Geo: -32.8927, -68.8331I did choose the wrong bus company from Cordoba to Mendoza, why did I do that? hmmh...I simply didn't know better...The bus was awfully slow and went the route over the mountains to some towns in the mountains where people go on vacation. It felt like somewhere in Bavaria, Germany... Anyhow, after a looonnnnggggg slooooow bus ride I did arrive in Mendoza in the afternoon...Very welcoming...It's the southern hemisphere summer so everyone was out...Everybody had a bottle of wine and sitting outside chatting with others...Nice place, I planned to come back...Didn't make it quite but that's another story... I was waiting at the terminal de Omnibus in Mendoza for a bus that goes to Santiago Terminal Sur...As I was chatting with a bus driver, he just said, this one is going, hurry up and ... read more

Geo: -27.4606, -58.9839this time just a quick stopover at the bus station, waiting for the onwards slepping bus to Cordoba...I'll be back with my motorbike in a few weeks anyway...Ciao...Resistencia... read more

Geo: -22.5472, -55.7333...What's the Elevator Pitch once again?...Yep...It's a friendly border town where brazilian druglords greed each other...Oops...how did I end up in such a craphole?...Hmmh...let's see...weel there was a bus from Campo Grande leaving to...just forget the excuses...Besides druglords...It's loaded with those lost Chinese souls who run their business side by side copying each other and competing for whom...The customer...but..yes, Brazilians do their shopping runs from Sao Paulo and other rich cities to buy up the newest rubish chink technology, it comes with the usual guarantee of being the lowest quality any technical item could probably be...Hopefully the toaster you just bought will last for the first few slices of bread...I was hanging around a few days simply inhaling the crappy experience...Well, to be honest, I was rather forced too. Upon... read more

Geo: -19.0098, -57.6547One morning, I woke up and decided...it's time to get going on my mission...Don't be such a lazy bastard and let Santa Cruz comfort you...It reminded me of my life in Asia a bit...Very relaxing place to stay...Do you what you want...Do it whenever you want...with whomever...Ok...Corumba...Have you been to border towns with Brazil?...a bit dangerous...a bit (laugh)...Brazil with Bolivia is another story...What do you think where the majority of hardcore drugs enter into Brazil...Of course...Its' from dirt cheap Bolivia...Corumba is not really a place to linger long...But...Brazilian encounters...Brazil...Hang on...it's Brazil...a friendly place...just befriend whomever you want...all friendly...I actually stayed in a very comfy hotel for a few days...Unfortunately it's all about drugs and I decided to rather leave...Police was bothering eve... read more

Geo: 23.1168, -82.3886landed with my favorite no-frill flight...Jetairfly from Europe is only EUR 149 to Varadero...There we go...arrival in Varadero was smooth...I booked ahead with a Cuban friend of mine in Havana...I wanted to ensure I have the entire apartment to myself right in the center of town...Well, in the center of town it certainly was...The entire apartment to myself...check!So my wonderful time in La Habana can go ahead...Now as I knew that I had the place to myself I can also bring friends home without the secret police watching you...That night I went around the rundown districto Centro...The night ended eventless, I was still tired from the trip and went to sleep.The second day was something else...Funny enough...My headline says "Havana...me encanta"... The reason certainly wasn't for what happened on the second night but rather ... read more