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5 May 2025 I admit it. Arica was a mistake. It took us a 10 hour bus ride to get there from San Pedro when we could have gone directly...

2 May 2025 We flew to Catama Airport, some 1600km north of Santiago and from there, a one-hour bus ride to San Pedro de Atacama. The...

30 April 2025 It took our bus over 18 hours to make the long trip to our next destination, via an Andean mountain pass on the...

26 April 2025 Most people either start or end their Patagonia tour in Bariloche. We ended ours, with an unforgettable 30 hour bus ride...

21 April 2025 El Chalten was a three hour bus ride from El Calafate. It was a beautiful, clear day and we could already make out the...

18 April 2025 Getting to El Calafate seemed easier by airplane, a comfortable 1.5 hour flight from Ushuaia versus a 14 hour...

25 April 2025 On South America’s southern frontier, nature grows wild, barren and beautiful. Spaces are large, as are the silences that...

9 April 2025 How often do you get to visit another country in less than a 75-minute ferry ride? Pretty seldom I would think. Just...

13 April 2025 Our host at the Elonial in Paraty, Rick, himself from Argentina, told us not to miss out on these two Andean provinces,...

Buenos Aires – La Reina del Plata 8 April 2025 By chance, we arrived in Buenos Aires the day of the annual commemoration of the victims...

4 April 2025 Iguazu Falls – Argentinian side While the Brazilian side offers a panoramic view of the whole waterfall system, the...

1 April 2025 Arriving at the Brazil/Paraguay border by bus from Iguacu del Foz, we walked across the Friendship Bridge over the river...

4 April 2025 Salvador de Bahia We had been told to avoid this place, too dangerous they said. Luckily, we did not heed them for it...

27 March 2025 After a gruelling 48 hour non-stop journey from Palawan via Manila, Hong Kong and Madrid, we landed in Rio de Janeiro in...

22 December 2024 We decided to visit Langkawi after watching a YouTube video while in Kuala Lumpur. A Dutch blogger had stayed there...

17 December 2024 Ipoh is the state capital of Perak and is one of the largest cities in Malaysia. Located 250km north of Kuala Lumpur,...

28 December 2024 It is almost impossible to see all the iconic landmarks and hidden gems in a single visit. This is especially for the...

28 November 2024 Ronco, unlike most other destinations featured on this blog, is a place you have probably never ever heard of. I...

13 November 2024 Dubai seemed like the perfect place for a short stopover on a trip from Asia to Europe I had already been there briefly...

27 September 2024 Osaka, like its big brother, Tokyo is a sprawling, modern metropolis but in many aspects it is very different. For...