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Peru was the first country I visited in South America during the Big Trip. Well, actually, the first one of them all. Peru is the gateway of the Andes, with lots of possible hiking at high altitude, cultural adventures, wildlife and of course: Macchu Picchu! For …
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New Zealand was the last country of our Big Trip. We had very high expectations because of everything we had read or heard from other travelers. The country majestically reached them all and even went beyond! We had an amazing time, driving around, enjoying New …
Lees verder7 days, one week. That’s it. What started as far fetched dreams, slowly evolved into real plannings, and pretty soon, it will become reality: our biggest adventure of our lives. We’ve been talking about our plannings, our gear, our stories for getting visas, our smaller travel …
Lees verderFor Belgians, New Zealand is really the other side of the world. Heck, even from China, it’s still a 13h flight. It’s hard to find more places which are that far away (well, we could go for Pitcairn Islands). Maybe it’s the distance, or maybe …
Lees verderNo kidding, we just hit the 1 month milestone. In 30 days we will set off on our biggest adventure ever. The last few weeks have been full of excitement, stressful moments, yet full of so much fun. The main focus points have been administration, planning …
Lees verderIn our final part of the trilogy of planning for South America (Peru-Boliva and Chile-Patagonia), we’ll be in the Northern area of Argentina and Uruguay for almost 2 weeks. Our first part of the Big Trip will be getting to and end, yet we still plan …
Lees verderWhen we started looking at the map of South America and started our research about Chile, we realized two things: it’s a beautiful country with lots of things to see and do, but the darn place is oh so stretched (4,300 km) . Thus, we took this into …
Lees verderWhere do you start? The three most common sources we’ve been using this far are: Books: there are plenty of good ones (Lonely Planet, Frommer’s, Trotter, ….). Buy one if you want to take it on the way (heavy though) or keep as a souvenir, …
Lees verderWe’ve talked about the big picture of the trip (see more details: Planning the Big Trip) and how we’re currently getting ready (Check our post on 3 months left). But where are we actually going within South America? Or even, why South America? After living …
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To put an exact timing on the idea of the big trip popping up would be too hard, as it evolved throughout the last few years. It was a thinking process: Do we want to leave our jobs for a while? What about the mortgage? Do …
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