OK, I have to say to its defense that there was a major earthquake in August which supposedly has destroyed the city… but even before this can not have been a place one wanted to visit anyway… when I was looking for a hostal the only thing I found where places with sub-standard living… what […]

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After another session in the night bus, I arrived in Nazca this morning… and what a arrival… in time thanks to the absolutely fabulous Peruvian bus system… sleeping like a baby I arrived fresh to what should be my third archeological highlight on this trip… after a brief breakfast, I managed to get to the […]

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Arequipa, you have never heard off…? Well, before today me neither… but this city is a real gem in Peru… all the center is still well conserved in the colonial style – a real pleasure just strolling through the streets… and in the background a massive 5000+m high mountain… just real, real nice - somewhat […]

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OK, you see me smiling in the picture… but this is only as this was the start of the four day hike… what was supposed to be a highlight of the trip turned out to become one of the biggest physical challenges of my life… maybe it was a stupid idea to do this at […]

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OK, just a one liner… tomorrow early morning I will start the Inca trail… just in case you wonder what this is… it is described as the highlight of Cuzco… a four day hike to Machu Picchu – no comfort, just you, your feet, your tent, passes of an altitude of 4300m and plenty of […]

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Few days ago I arrived in this wonderful town… if you have not been here, you definitely missed out something spectacular… besides that the entire city seems to life from tourism, it is a real beauty… and would it not be that remote and cold, I imagine the entire world would buy vacation homes here… […]

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What to say other than this is quite a lake… it has to offer quite few… until recently this was the highest commercial lake in the world (trading seized in 2002)… there are quite few interesting islands on there where plenty of archeological items were found (see picture section)… and there are some 40+ swimming […]

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The last few days I spent in La Paz and its surroundings… what a concept of a city… located some 3600+m above sea level, the town is build into a valley… so wherever you want to go you either go uphill of downhill… and this at this altitude… it seems I turn out to become […]

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As announced I completed now the trip through the salt sea and crossed from Chile into Peru… given that you cross an altitude of 4600m and sleep in a “barrack” at 4300m it is less fun than anticipated… but well, at least I can say I slept at base camp one… jaja… just in case […]

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Hello my valued reader… the next few days I will be on my way to Uyuni… I booked a 3 day tour here in San Pedro (picture) and will leave to Bolivia in a spontaneous change of my planned route… instead of exploring more of the north of Chile I decided to go onto a […]

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