It all started with a visa run. Natasha had to leave Chile to re-new her visa. Quick two day trip into Argentina was the plan, and I decided to tag along to keep her company and to see the beauty of Mendoza. We left Valparaiso early Tuesday morning. The road to Los Andes,the last major…
Un gran dibujo
Valparaiso. Known by most as the place of bohemia, Pablo Neruda and street art, but in reality so much more. I arrived here straight from the Atacama desert, like most, looking to make it my home for the forseeable future. Until I manage to find an actual job, I successfully managed to get a hostel…
Wherever you are
Life is about moments. Fragile and ephemeral, ecstatic and soul shattering, they carve and leave marks in our memory. Some influence us more than others, and change the view we have on certain aspects of life. This is a story about the moment that is responsible as to why I am currently writing this from…
Jungle’n’chill
After my mountain summit victory, a party night in La Paz that finished at 7 in the morning, and two hours of sleep I set off to find a spot to relax for a few days. The chosen destination was Coroico, a hilltop town 3 hours away from the noise and chaos of La Paz. …
I climbed Huayna Potosí so that you wouldn’t have to
I had been in Bolivia for about 3 days when I decided to go look for an agency to summit Huayna Potosí with. Credited as one of “the easiest 6000 meter mountains to climb”, it really sounds alluring. One of my friends has done it, and she described it as the best and worst thing…
Following the footsteps of the Incas
Spring has sprung or, on this side of the equator, autumn has come. Regardless of season, my feet are still wandering the land of Peru. The road from Huaraz took me to Lima, the busting capital. Here I spent a few days wandering around the historic center, admiring the pristine cleanliness of Miraflores, and spenting…
Mountains are calling
I was hating traveling. There, I’ve said it.BUTJUDRETRAVELISYOURLIFECALLINGHOWISTHATPOSSIBLE?!?$&/$% People do have this popular belief that your entire travel experience is nothing but a time full of wonder, happiness and sense of awe of everything around you. And it is…majority of the time. You disconnect from the mundane routine of normal day-to-day life, you occupy your…
Setting sail
Well, there’s that time again. I said goodbye to Ecuador, a country that I’ve grown to love over my two month stay here, and crossed into Peru. But before I left with all my beautiful, hazy, fun memories, one more adventure awaited. I decided it would be a brilliant idea to do a border…
Canoa can impress
The first impression I had of Canoa was not a very nice one. It is still very much damaged from the earthquake, with piles of rubble, metal, bricks and bamboo lying round. I got off the bus and walked down the malecón to find a place to stay for the next few days, and…
Time to continue down the coast
I am back on the road again. I spent the last three weeks volunteering in a hostel in Mompiche, and the time had finally come for me to put my backpack on and carry on South. I honestly did not want to leave, I kept postponing my trip and just volunteering extra days, which…
Dear ….,
Mompiche, ECUADOR January 4th, 2017 Dear …., I hope all is well with life back home. I’m writing because I just had one of the most amazing experiences here in Ecuador. We had a full town power outage here in Mompiche tonight. It actually was kind of nice, sitting by candle light,surrounded by peacefulness…
Dear ….,
I have this thing with a few of my friends where whenever I experience a moment that is profoundly beautiful, magical and in all other ways special, but I experience it alone, I sit down and write them an email, trying to elegantly describe exactly what I felt at that very second. These are some…
Nobody Can Say My Surname Here 