Category: Galleries

Our overland travel photo galleries feature streetart, wildlife, festivals, landscapes, art & architecture, classic cars & more, in posts with more photos than text.

Stunning Street Art from Medellin to Cartagena

Our ultimate street art gallery from Colombia with photos taken in Medellin and Cartagena. 30 stunning murals, from nearly monochrome to really colourful.

Interesting Street Art in Small Towns of Colombia

A colourful street art gallery with examples of murals we found in rural regions and small towns of Colombia. Beautiful motifs adorning public spaces.

Wonderful Street Art Photos from Bogota’s Candelaria

Bogota’s Candelaria, the historic district, is full of wonderful and quirky street art pieces, small and large. In this gallery we show some of the best.

Explore Bogotá for Outstanding Street Art

You can find outstanding street art all over Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. This gallery concentrates on murals we explored outside of the city centre.

32 More Street Art Photos to Admire from Comuna 13

The colourful and diverse street art of Comuna 13 in Medellín expresses the dramatic change in this community toward peace, love, transformation, and hope!

Storytellers of Comuna 13: More Than a Street Art Tour

We took the Stairway Storytellers’ tour of Comuna 13 in Medellín to see the famous street art. We also left with our heads full of many amazing stories.

Recinto del Pensamiento: butterflies, birds, bonsai, orchids and sustainable architecture. Also in a World Heritage listed area, Paisaje Cultural Cafetero.

Recinto del Pensamiento: Lured by a Butterfly Obsession

Tip for the Coffee Zone of Colombia: Recinto del Pensamiento. An enjoyable excursion past butterflies, birds, bonsai, orchids and sustainable architecture.

A Famous Hat With a Serious Identity Crisis

Famous all over the world, Panama hats are also known as “Montecristi” hats. Both names are misleading because the “Panama hat” has its origin in Ecuador.

Street Art in Ecuador: A Multitude of Colourful Styles

We were pleased to find a multitude of colourful street art styles in Ecuador, from government commissioned murals to spontaneous graffiti.

The Captivating Faces of the Famous June Fiesta in Pujilí

Here’s a gallery depicting some of the captivating faces we encountered, during the famous Corpus Christi fiesta in Pujilí, to compliment our first post.

A Fiesta, Famous across Ecuador, yet Unknown to Tourists

The Corpus Christi fiesta of Pujilí in Cotopaxi Province, is famous right across Ecuador. But it is relatively unknown to tourists outside of the country.

We were quite impressed by the art painted on trucks in Peru. This is a rather unusual piece of truck art: a lonely bear standing on a frozen ice landscape.

Street Art on the Move: the Colourful Truck Art of Peru

Trucks in Peru have colourful art painted on the back doors – occasionally the sides too. They move on all streets – so why not call them ‘street art’?

In this large gallery we have collected photos of the very unique hat styles you will see all through Peru and Bolivia. Many of these hats really amused us.

Peru & Bolivia Amused Us With The Most Unique Hats

In this large gallery we have collected 40 photos of the very unique hat styles you will see all through Peru and Bolivia. Many of these hats really amused us.

When I wish I could shrink BERTA, our overland vehicle

We are happy with the space our Berta offers. Only when I have to drive a road so narrow that the wheels touch the edge on both sides I wish I could shrink her.

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Meet Yasha and Juergen. Our travel blog is atypical because we travel differently, not flying from one dream destination to the next. Our choice instead: to take it slowly, take side roads, discover places aside from the typical "bucket list" and guidebook highlights. We drive and live in our self-built overland camper, called [~~"Berta"~~] "Bertita" (little Berta since 2018 in Europe). You can read more on our "About Us" page.

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