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Our overland travel route: First quarter 2017 – South East Asia, Second quarter 2017 – Far East Asia, Third and fourth quarter 2017 – Central Asia, First quarter 2018 – India, Iran, Turkey, Second quarter 2018 – Eastern Europe, Third quarter 2018 – Scandinavia, Fourth quarter 2018 – lower half of South America, First quarter 2019 – upper half of South America.

Peru – North

Population Peru: 32 million. Average number of people per square km – 25 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). Lima, the capital of Peru, like many other major cities in South America, is crowded and hectic traffic, however, it is a good place to get essentials...

Peru South

Population Peru: 32 million. Average number of people per square km – 25 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). We entered Peru from Bolivia and headed along the southern shore of Lake Titicaca to Puno. Lake Titicaca is ancient dating back thousands of years and is...

Bolivia

Population Bolivia: 11.3 million. Average number of people per square km – 11 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). Bolivia is one of those places where our casual observations did not match the statistics. Our general impression was that Bolivia is densely populated, seem to have...
Population Argentina: 44.7 million. Average number of people per square km – 16 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). Population Chile: 18 million. Average number of people per square km – 24 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). The journey across the north...
Population Argentina: 44.7 million. Average number of people per square km – 16 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). Population Chile: 18 million. Average number of people per square km – 24 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). Our journey northwards through Patagonia...

Antarctica

Population Antarctica: 4,400 (during summer). Average number of people per square km – 0.004 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). Antarctica, one of the seven continents of the world, is not that easy to visit. The continent is located at the bottom of the world, surrounded...
Population Argentina: 44.7 million. Average number of people per square km – 16 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). Patagonia roughly comprises the lower 1,500km portion of South America. This area is a vast sparsely populated region, with only about 2 people per square kilometre. The...

Argentina – North West

Population Argentina: 44.7 million. Average number of people per square km – 16 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). The north west of Argentina stretching from the Bolivian border in the north to the fringes of Patagonia in the south, is characterized by the high Andes...

Paraguay

Population Paraguay: 6.9 million. Average number of people per square km – 17 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). We entered Paraguay from Brazil near the Iguazu Falls. Ciudad del Este, with a population of about 330,000 is located near the border and has a bad...

Argentina – North East

Population Argentina: 44.7 million. Average number of people per square km – 16 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15). The 1,000 km journey from Colon, the border crossing point between Uruguay and Argentina, to the Iguazu falls, is long and uninteresting. The entire region is flat,...