December - 2017

BUSINESSAND

BACKPACK

One of the things I’m often asked is "How on earth did you get started with all this?”

For as long as I can remember, I've loved to both travel and share my passions, peeves, and points of view with others around me. For the last 5 years I have had the privilege of a job which brings me to interesting corners of the world.

Businessandbackpack is a new project that aims to provide a single home for all the impressions from my travels, both work-related and personal. Explore my site, and enjoy.

Die südlichste Stadt der Welt/ The southern-most city in the world

(Scroll down for English) Das ist jetzt mein dritter Versuch diesen Post zu schreiben - mein Handy war bis jetzt nicht sehr kooperativ. Aber aller guten Dinge sind ja drei. Und wir sind da - angekommen in Ushuaia, 4.700km Luftlinie von Rurrenabaque im Norden Boliviens von wo ich mich vor einem Monaten Richtung Süden aufgemacht habe und dem Endpunkt des 3. Teils* meiner Reise. Einmal rauszoomen und man sieht dass das mit dem Ende der Welt nicht soweit hergeholt ist, auf dem

Nearing the end of the world/ Fast am Ende der Welt

So, we just traveled another 1000km or so South and are now here: All in all, I covered quite a bit of distance since leaving Buenos Aires: The landscape has changed markedly since Bariloche which with lakes, trees and snow capped mountains looked a lot like back home in Switzerland. Now most of the vegetation is gone but the mountains are still there: And I know I am behind on writing but as my sister said, this means I am having fun and enjoying my vacation. And I promise

Bolivia: The Amazon/ Bolivien: Der Amazonas

Wednesday was my final day in La Paz. It started a bit slowly with a mini lie in, some calls to Germany and some packing. After that I just walked through town, revisiting some of the stops of the walking tour. I also took the red cable car up to hill to El Alto (which is at 4100m). Down in town there is a witches market, where you can buy all sorts of potions, llama fetuses and candy for Patcha Mama, the goddess of the earth. But up in El Alto is the real deal - a long row o

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