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Mountainous Monday: Cerro de los Siete Colores
There are mountains that you want to see just because they are high (Mount Cook, Mount McKinley) and there are mountains you want to see because they have a typical shape (Las Torres del Paine, the Matterhorn). But, there are also mountains, or to be more precise, one mountain, that I wanted to see because of its colors. The one I’m talking about is called Cerro de los Siete Colores, or Mountain of Seven Colors. Just open any guidebook of Argentina and you will see a picture of this mountain. It’s located in the northwestern province of Jujuy, next to the town of Purmamarca. We spent our morning exploring the…
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Hiking trail tale: Laguna de los Tres
While writing this article I’m flooded with mixed emotions. I’m sitting in my garden, listening to birds whistling, sniffing up the smell of lavender in bloom and hearing planes passing by. We live underneath one of the busiest flying routes in Europe and can almost always see or hear a plane flying by. I never gave it any thought they could be shot down from the sky just like that. Those things only happen in the movies. Not in real life, I thought. For me, who has a slight fear of flying, this means of traveling by plane will never be the same again. We travel bloggers cross the world…
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The best glaciers in the world!
A new episode in our natural wonders of the world series! Today we’ll be talking about glaciers. Unfortunately we haven’t been to the Arctics and Antarctics (yet) where they supposedly have some of the most amazing glaciers. However, we’d still like to share the world’s best glaciers with you, at least the ones we’ve seen! Can someone describe the sound of a calving glacier for us? Because we just can’t. Saying a piece of ice cracking and then hearing plunge into the water doesn’t do it justice. Neither does thundering sound or thrilling sound. We’re not native English speakers … Suggestions are more than welcome! 1. Perito Moreno – Argentina…
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Things to do in Ushuaia on a rainy day
Imagine traveling all the way to the end of the world, or as the locals call it: Fin del Mundo. Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world and from there, you can’t get that much further down south, at least not by car. The weather here can be impetuous. When it’s a good day, you are in one of the most inspiring places of South America. When it’s not a good day, well, it’s pretty depressing to be honest. Welcome to the end of the world, welcome to Ushuaia! You have to be lucky to get good weather in Ushuaia. It rains about 146 days a year and it’s always windy. Well,…
