Mompox - a place of history, literature and imagination. Gabriel García Márquez is said to have used it as a reference for Macondo, the main town of his classic novel 100 Years of Solitude (defitine reading recommendation by the way!). Visitors of Mompox can easily imagine sitting here, right next to the beautiful river, letting... Continue Reading →
Chile was one of the countries we never really planned to visit during our trip. However, when we tried to find the cheapest flight from southern Bolivia to northern Colombia we ended up with a flight from Iquique in North-Chile. It was not the best connection, given we had to fly 1.500km into the exactly... Continue Reading →
During our two-week organized tour through Peru with a group of Austrian philosophy and history enthusiasts we learned a lot about pre-Columbian cultures of the Andes. In this post we would like to summarize a few main concepts that seem to transcend time and geography in Peru and the Andes region. These cosmological concepts and... Continue Reading →
Most tourists who come to Peru fly into Lima and then directly proceed to the south, visiting the touristic hot spots of Cusco, Machu Picchu, Arequipa and Lake Titicaca. Peru however is a huge country and we would like to present a few arguments why it is extremely rewarding to explore what lies north of... Continue Reading →
Tanja & Christoph on the Road 