Our Travel Time in Argentina – Budget Breakdown

Over a time frame of 5 weeks, with no less than 3 different entries into one of the largest countries of South America, Argentina really impressed us. Not only the amazing views, but also the prices. Let’s take you through our budget breakdown! Argentina was …

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Our travel time in Chile – Budget breakdown

A perfectly new asphalt road, lots of white,blue and red coloured flags, up end hostels with higher end prices: the moment we crossed the Bolivian border after our great adventure at Salar de Uyuni, we knew we had arrived in Chile. Chile was the second …

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Hiking guide for Cerro Fitz Roy in El Chaltén – Argentina

If there is one activity we both really love, we would say: hiking ! Like the time we went for the famous Torres Del Paine W-trek in Chile (more on How to prepare for Torres del Paine) or the many small and larger hikes we …

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Travel in Bolivia – our Budget Breakdown

While we were at lake Titicaca in Copacabana at the Bolivian side, we never thought we would make it to La Paz. Our bus was stuck for hours. That was our first contact with this special tiny country surrounded by big neighbours. Meet Bolivia. Bolivia …

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Perito Moreno Glacier Ice Trekking in El Calafate, Argentina

So after the trekking days in El Chalten, the next stop more south in Argentinian Patagonia is El Calafate: home to the National Park Los Glacieros, with world-known glacier Perito Moreno. A visit to the glacier was on our South America must visits list. It’s …

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Perito Moreno Glacier – Photo Journal

We made just too many pictures while visiting the Perito Moreno Glacier in El Calafate. We even did an Ice trek on the glacier! So we had to make a selection of them… The Perito Moreno glacier, encased in an ancient mountain range, stretches for …

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Travel in Peru – our budget breakdown

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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Bariloche to El Chalten – the 23h bus ride on Ruta 40 in Patagonia

San Carlos de Bariloche, capital of the Rio Negro province, is the entry point of the upper north side of Argentinian Patagonia. In order to travel more south, more specifically to trekking capital El Chalten, there are only a few options available to bypass the …

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Funny action videos at Salt Flats Uyuni

  Our driver, Beimar, has been doing Uyuni Salt Flats tours for over 8 years. So, yes, he’s a bit of a pro when it comes to making the “perfect” picture or video at the salt flats. All he needed were his car radio, a …

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Our adventures in Bolivia

We’ve been traveling for almost 3.5 weeks now, and we just finished our second country: Bolivia. The “poorer nation” of South America has shown many faces during our one week trip. We had some mixed feelings after the visit, yet the finale was nevertheless outstanding. …

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