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  • TravelerSouth- and Central America

    Prepatation @home for 2023 ✈️

    December 13, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ -2 °C

    I decided after 3 month travelling in South East Asia that I want to travel for ~5 months in South and Central America. 🌎 I also decided to celebrate Christmas and new Year in Germany, so that I can rest at home.

    I already booked a flight to Buenos Aires over Madrid in the evening of the 3rd of January 2023.
    I can adjust now some travel stuff because I learned a lot about (solo) traveling. I am really looking forward to travel trough Latin-America for ~5 months.💪🏽

    (It is quite cold in Germany🥶😂)    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 1

    Goodbye Germany!

    January 3, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 6 °C

    After ~1 month in Germany I will start my ~5 months journey primary trough South America and to maximum 2 countries in Central America.

    I really enjoyed celebrating Christmas and new year close by my friends and my family. The time at home gave me new power to travel again. To see my closest persons made me, especially at this time, very happy and was good for me.

    I can't wait for the journey to continue!
    19h of transfer will be quite hard, but I am in practice with this from Asia now💪🏽    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 2

    Arriving in Buenos Aires & Palermo

    January 4, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Without any problems I arrived after a long transfer in Buenos Aires at the airport. I took a bus, as recommended in my south-America Book-guide, to the Center. (11€🧐)

    There I had a nice conversation with an Argentinien mommy and she mentioned that the Argentina persons are more like the Italians and not like the Spain #interesting. The inflation is also nearby 100%😮

    After I checked In, I wanted to buy a SIM card. That was not so easy without any Spanish skills. With Google translator I arranged to activate the SIM card (The woman entered her passport ID, that I have not to go to the SIM card provider). She also paid 1,5€ to load up my SIM card, because I only had USD. Wow, so amazing.

    Although I was exhausted after the flight, I walked around the city. I saw a lot of nice parks (especially the Japanese & the German Park) in Palermo. After that I visited a public National Museum, which was very impressive and interesting.

    In summary the city has an special European touch, with a nice mixture of modern and more old buildings. I really like this!

    Now I am early at my hostel, because the day and the transfer was exhausting.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 3

    Retiro&La boca by feet & bar

    January 5, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    On the next day I went to the south of Buenos Aires by myself to see some sights in Argentina. I saw the biggest cathedral in Buenos Aires, plaza de mayo and the residence of the president. ( in every metro exit you see Jesus christus because they are very religious here). After that I went to la Boca, where I saw caminito(colourful houses). This area is quite a tourist trap, because they want to sell you there everything. I also saw the nova juniors Stadion In the evening I met three british guys from the hostel and we went to a bar. (Luca + Armando)Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 6

    Planning, partying & San Telmo

    January 8, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    After I met Lilli (German) and Anaëlle(France) in the hostel, I decided to travel with them. They already booked bus tickets to Iguazu and to bariloche. So I booked 3x a bus ticket at the bus station, where it was very hard without any Spanish, but it worked💪🏽 lilli got robbed nearby a favella at the bus station and another chile girl from the hostel got during clubbing her handy robbed 🥶 but I am fine😎

    I also went with the 3 chile girls at the evening to Palermo, which was nice💪🏽😎(Javi, Olivia, Inga)

    At the next day I went with Lilli and Anaelle(and their friends+ Ryan) to the same places I went the days before. Also we went to San telmo for trying to dance tango😂💪🏽
    Anaëlle and myself cooked without a lot of skills in the kitchen after that, and it was so funny😂

    After that we went to a very big night club, which students organised and it was a very nice party!

    Now we are heading to the Iguazu falls with the bus (~20h). We will leave our backpack at the flat of a friend of Anaëlle, which is very nice 😂

    To get in touch for the first time with South America and the vibes there… it is already amazing 😍 Argentina is quite busy for backpacking currently, so the prices are with the inflation rate of ~100% quite high.

    (A bus/metro ticket cost with the blue rate 0,1€, so very cheap.
    The blue rate is, that if you withdraw money from an atm you get a normal currency exchange, 180:1€, but if you withdraw it with western union, you get 360:1€, which I didn’t know before starting my trip.
    And I hope that the quality of the pictures will get better 😂)    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 7

    Foz di Iguacu in Brazil

    January 9, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    After a drive of 18h with the bus to Puerto Iguazu (I was able to sleep ~13h😂) we arrived and went after check-In in the hostel at 12:00 to the Brazil side of the Iguazu falls. It was a very nice day.

    We saw a lot of butterflies and 2 bigger lizards. We also got wet, when we went down on a little bridge, where we were very close to the falls.
    I am looking forward to the Argentinian side of the falls tomorrow.

    In any case, the pictures don't even begin to show how big and beautiful nature was there…

    It is also mentionable, that I was in brazil(😂💪🏽), when idiots wanted to putsch the government.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 8

    Iguaaaaaazuuuuuuu falls in Argentinia

    January 10, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ 🌧 29 °C

    After we woke up, we bought some food for the Iguazu National park in Argentina. We catched the bus at 9:45 and payed ~15€ (same price as in Brazil).

    The argentinia side is much bigger and first we explored some waterfalls. On the way to the first waterfall we saw ~10 monkeys, which was nice!

    We also saw at that way a “Gürteltier”, which was the first time for me (I also saw a crocodile and some salamanders!).

    At the end we walked ~6h trough the park and it was very nice to see the big falls closer compared to the Brazil side. Unfortunately some places were not acessable, because some bridges were broken 1 month ago..

    It was amazing to see both sides, but if I have to choose, the Argentina side is better.(But on the Brazil side you have a better view of all falls)

    We also saw Amadeus and Lucie (UK) from Buenos Aires again, because they arrived today in Puerto Iguazu as well.

    After arriving in Puerto Iguazu again, we went to a place where we saw two river crossing. We were able to see the Argentinian, Paraguay and Brazil side at once!

    Tomorrow we are heading to Buenos Aires and then to bariloche (Beginning of Patagonia in the north.

    I decided to skip the rest of Patagonia in Argentina (El chalten, el calafate and Ushia). El chalten had unfortunately no accommodation 10 days in advance!!🥲 and for only the Perito Moreno in el calafate it is not worth it for me to go there. Fucking main season..

    I will head to Puerto Varas and Santiago de Chile after Bariloche I think.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 10

    Iguazu falls✅5h stay BA 🔜Bariloche

    January 12, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    In the evening of the second day in Puerto Iguazu we also cooked some food #freestyle #wraps.

    In the morning our hostel owner showed us, how you make Mate 🧉 in the perfect way. (45 % ankle of the mate, only a little bit water. It is better than coffee, because coffee only pushes you shortly. Because you drink mate slowly and you fill up the water often, you get energy all the time. Do not move the straw! 80% mate, 20% hot/cold water. When u move the straw inside the mate cup at the first time, hold him shut. The first swallows are sour, you puck them out. As a flavour you can add the peel of a orange or a little bit tee. After your thermo- bottle full of water is empty, you change the mate cup. Everyone has his own mate cup and straw and in the best way inside of the mate-cup aluminium. I already saw a lot of people at the bus transfers as well at the Iguazu falls with this thermo-bottles.

    We arrived in BA after 21 1/2 hours of bus drive. The drive was ok, I was able to sleep over night.

    After annaell and Lilly picked up money from western union, we went to their friend to pick up our backpack. She made pancakes and coffee for us🥹. (The friend is living with 12 other people at a 3 floor apartment and they are all exchange students)

    Now 25h of bus drive to Bariloche are in front of us.

    (I did not shawed my beard until I arrrived here and I quite like it😂)    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 11

    Arriving in Bariloche

    January 13, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    After 26h of transfer we arrived in bariloche!!
    It was interesting to see, that 1-5h after starting in BA, everywhere on the way were cows.
    After that we drove trough very dry area and it looked like the route 66 in the USA. When we drove to Bariloche we already saw amazing lakes with an unbelievable nature.

    Bariloche is the beginning of Patagonia and it is a lake Distrikt as well as inside of the National Park Nahuel Huapi. We bought some food for the next days and I went to my hostels after dinner in the girls hostel.
    My hostel is in a camping area, very funny 😂.
    There I met Massimo, Lur, Caro and Delfina from Argentina. I had a nice evening at the bonfire. Amazing people and inspiring conversations. They also gave me recommendations for hiking in this incredible nature.

    I am really looking forward for hiking and being at the lake. I also booked my bus in 4 days to Puerto varas, a lake Distrikt in Chile.    Read more

  • TravelerSouth- and Central America
    Day 12

    Refugio frey, 9h hike, 32km in summary

    January 14, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    I already felt in love in bariloche! Now I unterstand why so many Argentinians are going to this place on holiday. The lakes & the nature are so amazing!! It remembers me to largo so Garda in Italy a little bit, without hiking.😂

    Today we made a 9h hike to the Frey Refugio. We had a cringe way at the beginning, so we went trough a path which was not given😂 we all got full of a thing I don’t know 😂

    On the way to refugio Frey we met a guy, who is sleeping over me at the hostel dorm, very funny😂
    At the top it began to rain and I was not prepared for that😂so little bit cold 🥶 we got in touch with Argentinians during eating and they gave us mate- amazing 😍

    Unfortunately Lilli hurted her knee, hopefully it will be better soon.
    In the evening I had dinner at the girls hostel. Because I met Maxi from the same town of myself I enjoyed the evening with him at the bonfire. So crazy, that I met him here at my accommodation!!    Read more

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