6 hours ride from Uyuni on a height of over 4000 meters lies the city of Potosí. Potosí used to be a very rich city in the 17th century, due to its large resources in silver and zinc. Until today Potosí’s biggest income comes from silver mining. Due to its past the city has a …
A must do for all visitors of Bolivia. It is the biggest and probably most famous attraction of the country and once you see the salt desert of Uyuni with your own eyes you truly understand why. The photogenic landscape of Uyuni is truly marvelous and in it’s size and beauty surely one of a …
Most Europeans believe La Paz to be the capital of Bolivia. That is wrong. Officially Sucre is the capital of Bolivia, but La Paz is the seat of the government. With an average height of 3600 meters it is the highest executive seat in the world. While the city center lies in a valley on …
The highest navigable lake in the world and the largest sweet water lake in South America…Titicaca is probably a lake everybody has heard of. While the bigger part lies in Peru, in our opinion the more beautiful side belongs to Bolivia. The biggest city/town on the Bolivian site of the lake is called Copacabana, spelled …
Playa del Carmen: This Sum-Up will be a short one. If you are looking for sun and party go to Playa del Carmen, if you dram of stunning beaches, beautiful nature or something authentic then leave it out. We knew more or less what we were going to find in Playa del Carmen, but we …
Bacalar was simply amazing! The town is named after it’s huge, crystal blue lagoon. There are not many hostel options and that is a good thing. We wanted to save some bucks and decided to book the Hostel with the lowest price and rating on „Hostelworld“ „Casa Lahar“. While private rooms are quite pricy, the …
If you are heading to Tulum from Merida, the bus ride shouldn’t cost more than 5€ and take approx. 4 hours. Tulum is famous for its Mayan ruins, the beach and for a hip town/city. After reading so much about Yucatan and dreaming for years to come and visit, we have to admit, our expectations …
After a short stay in Oaxaca we readied ourselves for the next bus ride: 30 hours until Merida. All bus rides in Mexico will be with the company ADO. ADO has the monopoly in the market, even smaller bus companies that operate under a different name are owned by them. For all mayor routes you …
In order to get to Oaxaca City, we took a bus from Puerto Escondido, which lies in the same state and still it took us 11 hours bus–ride to get to the state-capital: Oaxaca City. So yes guys, Mexico is big and the distances can be quite big. Oaxaca is a city filled with culture, …
After some cloudy days in Mexico City (with an average of 15 degrees day temperature) we felt in need of sun and beach. We had heard from several travelers about Puerto Escondido and decided to head there. Keep in mind Puerto Escondido is far away from Mexico City (20 hours bus ride). Our Mexican friends …
