Chantal and Thomas on the road
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…..the last days in Chile
The flag of Argentina became smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror as we headed west from “Paso Cristo Redentor” over the gravel road towards the tarred strip further down. Yes, our days were numbered in the southern part of South America and the date for the car drop-off in the port of “San Antonio” was sent to us via WhatsApp a few hours ago. Read More
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…further in the waiting loop!
Our additional loop stretched from Bolivia further into the northern part of Argentina, with the hope that the impossible would still be possible. It is true that our travel organisation in faraway Germany was under heavy pressure, but as long as the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany did not reduce the travel warning, a further journey northwards through Peru is hardly possible – as far as the legal situation is concerned for an organised trip by a German company. Despite all these problems and inconsistencies, we would like to pay tribute to the person in charge of Panamericana and his team on site; they responded to almost all our wishes and suggestions and turned the almost impossible into an acceptable onward journey again. Read More
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….in waiting loop!
The entry into Bolivia, coming from Chile, was extreme. No, not the landscape, which is very beautiful and varied, but the whole thing around it and how the people live. For us Europeans, and we count ourselves among them, the everyday chaos is both fascinating and daunting. Upon arrival in “La Paz”, we were already overwhelmed. In the following days, we asked ourselves again and again how anything could still function in such chaos. Read More