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South America

A continent to discover

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Travelogue posts

02 February 2025

After a 4-hour ferry ride, I arrived in Quellón in fine weather.

After the Paso Roballos, I was hoping for a good Chilean road. Too bad. The road through the Patagonia National Park (Chile) is pretty battered.

25 January 2025

In Puerto Río Tranquil I turned off onto the X728. Pitches were a dime a dozen and the North Patagonian Ice Field was my backdrop.

16 January 2025

After I had crossed the border in Cerro Castillio on 1.1.25 in the morning at 9.30 a.m. in 40 minutes. The Chileans had checked my van on entering Chile, but no Argentinian wanted to look at it.

31 December 2024

On 20 December, I took the Dog.O.Mobil in the direction of Mont Aymond. After I refueled the van I left Rio Gallegos towards the Border

19 December 2024

As we travelled on from El Bolsón, I knew that El Bolsón was/is the hippie capital of Argentina. As in Germany, it dated back to the 60s and 70s. I certainly didn't notice much of it. 

16 December 2024

Ute and Stefan had checked the whole thing out in advance and Darwin Expediciones had gathered enough people to drive to Isla Pingüino. 

On the weekend north of Lago Ñorquinco, I tackled all sorts of things. Saturday was just perfect in the sunshine to carry out repairs, clean the van and take a dip in the Rio Remeco.

After the disappointment of buying wine, we headed south on the RN40. We travelled via Tunuyan and San Carlos on the RN40 to Pareditas.

22 November 2024

I was having breakfast at the El Mangrullo campsite in Mendoza when I realized that I hadn't made any notes over the last few days. 

When you see the usual posts on Instagram, YT or Pinterest, you think Argentina consists of the Andes and Patagonia. Together with the Hyggies, I made my way to the mountains

The Parque Provincial Ischigualasto was the first national park in which we planned to do a guided tour with our own cars.

09 November 2024

I hadn't found much about Uruguay beforehand, and hadn't actually done much searching. The few things I did find didn't send me into raptures. I would have done Montevideo in 3 days if I hadn't had to pick up the van.

29 October 2024

Montevideo has around 1.3 million inhabitants and is the capital of Uruguay. The city was founded by Spain in 1724, where the Ciudad Vieja stands today.

19 October 2024

First of all, a little information about Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. The city is located on the west bank of the Río de la Plata, has around 16 million inhabitants and is an autonomous district. ‘Buenos Aires’ is Spanish and means ‘good air’.

The South America tour