South America

Our travels to South America. Discovering a different country, a different continent, a different culture and a different mind-set... This trip changed us in so many good ways!

  • Stay in Coroico

    We survived Death Road twice! (Only got one T-shirt though.) After our downhill cycling experience with Vertigo 4 days ago, we spent a few days at the town near the end point of…

  • Cycling Bolivia’s Death Road

    Written on Monday, 7th October. (Posted today because we found wi-fi.) When we were struggling with our Bolivian Visas I asked my good friend, Willem, if Bolivia is worth the effort. (Him and…

  • Two Nights in La Paz

    We are in Coroico, Bolivia! As you probably already know wifi is very scarce and slow here. We have found a place at the top of the hill, Sol y Luna, with limited…

  • Copacabana to La Paz

    We had a very scenic and interesting bus trip from Copacabana to La Paz. All of us (bus passengers) had to get out of the bus to cross a part of Lake Titicaca…

  • Our trip to the Floating Islands

    Can you believe that there are people in this world who have spent their entire life living on floating reeds!? It sounds crazy! We did a tour to the Uros Islands on Lake…

  • Puno

    This post was written by Marc. Puno Puno is our 1st stop after Cusco and our last stop in Peru. We will be staying here 2 nights and have spent 1 night already.…

  • Inka Trail Day 4 – Machupicchu

    Inka Trail Day 4 – Machupicchu Watching the sun rise over the lost city of the Inkas was amazing. We had such a feeling of accomplishment. We did it! We followed the Inka…

  • Inka Trail Day 3

    Inka Trail Day 3 Day three of the trail was an easy (compared to the previous day) 9km walk through the cloud forest. This is the start of the Amazon Jungle so we…

  • Inka Trail Day 2

    Inka Trail Day 2 We were all quite nervous for this day! We knew Dead Woman’s Pass lay ahead of us which is at a 950km higher altitude than our campsite, Ayapata. I’m…