New Zeeland welcomed us with a cold breeze. At least that’s how it felt after the warmth of Fijian beaches.
May 16, 2010
April 7, 2010
Amazing Cascades and Scary Spiders
Somewhere in the middle of Guatemala, there is a beautiful place called Semuc Champey. It is surrounded by hills covered with thick forests, cut by clean and refreshing rivers, and drilled by mysterious caves inhabited by thousands of bats. There were also scary spider-like creatures in one of these caves, which made Marta stay at home, of course. But probably the most amazing place was the series of several calm cascades with pools of crystal clear water in between. Marta was exploring their underwater part (she is still addicted to diving). I was admiring the interesting engineering design of Nature – most of the river water was actually passing under the pools, forming a 300m long bridge!
April 4, 2010
Antigua: the smell of burning shoe soles, dyed wood dust and incenses.
People here in Antigua, Guatemala, get really crazy during the Holly Week of Easter. Various religious processions circulate simultaneously the streets of this beautiful colonial town. The climax is on Good Friday, when 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 12, 2010
Aconcagua in a weekend *
* almost; round trip from the base camp
Have you ever seen the book series ‘x in a weekend’ e.g., Tennis, Skiing, Sailing – a crash course manual that should teach you this activity in one weekend only? Well, in the case of climbing Aconcagua, this title could be indeed true. We’ve done it ourselves, almost. Read the rest of this entry »
January 3, 2010
New Year Eve at 4200m
Easter Island was nice, but a bit too low in altitude for us – a bit too much of air to breathe. When we came back onto the continent, we went straight to the mountains around Mendoza, Argentina, to the region of Cordon del Plata. It was such a relief to sleep at 4200m, Read the rest of this entry »
December 15, 2009
Torres del Paine – the W trekking
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The hike we did is in the shape of a letter “W”, and is called so. We started with an “I” hike. Next, we continued to “L”. On day three, we already drew “U”, and one day later the entire “W” was done. Read the rest of this entry »
December 7, 2009
Perito Moreno Glacier
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Forget Swiss Aletsch or French Merde Glace (I meant Mer de Glace) on the slopes of Mont Blanc! The glacier Perito Moreno knocked our socks off! It is a 5km wide, 30km long, river of ice. More importantly, it ends directly in a lake, in a form of a 60m tall wall of ice. Read the rest of this entry »
December 5, 2009
Mighty Fitz Roy and jaw-dropping Cerro Torre
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We were afraid that, spoiled in Switzerland, we are not able to admire other mountains. We were wrong. Read the rest of this entry »