Finally I arrived in Lima, capital of Peru, last stop of my journey. At this point of time I was not really eager any more to do a lot of things. I felt in need of holidays. That may sound strange to you but I can tell you: to sunbathe on the beach owned by a hotel in Mallorca or to do backpacking e.g. in South America are two very different things! I don't know how it feels to sunbathe in Mallorca (I even don't want to know it) but I can assure you that backpa...

Leaving back Pascal (returning slowly to Panama) and Katerina (heading to Rio do Janeiro) in Iguazú was quite hard for Pascal's sister Marion and me. However, saying goodbye was still possible without crying because we promised to visit each other in the future which made it less painful. You also have to know (if you don't know it yet) that the type of saying goodbye when travelling differs from the "normal" one. Travellers come and go, as you do yourself. Yo...

My way back from Bolivia to Salta, Argentina, took me one day and one night in total: a bumpy ride on a jeep, some hours in taxis (where I talked with the drivers about Bolivia and Austria where you won´t find any cangaroos) and some hours in a bus. I only spent some hours in Salta, hanging around in an internet café, eating a spongy pizza and watching the celebration of the 25th of May on the main plaza in honour of the now more then 200 years old indepe...

6 days in Bolivia As I mentioned in my previous blog I organised a 6 days trip to Bolivia in Salta. I chose a private transfer service to get to the Bolivian city Tupiza in the southwest of the country in the province of Potosí because for me it appeared too dangerous to go alone using the bus or train. Just seconds after crossing the border from Argentina to Bolivia I noticed a huge difference in the look of the people and the general "feeling". _____________...

After just 17 hours in a bus from San Juan I arrived in Salta. Only half a minute later after I got off, my couchsurfer Rosa greeted me on the terminal. She was working for "her" hostel, picking up tourists to invite them to stay there. Of the two hours left until Rosa finished her shift we spent one hour talking about couchsurfing, books, school, sisters and brothers and other stuff I can't remember right now. From the first moment she seemed to be very sy...