Archive for April, 2014

28. April 2014
The first view of La Paz

La Paz – the highest seat of government in the world

By bus we went on the afternoon of Copacabana to La Paz. The 4 hour drive took us through beautiful scenery along the Lake Titicaca and the high over 6000m […]

26. April 2014
View Of The Snow Capped Mountains Of The Andes

Hello Bolivia! – Isla del Sol im Titicaca See

After Peru it was in our last country in South America, to Bolivia. In four hours bus ride along the Lake Titicaca we saw many harvested grain fields, small houses, traditionally dressed Peruvian, many […]

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Tupananchikkama Peru – Goodbye Peru!

After 20 days, we returned to the land of the Incas and alpacas back on. The culture, the landscape, people, the food… everything here has us very intrigued and we […]

24. April 2014
Uros Islands – Floating Islands On Lake Titikaka

Titikaka Am See

At over 3800m is the highest navigable lake in the world, der Titikaka See. Divided into Peru and Bolivia The lake is on the Altiplano, this is a huge plateau between […]

20. April 2014
View of the Misti volcano

Arequipa, the “White City”

Overnight, we went from Cusco to Arequipa. The bus was very comfortable and the seats comfortable, yet it felt as if we on all the time a […]

7. April 2014
First look at Machu Picchu

In the Sacred Valley of the Incas

We left Ecuador behind and flew to Peru. After a night in the capital Lima, we took the aircraft directly to Cusco, the so-called "capital […]

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Until then Ecuador!

Over 3 weeks we were in Ecuador traveling and the highlight was of course the Galapagos Islands. The wildlife there is so unique and impressive. It is indeed as the […]

4. April 2014
Kuhmarkt

Otavalo's Märkte

Through the mountains we took a bus from Quito to Otavalo. There we stayed at the Hostal Rincon del Viajero. Otavalo is located north of Quito and is surrounded by 3 […]

2. April 2014
Seppel On The Zip Line

In the cloud forest of Mindo

From Quito we went early in the morning in 2 hours by bus to Mindo, a small sleepy village in the so-called “Nebelwald”. Mindo is surrounded by rainforest and this […]