Category Archives: _South America_

To Punta Arenas

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Another short flight brought us down to Punta Arenas, the Magellan Strait and to the true Southern Patagonia. After arrival we spent the time exploring and having a late lunch.

Puerto Varas – into Chile and to the Casino

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An interesting bus ride brought us to the border between Argentina and Chile. Leaving Argentina was easy, entering Chile challenging – at least for some (e.g. what are dried fruit?). It took more than an hour until we could continue our way to Puerto Varas.

Buenos Aires – The Wall

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Sunday … and more time in Buenos Aires … just right for the weekend market in San Telmo and more strolls in the quarters surrounding the center.

On my way back from congress to the center I basically ran (by chance) into a setup I had seen on the news earlier that week from Berlin. Styrofoam blocks were set up to become a giant domino game – and to symbolize the fall of the Berlin wall 20 years earlier on…

Buenos Aires

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I made it to Buenos Aires after a long flight including a stop in Sao Paulo.

This time my holiday plan was slightly different, as I spent the first few days in meetings – with (obviously) only limited time to explore the city. I anyhow ventured out … some of my impressions below.

Puno to La Paz

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The group had split now; some were heading back to Lima for their flights home, others did continue to La Paz – to fly out from there – or to continue the journey through Bolivia. My flight home was out of La Paz – so this morning I (along with the others continuing to La Paz) got ready for the last big bus ride on this trip – from Puno to La Paz.

First we got from Puno to the border between Peru and Bolivia, to get our exit stamp for Peru and the entry stamp for Bolivia. Then we traveled onwards (same bus) to the town of Copacabana. Here we had a short lunch break – before boarding another bus for the second part of the journey to La Paz.

After some time on the bus we had to leave again to cross a short strip of Lake Titicaca by ferry. The bus was loaded on one boat, while the passengers got on a separate passenger boat.

In the evening – the last official evening and the last dinner with Carla. We went to El Lobo restaurant for some good and cheap pasta – followed by an early night (as consequence from the night before).

Lake Titicaca – continued –

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We left our host families this morning after a good pancake breakfast. It was now back to the boat, now heading for Taquile Island.

Here we basically crossed the island, first walking into town. Here we had a look into the museum and handicraft shop. We continued the walk to eventually stop at a restaurant for lunch. We then did head back to the boat for the three hour journey back to Puno.