After 2.5 months in Brazil, our last highlight is in the very south of the country: the Iguaçu waterfalls located in the three-country corner…
Category: On the road
Good journey, René!
We have just received the tragic news of the death of René Larraguibel, one of our very few travel friends, whom we have on…
Adventure Pantanal …. and lovely bonito
On a Saturday morning we drive out of the megacity Sao Paulo and look forward to adventures of a different kind again: nature, animals,…
What contrasts: Rio, São Paulo, Parati: And we survived without any problems!
The cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are considered very dangerous. Since we have met Brazil - contrary to all the warnings…
The paradise in the east of Brazil: sun, beach and turquoise sea
In northeastern Brazil (northwest of Natal – the city closest to Africa and the easternmost "tip" of South America), the beaches were already great:…
At last, dreams, wind and … holidays
As soon as the stressful Transamazonica is over and Shujaa undergoes a thorough wash - which this time lasted a little longer than usual…
Transamazonica Adventure – Can we beat the challenge?
What have we not already heard and read about the Transamazonica: Murderous tracks that you never want to do again, impassable in the rainy…
Wedding, lunch-sit-in, ceremony with the shaman and there was something else … oh yes, Cusco and Machu Picchu
Sometimes, even with well-organized Overlanders, everything comes differently than you might think or plan: we celebrate a rushing wedding, have a sit-in barbecue next…
Lima – the supposed moloch and a new inverter
You can hear a lot of bad things about Lima: a huge, stinking moloch with 24-hour traffic chaos, huge slums and high crime rate.…