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇾 Paraguay’s Artisans in the Village of Areguá
Everyday life in South America sets in and the stay in Asunción becomes routine. Special features are no longer noticeable, but-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇾 The epic Road trip through South America Begins
We’re finally leaving. I don’t feel any excitement. I feel nothing. I only have things on my mind to think about. If I can even-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇾 The end of Paraguay – The City of the East
Our road trip has finally begun and in the afternoon we reach Ciudad del Este, right on the border with Brazil. In fact, the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Where are the Customs? – The Irritating Immigration to Brazil
The next morning we set off early to cross the border and see the famous Iguaçu Falls. Every limit is a new challenge. You-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 At the breathtaking Natural Wonder of Foz do Iguaçu
A private highway leads to the peninsula with the waterfalls. Men in uniform direct the cars to huge parking lots protected by-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 The City of Cascavel and The great Heart of the Brazilian People
We leave the city and the falls of Iguaçu and take the highway east. Our plan is to drive around Iguaçu National Park and then-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Sunset over the Brazilian Farmland
We spent a few days in the city of Cascavel and are now back on the road. But not in the direction of Argentina, as originally-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 The Hospitality in Porto Figueira
With a wonderful sunrise we leave our sleeping place on the pasture land. On the map I see a small place on the river called-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Brazilian joie de vivre on the Rio Paraná
It’s already noon when we leave Porto Figueira, so we don’t drive far to get lunch. The town of Porto Camargo is located near a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 reserve around the river and I-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 Campo Grande – The Big City with Wildlife
We leave Dourados unimpressed and continue through the landscape of cattle farms and soybean and corn fields. As always, we-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 road where you can see a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 was the road from here to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 The Jungle Ranch in Aquidauana
After the wonderful drive through the pampas of the Pantanal, we arrive back in civilization with our broken awning. We reach-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 map that goes north from-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 rest at a highly acclaimed-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 wilderness, and even here-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 came very close and I-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 second chance after the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇷 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 reach the border town at-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴Scorched earth where rainforest should be
The border crossing between Brazilian Corumbá and Bolivia is getting complicated. As at the border of Foz do Iguaçu, no-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 late afternoon we reach a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 springs. The journey-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Monastery at the Tooth of the Devil
The landscape becomes more exciting. After going very monotonously and straight to the place Roboré, where you got a feeling of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 from it. Then we get to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 changes again and we have-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 one would have been-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The Route into the Wild Bolivian Amazon
We head north towards Trinidad. This is where the Bolivian Amazon rainforest can be found. There is nothing special to see-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 biodiversity. We’ve had a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Trinidad – the Gate to Amazonia
We are still traumatized by our experience at the site of the freshly destroyed rainforest. There are fires all the way to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 branches off in the Chuchini-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Crossing Bolivia’s Great Rivers
We leave the jungle paradise of Chuchini and continue west. At the gas station in Trinidad we use our new ID to fill up for the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 Jesuits and false Policemen
We safely crossed the big Rio Mamore, but unfortunately we didn’t see any river dolphins. We stay overnight in San Ignacio de-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 heavy with smoke. Then-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 idea of taking the old-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 Road” because accidents-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 half for us and we look-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 in the workshop. After-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 stations, cafés or-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 The La Paz Artisan Market
Calle Tarija at Plaza Gastón Velasco is just one of many places where you can admire this beautiful art. Behind it we come-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 has been set up where-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 standing in front of new-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 area is barren, but many-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 and the rush boats are-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇧🇴 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 hours ago. We also-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Peru’s ongoing Fight For a new Beginning
Bolivian Copacabana is behind us and a bunch of formalities ahead. However, the border crossing is unproblematic. The Bolivian-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 lake. We pass many small-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 one of the floating-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 Puno and stay there for-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 possible, the engine keeps-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Mountains covered in Sand
The landscape around Arequipa is bone dry. We already saw that on the way from the Altiplano and during our stay in Arequipa the-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Pacific Coast Town of Mollendo
As soon as we reach the coast via the sand-covered mountains, we are now on the legendary Panamericana, which stretches from-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 in the mountains and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 The Pacific Section of the Legendary Panamericana
In the afternoon we say goodbye to the children in Mollendo and continue up the Panamericana for the remainder of the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 An impossible Encounter – the Whales on the Beach
We are on the Panamericana and although the landscape is barren, there are always surprises. At lunchtime I look for a way to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 the town of Ático as-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 kinds of shopping.-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 road runs close to the-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 in nature.
Now we-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 to visit the famous lines-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 something. I persuade Sara to-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 and the pyramid to the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 romantic road along 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 the capital of Peru.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 frequent police checks, I-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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.
The village name really-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 station is ok and less noisy-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 Trujillo, for a two-day-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 ancient capital of the Chimú,-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 ocean, and the barren-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 Peruvian Hospitality – Home of Giancarlo
After the less than spectacular drive over the desolate and littered part of the Panamericana, we reach Piura. Our host Giancarlo-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇵🇪 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 way. The drive to the-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 New Country, new Breakdowns
The joy of the green landscape keeps us in suspense, then we suddenly reach the border. According to the map, this should come-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Hospitality in The Dry Forest
After the unexpectedly long stay in the small border town of Macará, we hope that the car will survive the mountains. The road-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 offers incredible views on-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Ecuador’s Castle in Loja
We have found a cheap apartment near the Panamericana on the outskirts of town. Here we take a little break, even though our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 landscape is green and we-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 Baños de los Incas here.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Joy in the Andes
Vom Bad der Inkas fahren wir noch über die Höhen der ecuadorianischen Anden mit einer herrlichen Aussicht. Die Sonne färbt die-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 miss it. For this we have to-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 exceptional place for lunch.-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Cuenca, the Gem of Ecuador
We reach the city of Cuenca after our refreshment with beans and cocoa and the beautiful days in the mountains and decide to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 repairs should give us peace of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 changes and we drive through-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 of the big mountains on-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 again. We learn that it-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 mountains. On a small-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 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 Panamericana we have-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 El Pailón del Diablo – The Green Hell’s Waterfall
After our visit to the blood god in the tourist hotspot of Baños, we continue to follow the valley that merges into the Amazon.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Ecuador’s overpopulated beautiful Valley
We don’t continue our journey at the Pailón del Diablo towards Amazonia, but we turn around and go back to the Andes to go-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Silent Danger from The Smoke of Cotopaxi
We stay one day in Latacunga after driving through the Valle Hermoso. The city lies at the foot of Cotopaxi, the second highest-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The risky way of the Volcanoes
From Latacunga we drive towards the volcano, which just erupted this morning and presents a gas cloud two kilometers high. It’s-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Lost in Frustration in Quito
After the impressive landscape of the volcanoes, the city is a contrast. Unlike most cities, Quito is not laid out in a circle,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Center of the World
It’s not a long trip from central Quito to get to the equator. You can tell the taxi driver “to the equator please”. In the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The professional Destruction of our Car
Ich freue mich über jede negative Referenz für diese Werkstatt.
We are now in Quito and a few small things are to be repaired in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
How to get to the Galapagos Islands ? – for beginners
Since we have to wait an indefinite amount of time for our car to be repaired – Christmas and the turn of the year don’t make the-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 San Cristobál’s Harbor of Men and Animals
Since we have to wait an indefinite amount of time for our car to be repaired – Christmas and the turn of the year don’t make-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Sea Lions in the Beach Bar
The next day we explore the small port town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno and the beaches nearby. The time of day doesn’t seem to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Baby Seals of Punta Playa Carola
We’ve been in San Cristobál for a few days now and every new one comes with a surprise. We visited Playa Mann where the sea-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Misty Galapagos Highlands
Some days are sunny, it is very hot and the water is turquoise. On other days it is very cloudy. Sometimes the clouds only hang-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Slow Giants of San Cristobál
After tropical temperatures on the coast of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, we are surprised at how cool the mountains in the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Chinese Beach of Galapagos
After the turtles, we head to the last destination of the expedition for today, Playa Chino. It’s not clear what’s Chinese on-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Wonders of the Sea – 360 Degrees around the Island
On the island of San Cristobál there are ample offers for tours. On a drive across the island we were able to visit the lagoon-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Diving down for the Hammerhead Shark
While the weather was initially very cloudy, it is now sunny and hot. The 360 degree tour takes us around the whole island. The-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 In a Nutshell across the Pacific Ocean
We pack our things and leave San Cristóbal by ferry. By “ferry” we actually mean a medium-sized, closed ship. What we get is a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Island of Coconuts and Penguins
It was a challenging trip across the Pacific in the small boat. Everything went well, but with a baby in a belt, such an-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Black Desert on the Green Island in the Blue sea
All of the Galapagos Islands are volcanoes that rose from the sea long ago and are still active. Two of the largest are on Isla-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Stunning Wildlife of the Lava Tunnels
The Galapagos Islands are very diverse. The day before yesterday I was still climbing through the fog in the black desert in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Black and White Beaches of Isabela
The small town of Puerto Villamil is pretty much the only settlement on the island apart from a few plantations. By far the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Kingdom of the Giant Turtoises
Previously we rented bikes in Puerto Villamil and rode them to the end of the beach to spend time with Leon, the white and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Ocean Wildlife of the Blue Pearl
Unweit dem Hafen von Puerto Villamil gibt es eine Brücke, die tief in die Mangroven führt. Am Ende erreicht man eine Plattform,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 The Gate to Darwin’s World
On the morning of the first day of 2023, we come to Santa Cruz Island, our terminus in the Galapagos Islands, in one of those-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Over the Andes pass back to Amazonia
We spend another ten days in Quito until the parts we need finally arrive. In the meantime, my friend Uwe has also reached us,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Into Ecuador’s green lung
We leave the Andean pass of Papallacta at 4063 and wind down the switchbacks to enter Amazonia. At first we only notice more-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 the Magic of the Jungle
It’s raining in the early morning. In our quarters with a view of the mountains, we had a good first night in the jungle.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇪🇨 Stuck between Ecuador and Colombia
We leave the magic of the jungle behind and face the bitter reality. Close to the Colombian border, safety is our top priority-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The Colombian River World of Putumayo
It’s finally starting. Crossing the border took a long time, but finally we are in Colombia. We cross the border river and are-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The Ritual of Ayahuasca and the End of the World
We cross the fascinating region of Putumayo in southern Colombia and after two days we come to a place where the end of the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Over the Misty Mountains of Colombia
Surprisingly, it continues after the end of the world. In the nearby town of Mocoa we have to withdraw money, get water and buy-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The Faces of Colombia’s Panamericana
We have crossed the pass over the misty mountains and the weather is improving immediately. In the afternoon we will make a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Tatacoa, A Dream of a Red Desert
After a night in the hell of a tourist paradise, intestinal infections and the morning with a typically bad Colombian coffee,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 One with Nature in the Valley of Constellations
Overlooking the Tatacoa Desert as the sun rises, we enjoy freshly brewed espresso and boiled eggs. It’s time to head out and a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Between cattle, horses and leafcutter ants
We leave the desert and the valley of the stars, but it’s still sweltering. And there are so many mosquitoes, fleas and black-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The Challenges in the Cordillera
From the beautiful farm we set off for Colombia’s coffee country. We return to the well-developed highway and make good-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The Colombian World of Coffee and Cocoa
Over the pass of Alto de la Línea we finally reach Armenia with a few obstacles. We were referred to Angela and Jorge by-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 From Coffee Farms to Colorful Streets: Discovering Salento
The tourist heart of coffee in Colombia beats in Salento. The small town is not far from Armenia on a mountain between valleys-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Exploring the Valley of the Rio Quindio: An Overlander’s Paradise
The next day we leave the beautiful Salento and cross the idyllic Valle de Quindío. A river meanders through the valley and one-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Overlanding with The Pesky Construction Sites In The Cauca Valley
From the beautiful valley of Quindío and the idyllic town of Salento we return to the expressway and follow it north towards-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The remote Pacific Beach Paradise of Bahía Solano
Traffic in the city of Medellín is not as bad as I feared when we came back to civilization from the Cauca region. I just-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 The Jungle of Utría and its Creatures of the Night
We settle into the paradise of Bahia Solano. It’s Uwe’s birthday and we start the day calmly. We chill on the beach, let the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Being Guest of the Nation of the Embara
In the morning after the night full of spiders, snakes and other poisonous animals, the program continues straight away. I-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 El Valle, The Outpost between the Pacific and the Jungle
We live in the beautiful hostel Utria on El Almejal beach. From there it is about a half hour walk to the village. Every now-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Medellín, The City of eternal Spring
Traffic in the city of Medellín is not as bad as I feared when we came back to civilization from the Cauca region. I just have-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Communa 13 and Pablo Escobar’s Heritage
We take a taxi through Medellín, the city of eternal spring, as the residents affectionately say. However, over the pleasant-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 A Spectacular View: The Beauty of Piedra de Peñol
We return to Medellín from the backpacker paradise of Bahía Solano and, in addition to the former drug stronghold, explore a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇨🇴 Finding Bliss in the Quaint Village of Guatapé
After our stay with the impressive view of the rock of Peñol, we go to Guatapé. Guatapé is a small, picturesque village in the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
