Patagonian landscapes are a good reason to get a car and make a longer roadtrip here. I was traveling with a Gap Adventure tour (the Lake district highlight) and we had for most of the time our own wan. It was nice to be able to stop where ever to photograph…but the sceneries are just so beautiful it´s hard to keep on moving…If I ever come back, I´ll go snowboarding in Bariloche too, now I spent one day in Chapelco - with lots of snow!! Both sites are super...

Chile, San Pedro de Atacama This small town was filled with backpackers, heading to all kinds of adventures. Our adventure group had really really good food hear, theres´s many nice restaurants, not for shoestring travelers though…the visit to the world´s driest desert Atacama was great, but I really wished I had more time to e.g. explore the area by rental bike and one thing I wanted to do was to go sand boarding. Anyway, just walking around this huge area ...