Category: Big Trip: Americas

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Endless salt to play with

Week 49: Bolivian highlights

White Sucre Sucre really delivers on what the name suggests: beautiful white buildings in the city center against the colorful people make it a vibrant place to be. We have…

June 12, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Bolivia, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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Week 48: From Paraguay to Bolivia

Asuncion – Exceeded expectations While Encarnacion was a stop with practicalities, but not that much to enjoy, we have the hope that Paraguay’s capital actually gives us a bit more.…

May 28, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Bolivia, News, Paraguay, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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Getting even wetter...

Week 47: Waterfun in Brazil and Paraguay

Bonito – Water fun extraordinaire Saying goodbye to the Pantanal was hard, but the next fun part of Brazil lies on the horizon not so far away. Bonito is known…

May 21, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Brazil, News, Paraguay, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized, Wildllife

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Fishing together with the caymans

Week 46: Inland Brazil, including the Pantanal

We have some way to go before we get to the Pantanal, a natural environment rivalling with the Amazon in the far west of the country. So to get there…

May 16, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Brazil, News, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized, Wildllife

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Week 45: Rio de Janeiro!

But first… Paraty On our way to Rio we have one more stop which is Paraty, a coastal town worth exploring. To get there, we follow the tropical coastline between…

May 9, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Brazil, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids

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Some more Praia da Galheta

Week 44: Hello Brazil!!

Another country, another border… and thus we make our way to the Uruguay/Brazil border for yet another round of paperwork. The border we take is in Chuy, which is a…

May 2, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, Brazil, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized, Wildllife

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Hitch hike back!!

Week 43: Hello & Bye Uruguay!

A new country, new (Covid) rules, new exchange rates and other cultural differences. Number one: Everything here is at least twice as expensive as Argentina, number two; we do not…

April 22, 2022 Big Trip: Americas, News, South America, Travel experiences, Uruguay

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Building a fire to get the wood coals

Week 42: Cordoba & friends

As we leave the beautiful Quebrada del Condors, we drive eastbound towards the province of Cordoba for a change of pace. A quick overnight in a slightly dodgy cabana sets…

April 17, 2022 Argentina, Big Trip: Americas, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized

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Hola Mendoza!

Week 41: Route 40 to Mendoza and beyond

Another stab at the ruta 40 As we pile out of the cosy apartment the next morning we first stop by the laundromat and then on to the office of…

April 12, 2022 Argentina, Big Trip: Americas, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized, Wildllife

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Rafters high five!

Week 40: Picking up the car and moving north

Back in Ushuaia! After a quick and easy flight we find ourselves back in Ushuaia, down south in Argentina where we left our car to join the Antarctica cruise. We…

April 9, 2022 Argentina, Big Trip: Americas, Destinations, News, South America, Travel experiences, Travel with kids, Uncategorized