Ons 14e land deze reis is Chili, dat lange smalle land ten westen van Argentinië. Waarschijnlijk gaan we er 7 februari 2007 binnenkomen vanuit Argentinië.

Our 14th country this trip is Chili. We will enter it around the 7th of februari 2007.

Laatste route update: 18 mrt 2007, Ushuaia (Argentina): 

argentinie                          

Ons thuisland, moederland etc. Donderdag 16 november 2006 zijn we, helaas vanwege familieomstandigheden, teruggekomen naar Nederland.

Our homecountry. Unfortunately, we had to return the 16th of november, 2006, due to family business.

Laatste route update: 20-nov-2006, Koog aan de Zaan: 

Ons 13e land deze reis is Argentinië, het land van steaks, wijnen, gletsjers en Maxima! 9 november 2006 zijn we hier vanuit Bolivia binnengekomen.

Our 13th country this trip is Argentina, the country of steaks, wines, gletsjers and Maxima (our future queen). We entered it the 9th of november 2006.

Laatste route update: 18 mrt 2007, Ushuaia: 

Bolivia                          Nederland

                                     Chili

YES!!! It is still posible to get into the famous San Pedro jail in La Paz. Previously, you could get a tour, but that's over now. Now you have to do a little more work, but it's worth it. But... be quick, because rumours go that the government first wants to get rid of the foreigners in the jail and second, transfer the building into a hospital. And all what's left then is the famous book  Marching Powder, to give you an idea how it's like inside.

Het 12e land van onze reis is Bolivia. Op 27 augustus 2006 zijn we er vanuit Peru aan gekomen.

Our 12th country of this trip is Bolivia. We entered it the 27th of August 2006.

Laatste route update: 7 november 2006, Tupiza, Bolivia

Machu Picchu is one of the highlights of Peru and one of the most expensive. If you look in guidebooks and go to the tourist office in Cuzco they will tell you that there are only two ways of getting to Machu Piccu, by train, the cheapest option 44 USD return, or hiking the Inca trail or other hikes offered by the tour agencies, which all are very expensive.

By looking on the thorntree of LP we found another way, taking busses to Santa Maria, Santa Teresa and Hidroelectrico and walking the last 10 km to Aguas Calientes. This will cost about 8 USD. And because we didn't wanted to return the way we came we walked from Aguas Calientes to Km 82 for free. from there you can take a bus (1 SOL = 33 USDcent) to Ollantaytambo or decide to walk the last kilometers.

Het 11e land van onze reis is Peru. Op 1 juni 2006 zijn we er vanuit Ecuador aan gekomen.

Our 11th country of this trip is Peru. We entered it the 1st of June 2006.

Laatste update: 13 aug 2006, Cuzco, Peru

Galápagos is a great experience but also an expensive one. If you start orientating, you soon discover the prices of cruises start around 1000 USD for a 8 day tour. Not a real budget option for many people. And because most people think that a cruise is the only option to "do" the Galapagos, they skip it entirely. But... you CAN do it on your own, there are budget accomodations, there are boats between the islands, and without doing the more-day-tours you cán see a lot. Because most people don't know that we wrote this article.

We had a lot of discussions on the thorntree discusion forum, people thought we had the opinion that doing it "our" way was better. But, we do NOT want to say that, we don't want to say that doing a tour is a waste of your money. But ... not all people want or can afford these tours. We enjoyed our way very much, very relaxed and we saw a lot. But ofcourse, by cruise you get to places you can not go on your own. But on the other hand, we've been to places where the cruise-people don't go. So, maybe the best way is, to do both ways, by cruise AND on your own.

Ons 10e land van onze reis is Ecuador, voornemelijk bekend vanwege de Galapagos eilanden. 17 april 2006 zijn we daar vanuit Colombia aangekomen.

Our 10th country of this trip. The 17th of April 2006 we entered Ecuador.

Laatste update: 26 mei 2006, Cuenca

Zuid Amerika begon voor ons met Colombia. 29 januari 2006 vlogen we er vanaf Panama City naartoe.

South America started for us with Colombia. The 29th of januari we flew there from Panama City.

Laatste update: 18 april 2006, Quito

In this article with Panama City Tips, we'll give you info about a very nice hostel, a superfast and cheap internet place, and cheap, filling and traditional Panamanian food "Mamallena".

Mamallena Backpackers
Mamallena is not only the name of food, it's also the name of a new hostel in Panama City. Started by a Belgium guy Xavier and his Panamanian girlfriend Isabel. As always with our tips, it's not mentioned in the guidebooks, but ABSOLUTELY worth going. It's clean, spacey, has good beds, includes breakfast and internet, located in a nice, safe area with shops etc. and just has a very nice atmosphere. Especially that atmosphere makes people come back. Right now they have 2 dorms with airco, a kitchen, a big terrace, and livingroom with cable tv. To find it, look in the guidebooks for the Voyager, Mamallena is located right next to it. See also their Mamallena website, or our fotoalbum of Mamallena pictures.