• The clowns of Tafi de Valle

    Last year, when i was travelling in Laos, I met Caro and Sole, two wonderful Argentinian girls also exploring the world. When my travels brought me to their home town of Tucuman in northern Argentina I had to visit them. We went to Tafi de Valle together with some more of their friends and how [...]

    The clown of Tafi de Valle

  • Snaps from the food markets of Santiago and Valparaiso

    I haven’t had use for them in ages, luckily, but my dodging-annoyingly-pushy-sellers skills have to be employed as soon as I enter Mercado Central in Santiago Chile. “Linda, ¿de dónde eres? would you like some lunch? We have the best fish at the market” “We are the only restaurant with toilets inside” “Good prices, good [...]

    Fish market, central mercado, Santiago, Chile

  • The top of Arcoiris – or the time I fell in love with Chile

    It was all coincidences that had lead me to Cochamó, that had made me venture through the ancient moss clad forest on a century old horse trail all by myself, and that had taken me here, to the top of Arcoiris, where I now could see the Osorno volcano – yet again – in the [...]

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  • Climbing Villarica – one of Chile’s most active volcanoes

    The sun is rising just as the minibus halts at the ski center, painting the sky in various tones of pink and orange. We’re about 1800 meters above sea level and already the views are quite breathtaking, but we have about a thousand meters to ascend by foot to reach the crater and the summit. [...]

    Climbing the Villarica Volcano, Chile

  • The road to Cochamó valley

    Some places the road is almost like a corridor. Steep walls – partly covered in bright green moss – rise on both sides of the narrow path. It has been used to transport cattle and smuggle goods between Argentina and Chile – hoofs digging the path deeper and deeper into the soft ground – for [...]

    The road to Cochamo Valley, Chile

  • Snaps from a sunset – Chaiten, Chile

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  • Reaching the top of Cerro Lopez: The time I learned to always follow the red arrows

    When I caught a glimpse of the red and white arrow painted on to the rocks in front of me I felt a wave of relief, finally back on track. At first I thought it pointed towards the top, Cerro Lopez here we come, but then I noticed the white text below it: “R. Lopez” [...]

    Cerro Lopez, Bariloche

  • The desolate clowns of Chaitén

    We were going hiking, that was the plan. The National park near the town of Chaitén was supposed to be gorgeous. The hikes beautiful. There was only one problem; we couldn’t do any day hikes there as there was only one bus a day to the park. We could go there, but we wouldn’t be [...]

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Wine tasting in Mendoza

Touring the vineyards of Mendoza by bike

I swirl my glass around, letting the Malbec wine twist and turn and supposedly release more of its natural aromas, while the lady in charge of the wine tasting explains about the wine, grapes and the aging process in a barrel. I feel slightly out of place, standing there with a glass of twisting red [...]

Demonstrations in Valparaiso, Chile

The time I missed out on a demonstration gone wild in Valparaiso

“I got caught up in this crazy demonstration in Valparaiso yesterday!” the British guy in front of me says as he fishes out his iPhone and starts showing me pictures of carpets of tear gas, people running with scarfs covering their faces, water cannons and heavily geared riot police detaining demonstrators. “In Valparaiso, yesterday?!” I [...]

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The thirst-drenched clown of Ischigualasto