RECENT ADVENTURES
MANY MOUNTAINS – ONE MOVIE
The majestic Andes stretch from north to south through large parts of South America. In addition to several peaks over 6’000 meters altitude, their varied landscape also includes huge glaciers and much more.
THE LAGUNA ROUTE
Did the car-blessing in Copacabana not help? Or were we bewitched by the shamans in La Paz? First, we have to run from the turmoil around the presidential election in Bolivia, then we’re welcomed by unrests in Chile and now this…
DIVERSE BOLIVIA
After an uncomplicated and fast border crossing into Bolivia, we drive along Lake Titicaca. Our first stop is Copacabana, a small and rather touristic town on the Andean Sea – not to be mistaken with the glamorous seaside resort in Brazil.
THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
Ever since we left the Andes, the landscape has changed completely. We don’t mean the absence of mountains or the Pacific along which we’ve been driving on the Pan-American Highway for hours already. It’s the barren and dry desert landscape that we are amazed about.
THE PERUVIAN ANDES
We are extremely happy when we meet our American friends Leah and Karl shortly before the Peruvian border and we all decide to drive the next few days together through the remote mountains of northern Peru.
A DIVERS DREAM
A finch jumps across the ground in front of us, almost as happy as we are. The shape of its beak is a little bit different than the beak of the finches we know otherwise. Charles Darwin noticed this many year ago and therefore this sparrow is also called Darwin Finch.
IN THE MIDDLE
Ecuador! The name says it all, this country is divided by the equator line. It’s not clear why the “Mitad del Mundo”, the middle of the world, is here and not in one of the other countries through which the same line runs.
IN THE LAND OF COFFEE
We just come back from a hike through the valley of Cocora. In the “zona cafetera”, the area of Colombia where most of the coffee comes from, grow also the famous and very tall wax palms.
THE TRIP TO PANAMA
We are in Panama, marveling at the huge container ships that sail with precision through the narrow canal. However, our feelings at the sight of the immense freighters are mixed…
