After a late breakfast in our guesthouse we wanted to take a closer look at the city of Cusco. Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the seventh most populous in Peru and had a population of 430.000. The city was the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th century until the 16th-century Spanish …
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Our world is so incredibly beautiful and versatile and we want to explore & experience as much of it together as possible. We are Sandra and Michael from Darmstadt – commuters between full-time jobs and 30 days of vacation per year. There is a lot of wanderlust in between. And that’s why we keep pulling out into the wide or near world. Since 2012, we have been on our smaller and larger holidays by 78 Countries On travelled to all 5 continents and blog with a lot of passion about our countless adventures and experiences in our travel blog – be it from dreamlike islands, in cities of millions, on mountain peaks, in the pure wilderness or even in the depths of the oceans. Travel is our great passion and we love to get to know and write about new countries, places and cultures.
Pass road La Raya – By bus from Puno to Cusco (Peru)
Today our journey through Peru continued by bus from Puno via the pass road La Raya in the Andes to Cusco.
» Read the full blog postPuno & Lake Titicaca – Floating villages of Uros in Peru
The night before, we booked a half-day tour on Lake Titicaca to the floating villages of the Uros via our Hotel Tierra Viva Puno Plaza in Puno.
» Read the full blog postBy bus from La Paz (Bolivia) to Puno (Peru)
Today, the 300 km long route from La Paz (Bolivia) via Copacabana to Puno (Peru) along Lake Titicaca was ahead of us.
» Read the full blog postEduardo Avaroa National Park – Sol de Manana Geyser Field (Bolivia)
After the first part of the day we got to know the northern part of the National Park “Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa” in Bolivia, our journey continued south to the Eduardo Avaroa National Park. Day 38 + 39 of our trip around the world The mountain lakes in Eduardo Avaroa National Park On the dusty path you can always pass beautiful mountain lakes in Eduardo Avaroa National Park. At this point we had reached the highest point …
» Read the full blog postEduardo Avaroa National Park – Rock Valley & Laguna Colorada (Bolivia)
Today the alarm clock rang already at 6 o’clock, because the visit to the Bolivian National Park “Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa” was on our daily program.
» Read the full blog postSalar de Uyuni – The largest salt desert in the world (Bolivia)
After a visit to the railway cemetery in Uyuni, the next stop on our tour was the salt desert “Salar de Uyuni”, which we had been looking forward to in advance 🙂
» Read the full blog postUyuni – The old railway cemetery in the desert (Bolivia)
Today was the start of our three-day tour through the salt desert “Salar de Uyuni” and the Andina Eduardo Avaroa National Park in Bolivia with the fist stop at the old railway cemetery in the desert.
» Read the full blog postLa Paz – Things to Do & the Valle de la Luna (Bolivia)
With LAN Airlines we flew at noon from Santiago de Chile with a short stopover in Iquique to our next destination to La Paz in Bolivia. Day 35 + 36 of our trip around the world Our arrival in Bolivia Our flight from Santiago de Chile to La Paz in Bolivia went over the up to 6,500 meters high mountain range of the Andes. La Paz’s place in the world’s first La Paz was founded in 1548 and is now …
» Read the full blog postSantiago de Chile – Tourist Attractions, Things to Do & Photo spots (Chile)
At noon we landed well with Aerolineas Argentinas in the capital Santiago de Chile on the west coast of South America. The entry went quickly and without problems and we say “Hello Chile” 🙂
» Read the full blog postBuenos Aires – Tourist Attractions, Things to Do & Photo Spots (Argentina)
Late at night we arrived in Buenos Aires today at the airport “Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery”.
» Read the full blog postIguazu Falls – The waterfalls on the Argentine side (Argentina)
After we had looked at the Brazilian part of the Iguazu waterfalls yesterday, the Argentine side was still on the agenda.
» Read the full blog postIguazu Falls – A helicopter tour over the waterfalls (Brazil)
After we had explored the Iguazu waterfalls on the Brazilian side on foot this morning, we wanted to see this natural wonder again with a helicopter tour from a bird’s eye view 🙂
» Read the full blog postIguazu Falls – The waterfalls on the Brazilian side (Brazil)
We were particularly looking forward to today. Today we wanted to visit the Iguazu waterfalls, which are located directly on the border between Brazil and Argentina and have been included in the list of the Seven Wonders of Nature since 2011.
» Read the full blog postIguazu – The bird park in Foz do Iguazu (Brazil)
The flight from Sao Paulo to Foz do Iguacu with TAM Airlines passed quickly and after 1.5 hours we have already landed. Day 28 of our trip around the world Arrival in Foz do Iguazu Our hotel in Foz do Iguazu At the airport we were picked up by an employee of our booked Hotel Colonial Iguau. In addition to the perfect location to the waterfalls, the free transfer from the airport was also a reason why we chose this …
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