Country Guides
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Paraguay-Brazil border and visit the Iguazu Falls from Ciudad del Este
Part 1: How to cross the Paraguay-Brazil border? Ciudad del Este – Foz do Iguaçu Ciudad del Este is a shopping paradise for Brazilians and Argentines, and everything has been done to make their shopping experience the best possible (themed shopping malls, several currencies accepted, bilingual staff…). The Paraguay-Brazil border crossing is super easy for Paraguayans, Argentines and Brazilians For other countries, you will need, in addition, two stamps Note: if you do not plan to spend a night in Brazil, you aren’t obliged to ask for exit/entry stamps. The Iguazu Falls on the Brazilian side can be visited in a few hours, you can possibly stay in Ciudad del…
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Visit Paraguay in 9 days: Travel Guide, assessment, itinerary, tips, tricks
Paraguay was added to our itinerary on a whim: the result of our research to connect Bolivia to Iguazú or Buenos Aires. We armed ourselves with Google Flights and Google Maps and both confirmed that Paraguay was the place to be. Being still very little tourist (there is no must-see like the salar of Uyuni or the falls of Iguazu), Paraguay is one of the places allowing to take advantage of the carnival way South America at small price. Balance sheet Overall, we rather enjoyed our stay in Paraguay. Apart from the heat (reaching 41°C at the end of February), it’s a country where we see ourselves living between 1…
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Bolivia in 20 days: Review, itinerary, guide and advice
That’s it! We have just left Bolivia, a real “coup de coeur ” for us who did not expect much from this country (due to Antoine de Maximy’s report: I’ll sleep at your place). Our itinerary is a little chaotic since we had to go very quickly to visit Machu Picchu to take advantage of the last sunny days before the rainy season. Enough chatting, let’s go to the content. If we had to do it again, we would have visited Peru first and then go back down to Bolivia. Itinerary Uyuni and the salt desert (3 days): 9h bus from Calama in Chile. Visiting the salt desert flooded mid-January…
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12 days in Peru: Itinerary, budget, guide, advice
There are two places in Peru that we wanted to visit absolutely: Machu Picchu and the lake Titicaca on the Peruvian side. Because of the lack of time, we did not devote the time that it was necessary to visit the surroundings of these two zones. Itinerary Cusco (3 days) : night bus from Copacabana (Bolivia). Rest and visit of the Sacred Valley with an agency Machu Picchu (3 days) : train from Ollantaytambo and two nights in Aguas Calientes Cusco (2 days) : rest, visit of Rainbow Mountain Puno (2 days): night bus from Cusco. Rest. Lake Titicaca: Visit of Uros Island, Floating Islands and Taquile Island Back to…
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One month in Chile: Itinerary, balance sheet, budget, guide, advice
We didn’t expect to stay in Chile for so long. Apart from Easter Island, we had no other must-see planned for Chile. The beginnings were not simple: Chilean Spanish sounded like a slap in the face: incomprehensible. But we didn’t give up: after Argentina, we went back there to travel the whole country, from South to North. Itinerary Easter Island (4 days): Round-the-world ticket from Papeete. Visit of the island with a 4×4 Santiago (3 days) : Round the world ticket. Linguistic shock. We tried to understand Chilean Spanish, but without success. Hence our rather precipitous departure for Argentina Punta Arenas (1 day): Flight from Santiago. Visit of Magallanes Island…
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How to go from San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) to Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) by bus
There are 4 ways to get to the Salar de Uyuni from San Pedro de Atacama. It’s up to you to choose according to your desire, your ability to withstand the high altitude and the thickness of your wallet 🙂 All prices are for one person. Exchange rates in January 2017 1 USD = 0,93€ 1$B = 0,137€ 1000$CH =1,42€ 1$AR = 0,06€ Option 1: Jeep from San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni. Duration: 3-4 days. Cost: US$200 It is the simplest option and sold by all the agencies in San Pedro de Atacama and also detailed in the Lonely Planet. The plusses This is the shortest way to connect…
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Road Trip New Zealand in 27 days: Itinerary, Travel Guide and Budget
This article gives you our detailed 27-day itinerary to show you that it is possible to visit all the must-see places in the NZ in less than a month. For a brief description (and photos) of the cities visited, I invite you to consult the itineraries made by the pros of the NZ, Kiwipal as this article is already quite long. We took inspiration from these itineraries(even if they are unfortunately poor in terms of travel time estimation) to establish our own. We started our journey in Christchurch and ended up in Auckland (the van rental is cheaper in that direction). The total journey by car is 5500km, the equivalent…
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Philippines: 18-day itinerary, budget and advice
We hadn’t planned to go to the Philippines but to sulk China (which is in cold with Vietnam, my country), we wanted to choose a friendly country in Southeast Asia: the Philippines This is THE country of digital nomads. We have chosen to explore only 2 regions during this first trip to the Philippines: Palawan & Mindoro, to get a glimpse of the Filipino aquatic world and also to try to understand why so many French people are expatriating here Our itinerary We are quite proud of this route which is optimal (in our opinion) in terms of the sequence of different transports. There are several days where you spend…
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Burma / Myanmar: Travel Guide, budget & 12-day Itinerary
We chose the following 12-day itinerary from Bangkok to Hanoi: Mandalay (4 nights), Day boat from 12h to Bagan (3 nights), Day bus from 8h to Inle Lake (2 nights), Day bus from 8h to return to Mandalay (2 nights). If we had to do it all over again, we would have chosen the following itinerary, for 11 nights, 12 days: Mandalay: 3 nights. Arrival preferably on a Thursday or Sunday. Day 1: Visit of the Royal Palace. Day 2 : Visit Mandalay Hill and the pagodas next door + Mahamuni by scooter. Movie session at Diamond Plaza. Day 3: Visit Amarapura, Sagang or Inwa by scooter or cab. Bagan:…
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17 days in Thailand: Our itinerary, Country Travel Guide & Budget
Thailand has been added to the list for a simple reason of cost: the plane ticket between Kathmandu and Mandalay is too expensive. Going through Bangkok reduces this cost by -50%. That’s how we found ourselves for two weeks in Thailand, a country we have never visited before but from which we heard so much good that we had to check it out for ourselves. We went there in August 2016, in the middle of the monsoon. Here is our itinerary for 17 days Bangkok (2 nights) : Late arrival in the evening. We could only visit Wat Po. The rest of the time was spent shopping, eating and eating…
