We went to Chile for the Torres del Paine’s W trek and arrived in the town of Puerto Natales to arrange our trek. Lili Patagonicos was the perfect place to stay and we rented all our gear at the hostel and were able to leave our luggage during our hike. Carlos, our host was a wealth of information having done the trek so many times he lost count. Read More
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The Places we call Home in Uruguay
With our brief visit to Uruguay we got a good taste of the accommodation choices offered in Uruguay. In Colonia del Sacramento, our hostel was in an old colonial house including creaky wooden floors, old colorful tiles and a sunny courtyard. Our next home was a cozy family home in Montevideo filled with hanging plants, where we had access to their kitchen and dining room, all decked out in Uruguayan style. Read More
The Places we call Home in Argentina
Argentina was our introduction to South America, for both of us a brand new continent awaiting to be discovered. It was also the first country after Canada where we spent 3 months living in our converted campervan. We were going back to life in hostels and we wondered how the quality and atmosphere would be in South America. It was a good idea to start off in Argentina after 4 months in Canada for an easier transition into South America. Read More
Het zout van Salar de Uyuni en de kleuren van Los Lipez
Al lang voordat we naar Bolivia kwamen hadden we gehoord van de Salar de Uyuni, de zoutvlaktes van Uyuni. De enorme witte vlaktes hadden we al vaak op foto’s gezien maar wat we niet wisten was dat dit gebied uit veel meer bestond dan alleen deze gepekelde omgeving. Lees verder
The Places we call Home in Vancouver & Vancouver Island
We had big plans when we arrived in Vancouver. Find a minivan, buy it, build a bed for the van and transform the minivan into our campervan! But first, we needed a base in Vancouver. We were lucky to stay with a lovely family at their AirBnB home that had a garage filled with tools to build our campervan bed. It was also one of our first very comfortable rooms in a long time which made us feel really pampered. Read More
Quebrada de Humahuaca – Vivid landscapes and ancient villages
After a month in Patagonia, our vision of Argentina was formed by snowcapped mountains, large empty pampas, guanacos, glaciers and the cold. We knew that the north was different but we just couldn’t imagine that it could be this different. We even wondered if we have stepped into a new country. Our first introductions to the north were the cities of Cordoba and Salta, both rich in colonial architecture and colorful buildings. We spent our days roaming the cities, eating ice cream on the main squares where the locals come out to play and visiting cathedrals and churches. Read More
Iquitos – And this is also the Amazon
Whenever I thought of the Amazon, I imagined green thick jungle intersected by brown snakelike rivers and indigenous tribes. Iquitos is the other Amazon that travelers are not aware of but that is also a part of the Amazonian experience. Iquitos is the largest city in the world that is not reachable by road, it is only accessible by boat (couple of days from the nearest road linked city) or by plane.
We took the plane option and the contrast could not have been bigger. A flight from Lima with a stopover in Pucallpa brought us from concrete jungle to real jungle within 2 hours. Read More
Our taste of Uruguay
Uruguay is usually not the first country you think about when you think of visiting South America. So of course we had to visit it when we had the chance. After a couple of days in Buenos Aires, we hopped on a ferry with destination Colonia del Sacramento, just 1 hour away. Colonia del Sacramento was the first stop for our short Uruguayan break. Read More
Hoe we een auto kochten en ombouwen tot campervan
Ergens gedurende onze reis hadden we plannen gemaakt om de gehele zomer in Canada te verblijven. Anders dan de meeste landen die we tijdens onze reis aandoen is Canada een westers land met het daarbij behorende prijspeil. De enige budgettair verantwoorde manier om het bijna drie maanden in dit land uit te houden was om onszelf van een auto te voorzien waarmee we niet alleen konden rondrijden maar waar we ook in kunnen slapen en die tevens uitgerust is met een kooktoestel en kampeerspullen. Om dit voor elkaar te krijgen moesten we een auto ombouwen tot camper, of in Canada liever campervan genoemd. Lees verder
Artistic and Expressive Buenos Aires
Before arriving in Buenos Aires, we were often told how passionate, expressive and lively the Porteños (inhabitants of Buenos Aires) were. Within the first hours of strolling around Buenos Aires, we saw how true this was and how the good vibes also can be seen on the streets and walls of this vibrant city. For us, South America is a continent that expresses itself through murals and Buenos Aires might just be the capital of murals. Read More
