The unraveling adventure of how this gringo plans to lose himself on purpose in South America.
About this blog
Whats the travel plan? Well there is no real plan. I´m meeting a few friends along the way and that will structure it a bit (unfortunately), but the real idea is to have no plan, do what I want and cover as much of the continent as I can.
Flying in from Costa Rica into Colombia. From there the trip looks like its gonna head south along the west coast.
In all honesty, I hope I do get lost and find a way to survive and return a few years from now. We shall see what happens....
Trip Start
Mar 09, 2007
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Trip End
??? ??, 2008
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There are 169 entries in this blog
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1
Packing for the next 8 months (I think) -
2
Where the hell are Gilli and Claudia? -
3
Checking out Cartagena -
4
A dry boat ride for me -
5
Swimming in mudd and chilling in Taganga -
6
2nd best beach in the world voted by The Guardian -
7
The vast expanse that is Bogota -
8
Gilli´s birthday -
9
Being the 9th wheel -
10
In search of the perfect wallet -
11
Fun night and our roller coaster ride home -
12
Putting all my eggs on a bus to Medellin -
13
Found coffee, but there was no guy with a donkey -
14
Back in Medellin -
15
Killing time -
16
The girl has arrived -
17
Sandboarding, dune buggies, and wineries -
18
Things are cooling down -
19
A surprise in my soup -
20
Running around Cusco -
21
Apparently we are bad tourists + the Sacred Valley -
22
The Salkantay Trail -
23
4800 meters and my busted ass left boot -
24
Machu Picchu -
25
The floating islands and Lake Titicaca -
26
The supposed birthplace of the Incas -
27
Catching up in La Paz -
28
The world's most dangerous road -
29
Look Mom I shaved and this town sucks -
30
This place is weird but really cool -
31
Chilling on the beach and my mock birthday -
32
Chelsea -
33
Longest bus ride yet -
34
I quit my job exactly a year ago, wahoooooo -
35
Observatories and Pisco sour -
36
A few more chest hairs -
37
A trip to the coast -
38
Preping for Rapa Nui -
39
Hell YEA we are here!!!!! -
40
Crappy Weather -
41
Damn this island is cool -
42
Back to city life -
43
Day trip down to Valpo -
44
Tom is head back to Switzerland and I move south -
45
I will never eat another empanada ever again -
46
Feeling a lot better -
47
Life is fragile -
48
The wood burning streets of Chillan -
49
Gonna hit up some hot springs tonight -
50
Chilean hospitality -
51
Karaoke and more Chilean hospitality -
52
The local Swiss chalet -
53
This volcano blows its top every 200 years -
54
Yo he llegado -
55
Chocolate and mixed feelings -
56
Laundry is finally getting done -
57
My curriculum, I need to drink more wine + asados -
58
Licking our chops -
59
I have made my decision to leave Bariloche -
60
Skiing, old school style -
61
Love, life and traveling -
62
Skiing, 6hr full moon hike, + undercover policia -
63
Back to Bariloche -
64
My final days in Bariloche -
65
Bus adventure to Buenos Aires -
66
I have no clue why I even have a hostel room -
67
Party, sleep, eat, and repeat -
68
The smell of fresh laundry is orgasmic -
69
Nothing particularly exciting going on in Monte -
70
Where all the high rollers come, except in winter -
71
Blowing through beach towns -
72
God damn banks -
73
Beautiful empty beaches here -
74
Chillin -
75
I sleep with 23 other people -
76
Da Jesus -
77
15 too many guys with speedos on the beach -
78
Ops -
79
Drum bands, midgets, and beers on the street -
80
The attack of the bed bugs -
81
Shit and now we are still in Salvador -
82
Waterfalls and more waterfalls -
83
2 day hike, 1 more of climbing, and peacing out -
84
So long beach -
85
Time to cut the crap -
86
Successful half day in Sao Paulo -
87
Iguazu baby -
88
Brazil Summary -
89
Into the falls -
90
God damn local elections -
91
Catching up with Tanya -
92
Walking through Mendoza's wine country -
93
In some canyons, oh yea -
94
Wish I had more time here -
95
The balls are officially on the line -
96
Wow, I didn't really see that one coming -
97
The quebrada baby -
98
This is exactly what I came back to Cordoba for -
99
My body pretty much told me 'fuck you' -
100
Detox week -
101
I found the family!!! -
102
Great weekend -
103
First day of the paragliding course -
104
Took my camera out -
105
Shit weather and I'm sick -
106
Oktoberfest and DJ Tiesto -
107
I cracked and bought a cell phone -
108
Beautiful weather and some nice wind -
109
My first flight -
110
A run in with the Argentinian Fuzz -
111
To the back hills of La Cumbre on horseback -
112
My first solo flights -
113
My first flight from Cuchi Corral -
114
Saying good bye to La Cumbre -
115
Heading down to Patagonia -
116
Buenos Aires is bad for my health -
117
Screw whale watching -
118
My cheap ass tent kicks ass -
119
Torres prep -
120
Torres del Paine -
121
Recuperation -
122
Got me a new Swiss Army knife -
123
In southern most city in the world -
124
Swing of events at Fitz Roy -
125
Crazy first day in the car -
126
Our search for gas -
127
First day on the Carraterra Austral -
128
Things just kept getting prettier -
129
Some driving, some hiking and a splash of swimming -
130
Phasing out the Carraterra Austral -
131
A little artisan flavor -
132
I think we ate half a cow for Christmas -
133
Rollin in the New Year -
134
Sleeping in airports sucks -
135
Got screwed on our train ride to Uyuni -
136
Rain has left an inch of water on the salt flats -
137
Candalaria Mine tour and some fun with dynamite -
138
This place is over run with Argentinians -
139
Shipping Jason off -
140
Craziest bus ride of my life -
141
Cool animals on the Pampas tour -
142
Planes aren't flying -
143
The first and last jail I hope to be in -
144
Into the clouds -
145
Amazing costumes, masks and water fights -
146
It would suck to be a chicken in Bolivia -
147
A taste of a more comfortable Bolivia -
148
Crappy weather, screw staying here -
149
Dropping in on the girls -
150
Feels like home -
151
I don't want to leave -
152
A little house keeping -
153
The Balc nut has arrived -
154
Got leveled on wine -
155
Aug in, Tom delayed -
156
I slept on a bean bag last night -
157
Mir don't hate me, I went to the Hotel Faena -
158
Hidden secrets of Argentina -
159
Ciao Aug and Tom, hola Punta del Este -
160
Balci got lobsterized -
161
Ciao Balci, hola mess of Semana Santa -
162
Testing for my paragliding license -
163
Strange twists in our lives -
164
I can't believe that I am actually leaving -
165
Start of a more comfortable travel -
166
Droppin down the valley -
167
Not much here -
168
Dude they have Swiss cheeses here!!! -
169
Tourist Trap
