Carretera Austral in Chile is a must-see for everyone travelling through South America. This is the only road that connects the villages in Chilean Patagonia.
The Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland islands are with relatively mild climates, with temperatures above freezing in the summer and liquid water. They are
Ivan: Going to Antarctica was neither planned nor budgeted in our travel plans. We were supposed to reach Ushuaia, then turn around and drive back
Punta Arenas and the end of the world in Chile It is a funny feeling when after four mounts driving you finally reach a road
In an interview about the Oscar nomination for her role in Titanic, the 86 years old Gloria Stuart said – “When I graduated from Santa
If you ignore the occasional palm trees, driving from Buenos Aires to Cordoba looks like driving in Southern Ontario in the middle of the summer.
With special thanks to Ludmil Radenkov, Peter Aidemirski, Nandsh Yajnik and Ivan Sharankov Jr My Ivan lost his Canadian driver’s license on our first South
If you fall down from the sky in Montevideo, you can instantly recognize the place by the people walking on the streets with mate cups
The small, cute Uruguay is squeezed between massive Brazil and lengthy Argentina. With little more than 3 million people and 13 million cows, the people
When we prepared for our trip, we studied Spanish for a few months. We are far from fluent, but we know enough to get along
When we heard about the famous Wanda gem mines in Argentina, we put immediately a pin on the map. I have a great passion for
Ivan: I think I have seen many different types of borders – the non-existing EU borders which you can cross at highway speed, the ex-communist
The Lagunas of Bolivia were extremely beautiful, awfully cold and stark places. We left Uyuni driving east and I welcomed the sight of the first
Bolivia’s train cemetery close to Uyuni The small village of Uyuni has recently become popular because of the tourist obsession with the salt flats. It
After climbing Rainbow Mountain and staying for a few days around Lake Titicaca, Ivan didn’t feel very well. We weren’t sure if this was some