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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 …
Lees verderOur 3-day tour around in the south of Bolivia, with Salar de Uyuni salt flats and National park, from Uyuni, Bolivia to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, was most certainly one of our highlights during our big trip throughout South America. The details of the entire trip …
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One of your most important companion during your trip (besides actual people), will be your backpack. In the last few months before the start of our Big Trip, we have been carefully preparing our packing list. We asked some friends who did a one year world trip …
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 verderDuring the Big Trip, there’s (highly likely) only one country for which I, Mr. Fries, need a visa: the home country of Ms. Rice. In the last 4 years, we’ve been traveling there minimum twice a year, so the Chinese visa application has been sort …
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 verderIt’s late August, we’re little over 1 month out before we set off on our Big Trip. It’s time to give a short update on our visa struggle. After Ms. Rice successfully received her Peruvian visa in July, things took up some speed in the beginning …
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 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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