You might think what this stupid question is all about… at these times, nobody has spare money, the inflation, the housing costs and especially the party nights out are not cheap – shut up Gerald… but well, I still like to draw your attention to one topic… one of the most impressive things […]

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Few days ago I landed in the jungle… if you have not found out so far, but I love this country… it has everything, and now I am at the most isolated place in the world… how comes you might ask, isn’t that the Easter Island… at least this is what GeraldN has written few […]

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The last days I read with quite some interest that the western world thinks that there will be war here in South America… well, although I am in the south of Ecuador right now, I have to say, these would be the laziest war preparation one could imagine… people are relaxed, nothing has changed to […]

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You might ask what is this with the picture next to it… that is what Ecuadorians are used too - and me still not… after visiting Cuenca, a wonderful colonial city, I went on to the second target of my trip here in Ecuador… Vilcabamba, just 45 minutes south of Loja should be me next […]

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As you might see from the picture at the side, I made it to Ecuador… I can not believe it, but yes, again I changed all plans and went on to see the south of that country… besides a 11 hour bus trip from Trujillo to the border of Ecuador there was another highlight awaiting […]

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Continue with my trip further north I arrived now in Chiclayo… this place is know for the “senor de Sipan” or the lord of Sipan… in 1987 archeologists found here the ruler of an ancient culture – the Moche culture… buried deep within a religious temple, he was found with all of the treasures given […]

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Finally back in warm weather… what differences this country has to offer… few days ago I was at a height of 3100m and freezing and now it is as hot as you can hope for… as mentioned before I made it to Trujillo… known for Chan-Chan, the largest adobe city in the world ever and […]

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As you can see (or not from the picture) I left my unloved city Lima and made it to Huaraz… you will ask, where in the hell is this..? Well, it is in the Cordilleras somewhere 400km north of Lima… it is a little town quite some meters above sea level… known for Chavin a […]

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Yesterday I had the real Peruvian experience… what I mean with this…? I got attacked and nearly robbed… what happened…? Yes, me the typical tourist was visiting the port of Callao… after strolling around few hours on the sight seeing area, I decided to make it to the commercial port… only few blocks away, I […]

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Hi, after a longer break (I was on a technical pit stop in Spain) now I will resume with my daily task to tell you stories from South America… as normally I put few pictures of the city into the picture section of my page… but after I nearly praise every capital I have visited […]

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