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If you want to climb a six-thousand-meter high peak from La Paz, it is relatively simple, since the city already lies at an altitude of about four-thousand meters. In only two days I could therefore climb Huayna Potosí, the local mountain of La Paz. On …
On the way to Glaciar Grey in Torres del Paine National Park, I encountered three extraordinary creatures. When I caught sight of them, they seemed to be shouting something at me with horrified expressions, their protruding eyes and open mouths. I was sure that Darwin …
The Palacio Salvo at Plaza Independencia is considered the landmark of Montevideo. As magnificent as the Art Deco building is, I was almost more impressed by the Edificio Ciudadela opposite, a residential building from the construction boom of the 1950s. Its facade, with its hundreds …
The boat trip from Belém to Manaus across the Amazon is one of the most social affairs I have experienced in my travels. On deck, passengers crisscrossed in hammocks, in many places three on top of each other, so I was among people 24/7. The …
My hike through the Valle del Cocora in the middle of Colombia’s coffee highlands was particularly impressive. The reason is the tallest palm tree in the world growing there: the Quindio wax palm, Colombia’s national tree. Like so many natural beauties, this one is threatened …
While I strolled on the peers of Caleta Tortel, time seemed to stand still. Here there were neither roads nor concrete or WLAN, instead the meditative view of a greenish-white shining fjord. I was able to completely switch off during those days and concentrate exclusively …
From the roof terrace of my hotel, Buenos Aires looked unfriendly and cold. I had been in this huge, anonymous city for three days and suddenly felt very lonely after a few weeks of traveling through Patagonia. One evening a light came on in the …