After The End

Posted by on Dec 1, 2016
After The End

The strange thing about a goal is that once you reach it, you need a new one – almost immediately. The magic force that pulled you is all of a sudden gone. There’s nothing ahead, which creates a slight sense of empty panic. It’s the road that makes a journey worthwhile. The goal itself almost doesn’t matter… In […]

Patagonia

Posted by on Apr 14, 2016
Patagonia

“The crows assert that a single crow could destroy the heavens. This is certainly true, but it proves nothing against the heavens, because heaven means precisely: the impossibility of crows.” — F. Kafka Southern Patagonia is not characterized by significant urban settlements or human achievements. I don’t mean to say that there is a lack […]

Carretera Austral

Posted by on Jan 3, 2016
Carretera Austral

The famous carretera austral, the highway 7 in Chile, is a 1,240 kilometer (770 mi) long road connecting remote regions of Patagonia. More than half of it is still unpaved. We weren’t quite sure where to begin at first. The starting point is around Puerto Mont, but requires three ferry rides. Another option is to visit the big island of Chiloe and take […]

Los Lagos

Posted by on Dec 23, 2015
Los Lagos

Being stationary and very comfortable for a week at Lorraine’s place made us a bit itchy for the road, and we headed straight south without spending much time in Valparaiso or Santiago. At this part of the continent, there are a dozen or so large lakes distributed across both sides of the Andean mountains. Chile and Argentina […]

A Wild Life

Posted by on Dec 15, 2015
A Wild Life

If you find yourself walking on the Chilean coastline in a town called La Ballena a bit too far south, you would come across this cabin overlooking the Pacific Ocean. By that time, there would probably be three (or more) barking dogs running towards you. If you’re one of those people who doesn’t get intimidated […]

Northern Argentina

Posted by on Dec 12, 2015
Northern Argentina

Coming out of the Bolivian highlands, we spent a few days warming up and restocking in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, before moving on to Argentina. The touristic little desert town has a calm atmosphere with a lovely plaza and stunning volcanoes surrounding it in the distance. On merely 2400m life is easy. It […]

Southern Peru

Posted by on Oct 27, 2015
Southern Peru

After a three months summer break in Turkey, we came back to a dusty truck that had been patiently waiting for us in Lima. Our friends Claudia and Mathew had provided a nice parking spot inside their building. Before any new travels we had to work on reinstating our car permit. This meant patiently waiting in […]

Bolivia

Posted by on Oct 24, 2015
Bolivia

We’ve experienced Bolivia as an unusual place. A land of extremes. It felt raw. Situated on top of the mountains, almost touching the clouds, it hosts some of the highest settlements on earth. On 4000-5000m altitude the air is thin and dry, the sun and wind unforgiving. The landscapes are breath-taking. An array of surreal backdrops […]

Central Peru

Posted by on Aug 28, 2015
Central Peru

The route we followed through central Peru, became our first round trip on this journey. That is to say, we left Lima, only to come back to it in a few weeks. We had decided to take a summer break in Turkey to meet our families, and flying out of the capital was our best option. The preparation for this interruption […]

Northern Peru

Posted by on Apr 19, 2015
Northern Peru

The scorching heat of the desert, endless sand dunes, dry winds, barren rocky mountains… It all sounded like heaven after weeks of rain we had been through in Ecuador. We were looking forward to get to Peru and we got what we asked for. This is an Inca Orchid. An endemic Peruvian breed without any […]