So on Friday 26th June we went into Colombia really being amazed from the friendliness of the people from the very first moment on. First we made a stop in the City of Cali which is said to be the salsa-mekka of Columbia. Indeed it has a sprawling nightlife and people love to dance. And the really can dance, which would have required more salsa-skills from us. However we did our best and had a lot of fun there... So on Sunday we even got early and went on a 12 hours busride to Bogota - a real highlight. We got [View Full Entry]

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After we left Cusco we went on to head further north. A 20 Hours busride brought us first to Peru's Capital Lima situated in the desert on the west coast. The city doesn't have much to offer but really crazy heavy traffic and a rather unspectacular old town. One of the most worth seeing sights there is the waterpark that is colorfully illuminated in the evening. So only some 24hrs after we arrived in Lima we went on the 8hrs busride to Trujullo, a cute little town north of Lima, with some colonial buildings and some archeological sites around (which we [View Full Entry]

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Finally I managed it to re-upload the lost photos of Bolivia one... Ok we left Sao Paulo on the 22nd of June and went on 20hrs busride to Corumba at the boarder to Bolivia. The border crossing was literally like stepping into another world. I never experienced a difference like that between two neighbour countries before, as we suddenly found ourselves in a much poorer country with a significantly different culture and lifestyle. We only spent the afternoon in the bolivian border village of Quijarro in order to watch the Champion's league finals (which was actually quite difficult to man [View Full Entry]

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We went from Lake Titicaca to Cusco on Wednesday 11 May. From there we started the Inka Jungle Tour to Machu Picchu. It is an alternative tour to the overrun Inka Trail, that leads through the really stunning jungle landscape around Machu Picchu... On the first day we went down a really scenic road per Mountainbike. Day 2 lead us on a nice 8hrs walk through jungle and canyons. On day 3 we went on to the nice little hidden village "Agua Calientes" that is the next village to the Machu Picchu site. From there we took a hike up a [View Full Entry]

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We just spent a night in Copacabana after arriving and got up early the next day to catch the 8.30 boat to Isla del Sol. This little Island in the huge lake Titicaka is really very nice! Landscape is really beautiful - just have a look at the pictures. We did the nice one-day walk from the northern end of the island to the southern end. It is not really a long one and even though the Lake and the Island are at some more than 3500m the walk is not too strenous. On the way back the boat stops at [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in La Paz on July 4th not having seen the saltflats due to the roadblocks. The city of La Paz is quite nice and interesting. I was pretty impressed when we went the way down from the nearby city El Alto having a great view over the whole city situated in a bowl surrounded by a stunning landscape. Life in La Paz is quite vivacious with a variety of cultural offer and lots of markets. On Saturday the huge folk festival "Gran Poder" took place with loads of colorfully dressed people dancing and marching down the streets accompanied by [View Full Entry]

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Sao Paulo So on Friday 22 May we went on from Rio to Sao Paulo (via a day-trip to Ilha Grande, photos to be provided later). We arrived then in Sao Paulo on Saturday morning, where we first had a sleep after a busride that was not too comfortable. Some people might not tell the best stories about Sao Paulo as it is somehow said to be a just a big business-city in which everyone is in a hurry all the time. Ok, that might be the one side of it, but however, with the other better sides I really like [View Full Entry]

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Rio - a really cool city in a beautiful landscape! We arrived in Rio on May 12th 2009 - checked in into the really nice and cool Barao Copa Hostel in Copacabana - so our life in Rio could start :) Rio has a lot to offer - so we spent 10 days there: Spending some nice relaxing time on the beaches. Exploring the City - Corcovado, Sugar Loaf Mountain, etc. Exploring the nightlife and enjoying amazing brazilian music. Drinking lots of Caipirinhas at a really nice price. Meeting very nice people and having fun enjoying the brazilian spirit. Viewing 2 [View Full Entry]

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The Iguazu Falls: Some of them say they are marvellous... some of them say they are just another bunch of waterfalls. I have seen a lot of waterfalls so far on my travels and before I got to Iguazu I was not sure how impressive this would be gonna be. Actually it is another bunch of waterfalls. But it is a bunch that big, that it really impressed me a lot. It is like a whole landscape of waterfalls sourrounded by beautiful woods, rivers and valleys (I just uploaded a lot of different waterfall pictures as there are so many different [View Full Entry]

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La Boca - the district of the workers and rather poor people in Buenos Aires. This Barrio has a very certain flair - of course also because of the the stadium called Bombonera situated quite in the middle of the barrio, located just very close next to the houses. The well known "Caminito" is just a touristic place that does not really represent La Boca. Boca itsself is considered to have some dangerous streets when its dark. So it is good to be careful and listen to the friendly people in the shops telling you where to go and where not [View Full Entry]

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