http://rutaluna.eu Latin American Travels Blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 23rd October 2009 – Pamplona I had to get up early to repeat the ritual of pouring money into the parking machine, which is becoming a significant  expense and something that we had not anticipated.  Our accommodation in the towns in which we have overnighted so far – Girona, Huesca, and ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/10/23/at-last-a-place-we-really-like/ 22nd October 2009 - Pamplona Huesca awoke to rain.  We took a look out of our window and as we had already done some sightseeing, and were not massively taken with the town as a potential hostel location, we decided to move on.  We had planned a rough route around Northern ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/10/22/anyone-for-skiing/ 21st October 2009 - Huesca Dismayed with Catalunya Jana and I arrived in Girona (Ryanair's version of Barcelona) late on Tuesday and drove our rather feeble hire car into Girona for some much needed rest.  We got rather confused driving around the old town of Girona at night and in the end ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/10/21/no-homage-to-catalunya/ From Antigua we carried on quite quickly to Flores, the gateway to Tikal. Probably the most impressive Maya Ruins ever discovered. The city is majestic and the 61 meter high Temples towering over the jungle canopy. Climbing some of the temples and seeing jungle for miles and miles on end ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/08/17/from-maya-ruins-to-caribbean-paradise/ 14th August 2009, Flores, Guatemala There is one place in Central America that I regret not visiting on my last trip. It is impossible to do everything and a mistake to try because you are always rushing to the next temple/volcano/beach. Tikal however is one of the highlights of ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/08/14/tikal/ After wrapping up our fastly accumulated live in Granada we are on the road again and arrived yesterday in beautiful Antigua in Guatemala. Leaving Granada and the job are one thing but having to leave little Oscar and Ometepe is a totally different thing. We really come to love our ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/08/12/on-the-road-again/ I better write this one in English, if you all ever want to find out if we arrived in beautiful Granada, as I don't want to make you wait until Luke gets his act together and writes some more on the subject. Although we both have been pretty lazy since we ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/06/04/return-to-granada/ Erstmal entschuldige ich mich das ich schon so lange nichts mehr von mir hören lassen habe. Die letzten zwei Wochen waren echt hektisch und wir sind von Chile nach Argentinien, nach Paraguay, Brasilien und dann wieder Argentinien getourt und das alles in so einer kurzen Zeit. Hat sich aber wie ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/04/12/the-last-days-goodbye-south-america/ In Uyuni angekommen haben wir und Ed, den wir schon in Potosi kennen gelernt haben, uns für einen Trip nach Chile entschieden. Hier nach Uyuni kommt keiner ohne die Salzwüste zu sehen und da wir sowieso in Richtung Süden reisen dachten wir gucken wir uns noch mal ein bisschen ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/03/28/uyunis-saltflats-and-a-long-ride-to-chile/ Wir haben die schöne Stadt Sucre verlassen und fuhren nach Potosi. In Sucre haben wir leider nicht genug Zeit verbracht aber seit dem wir mitte April einen Flug von Buenos Aires haben, können wir nicht mehr so Rumschlendern wie wir es bisjetzt gemacht haben. Sucre war bestimmt einer der schönsten ... http://rutaluna.eu/2009/03/28/from-the-culture-of-sucre-to-the-mines-of-potosi/