Nicaragua has the largest lake (Lake Nicaragua) in Central America, with fresh water sharks and Ometepe, a double-volcano island in the middle.
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February 25, 2010
Nicaragua
February 11, 2010
Panama – splitting the continents
Panama Canal is a very interesting piece of technology. This 80km water track connecting Atlantic and Pacific consists of a canal and a huge artificial lake 26m above the sea level. The ships are lifted to the lake level with the help of huge locks (“sluza” in Polish) – simple yet powerful technique. Read the rest of this entry »
February 8, 2010
Cartagena
At the moment we’re observing the sunset sitting in front of our bungalow at Playa Blanca, a beech on one island in northern Colombia. Crabs are staring to come out Read the rest of this entry »
February 4, 2010
Salsa Colombia, i.e., South of Colombia
No salsa photos, sorry
Colombia is thought to be dangerous, with cocaine mafia every corner and guerrilla fighters behind every tree. We’ve traversed its green heart without any problems. It is a beautiful country still to be discovered by tourists who for many years kept out of here. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1, 2010
Ecuador – South America in a capsule
Ecuador is South America in a capsule – it has high mountains, rivers, ocean, islands, beaches, volcanoes, jungles, … and it is relatively small Read the rest of this entry »
January 30, 2010
Saturday’s market in Otovalo
We’ve visited Otovalo just before entering Colombia. It is famous for its Saturday market, claimed to be the biggest in South America. It was an interesting experience indeed. Read the rest of this entry »
January 23, 2010
Valparaiso
We’ve decided to spend the remaining 3 days to our flight in an interesting port city of Valparaiso and a neighboring beach resort of Vina del Mar. Read the rest of this entry »
December 20, 2009
DJ-ing in Santiago
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Between Patagonia and Easter Island, we had a 3 days long stopover in Santiago, Chile. This vast city looks best from the peaks of the neighboring hills.
November 30, 2009
Back in Switzerland!
We are again surrounded by high mountains, peaks covered with snow, deep valleys, blue/green lakes, chocolate stores, wooden mountain huts and nice ski resorts. We missed them all so much! We have a view on a 100km long, banana-shaped lake, with mountains just next to it. I bet they have a Read the rest of this entry »
November 22, 2009
Buenos Aires
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BA is a city of contrasts. The rich modern Puerto Madero district neighbors with the local ‘favelas’. The saying ‘rich get richer, poor get poorer’ is very true here. Indeed, this was one of the observations that inspired Che Gevara and gave him revolutionary thoughts.
The metropolis, the home of 1/3 of Argentina’s population, Read the rest of this entry »