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Hi friends!♥
Here I am. Belle. This will be my own post with own photos.
Every month I will tell you with photos something of my world.
What I did, what I love, … things which are important to me.
This month I would like to show you where we went to when friends and my mum and me went for a walk.
It was very cold but a nice scenery.
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1 somewhere out there, but not 25 km from Alaska
2 in the hot north
3 infirmary
4 pampas grass
5-9 by fire cut down woods
10 – 17 there where only continue for ships and no man at home
18 condor
19 – 23 herds of horses in Patagonia
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1. totem
2. condor
3. Andes
4. – 6. Area Volcano Osorno
7.near the Atacama – Desert
8.guinea fowl
9.-11. Shipping in the cold south
12.-14.penguin colony
15. Andes
Tierra del Fuego – the name sounds like a great gift for me.
As a child I have seen some TV movie, in which a man wanted to visit Tierra del Fuego.
The man was so excited that I thought – I was maybe seven or eight years old -
that must be the ultimate.
The greatest, the most adventurous, simply gigantic.
Just Tierra del Fuego.
I took the ferry from the mainland to the islands by bus part in the Argentine.
Up to Ushuaia, the most southern city in the world. Or as the locals call “el fin del mundo”.
I can still remember I arrived the city in the evening, the sun just went down and the city was laid in a beautiful light.
Of course, my goal was to walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin.
And yes, I was sailing the canal as he does it about two hundred years before me.
He with the HMS Beagle, I with a fast catamaran.
It was marvelous weather, icy cold air, but so clear. The catamaran drove past penguin and seal colonies. It past high mountains and green meadows.
And held at the Estancia Harberton, a sheep farm with (then) more than 5000 sheep.
The farm was founded by Thomas Bridge, the first settlers (except the Indians) of Tierra del Fuego.
For me, it was stunning. I was, who lives in the center of Europe, at the end of the world.
Solitude, silence, only the wind … and the infinity.
After I visited Tierra del Fuego, my journey was over.
Two months was a long time and I was homesick.
I wanted my bed, my books, I wanted to see the pictures that I had to develop even more,
I wanted to meet friends (at this time my friend got her baby … and now the boy is almost grown).
I wanted – how many German sure wish – eating black bread. Black bread with butter and chives and a boiled egg.
But I still have something for you -I’ll show you the next time the b / w shots of Chile.
There are not so many, so I think it goes in two posts 
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I had almost forgotten – but not quite!
There are a few more photos of Chile, which I want to show you yet.
After the long, long walk, I needed a break – andI went by car to the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina.
The trip to Argentina was a little tricky. The two countries were not friends then. (Maybe that’s different today?)
At any rate, I had to fill out countless papers with myriad data, answer questions, by looking car.
Then I went through a kind of no man’s land. A lone rider on the horizon, but otherwise: nothing long.
Then came the Argentine border post. And the same thing happened there. Many papers to fill out, answering questions, by looking car.
Interesting situation. It has paid off.
The way to Perito Moreno Glacier was long and the nature was the gigantic . In between there was snow and again – how many times in Patagonia – vastness.
The glaciers – something I have never seen – was huge.
He was in a blue. Not only in one blue, in many innumerable shades of blue.
He was lonely and located in complete silence. And he lived, repeatedly broke off huge chunks of ice. They fell into the water with a loud roar, high fountains shot up.
I stood there for hours.
Later there was a camp in the parc surrounding the glacier at which I was driving. And then happened the best thing I never expected.
Middle of the road was a Puma.
A large, free Puma.
And I in the car in front of him.
I was so fascinated by this predator, that the engine failed.
The puma was not interested in me, he strolled across the road, sitting on the edge and sharpened his claws on a tree!
I’ll tell you that I did not sleep that night in my tent. 
I stayed in the car, and it was very cozy.
Next time I will show you pictures of Tierra del Fuego.
These are pictures of a long, long hike – really very long – in the National Park Torres del Paine.
It begins at the park administration and led me up to Refugio Pehoe.
It was not only long, it was also very exhausting. Especially since I was not as proficient in hiking.
The weather alternated between sun and rain,
it was very cold, I wore all the clothes I had in my backpack, and it went from a constant wind, which I had never experienced in the measure.
I went into the wind, while I was at an angle of 30 degrees. Honest!
On the long walk, I met almost no one, I was alone and that was an incredibly exciting feeling. It’s as if you were suddenly all alone in this world.
Nature was – as usual in Chile – stunning, gigantic, indescribable. It was all very well, and large and open – the view was infinite.
The colors almost unreal, especially the blue of the lakes and rivers.
A dream, indeed.
And have a look at Menthe Blanche and her lovely MondayTrip!
Recently I made a trip with friends around the village Premberg in the Oberpfalz.
First we wandered a little up the hill. The view over the village
and the nearby river Naab was wonderful.
Then we wandered for a long time on grassland with many wonderful and colorful wild flowers
and at the end we visited the castle of Münchshofen (unfortunately only from the outside because it is privately owned).
*the last three photos were taken by my friend
- grass -
more posts all over the world can be found by Francesca of FuoriBorgo.
Next post on the south of Chile.
The last time I had arrived by boat in Puerto Natales.
I spent some time in a nice hotel before I borrowed a car and drove on the way to
the national park Torres del Paine.
The ride did not last long – less than two hours.
But there were two gigantic hours.
The scenery was breathtaking, the air was clear, the colors were so intentsiv,
I have never seen such a wide – such an infinite – country
And I’ve never seen such an incredibly beautiful light.
And have a look at Menthe Blanche and her lovely MondayTrip!
The southern part of Chile could happen either by bus to Argentina or by boat on the coast of Chile.
There was no direct path. It does not exist – no roads, no people, no settlements. Only wild.
My plan: Take the boat to the south (from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales) and a bus back to Santiago de Chile.
The boat trip lasted 4 days and 146o km.
The ship itself was very simple and functional. There were cabin for 3-6 people. I was in a 4-man cabin.
On the ship were almost exclusively backpackers from around the world. I’ve met people who traveled for six months across South America.
In the first part of the trip the weather was not too bad. It was pleasantly tepid, sometimes it was raining, sometimes the sun was shining.
We toured the entire trip on one island, where there were inhabitants. Puerto Edén – on the island lived the last Alakaluf-Indians. (Fig. 2)
The inhabitants live mainly from fishing. Our stay did not last long.
There was a second time, where we recorded passengers. On the third day of our journey, the ship was driven by a small boat, it rose to ten men. The small boat went off again. (Fig. 3)
These men were workers of a mine. They were picked up every few months to travel home. These men live in the middle of nowhere. There is nothing left, except wild.
One day the ship had to go out to sea. It fluctuated incredibly strong – and in the evening no one was on the ceiling because it was bad for all passengers.
During this time I had to hold even in bed, otherwise I would be rolled out.
Temperatures varied from the beginning of 17 degrees plus to 5 degrees plus later, and in the end it was snowing even.
It was bitterly cold, foggy, and the clouds hung low.
It was a fascinating journey. So much wildlife, so much originality I had never seen before.
It was huge, it impressive. And sometimes my breath faltered in the face of the pictures I saw.
Have a look at Menthe Blanche. She is back with nice pictures of the Loire river.
Hello friends, today there is a new series of my trip to Chile.
I find myself still in the land of lakes, it looks like at home -
very green, lots of rain and fog, and cows in the meadows.
One day I took a riding tour.
It lasted 6 hours – and was so incredibly hard as I ever could as a non-riders never have imagined.
Hard, but fascinating. Unfortunately, it rained incessantly.
We rode our horses in a group and our leader named Maurice. A small, funny Chilean, full of mischief.
We rode into the hills, across meadows and fields at the beginning,
everything is very green with flowering chestnuts, and later on slippery, muddy trails.
We discovered traces of which Maurice said, the cougar is on the way.
The view of the lake was breathtaking.
Here we took a picnic at the waterfall and Maurice told us, there are a lot of black widows. I saw none, but I was scared now.
At the end of the ride Maurice helped (and thus also my horse at a fast pace!) a farmer in driving his cows home. That was an adventure!
The next day I needed to rest, I had a murderous moderate muscle soreness. But then it went straight to the trek.
We drove into the Alerce – National Park. The National Park may be visited only with a tourist office and camping is forbidden.
At the entrance do you register with name, age, address and passport number.
We hiked about 10 miles and about 3 hours. Although it was a beautiful, sunny day, it was very humid in the National Park.
There were tons of puddles and ways of loose planks, bridges hanging over the abyss and the trees are middle of the road that you had to climb over.
Our goal was a lagoon.
The trees – Alerce – it is only in the Andes. They are very rare and very, very old.
They are about 40 meters high and some over 3000 years old. (Yes, this is not a typo!)
It was only after 500 years they are beginning to bear fruit.
This was our goal.
Next week I will tell you of my boat trip to Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.
You want something more? Or not? Would you rather have a break and read from a trip to Bavaria?