Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete. Chanda Kochhar The Iguazú Falls The Iguazú waterfalls are waterfalls …
Copacabana and the Lake Titicaca with the Isla del Sol
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. Marcel Proust Different “entry points” for visiting the Titicaca lake The Titicaca …
Learning Spanish in Sucre, the white city, Bolivia’s capital
Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you’ve traveled. Mohammed Sucre as one of the South American hubs for studying Spanish If you think about learning Spanish in South America, …
La Paz, El Alto, and how to escape into nature
La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city. Phil Keoghan Some facts about La Paz and Bolivia Firstly, La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia. This indicates that all the governmental affairs are …
Touring southwest Bolivia including the Uyuni Salt Flats
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. Lin Yutang Border crossings into and out of Bolivia Coming from Argentina, …
Northern Chile: Antofagasta, Iquique, Arica and Putre
It is better to travel well than to arrive. Arthur C. Custance After approximately 2 weeks on altitude, approximately 3000 m and above, I was happy to head back to the Pacific. Even though …
San Pedro de Atacama and the Atacama Desert in Chile
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary Anne Radmacher On the driest place on the earth (except for Antarctica), it rains 1 mm …
Northwestern Argentina: the provinces Tucumán, Salta & Jujuy
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. Paulo Coelho From Buenos Aires up north Until now, I have only traveled by plane, bus and ferry, with the clear majority of bus journeys. Argentina …
Exploring Uruguay: Punta del Este & Colonia del Sacramento
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. John A. Shedd How to: getting around in Uruguay Uruguay has a very good bus network across the country. …
Montevideo, the calm and beautiful capital of Uruguay
Travel is never a matter of money but of courage. Paulo Coelho Why Uruguay? Good question. I think because: How I would answer it after visiting Montevideo, Punta del Este, and Colonia del Sacramento: …