Travel
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Back from Torres del Paine – Hiking the Circuit + “W” in 5 days
So, I went to Torres del Paine thinking i’ll do the “W” and maybe, just maybe i’ll do the “circuito”, which normally takes 8 days. I ended up finishing the full circuito + w in 5 days (including today) and feel fantastic, going through the 2nd liter of chocolate milk now, thus granting myself this…
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Villa O’Higgins. End of Carretera Austral. On to Arrrgentina.
Yesterday arrived in time to Villa O’Higgins’ Fiesta Costumbrista – a village festival where gauchos were chasing and taming horses. Kind of a strange tradition. Then had some delicious goat meat. At night we danced with the locals. This is the end of Carretera Austral. Tomorrow I am taking a ferry across Lago O’Higgins to Candelaria…
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Road to Rahul Marin Balmaceda and Cagalandia
The road to Cagalandia from Puerto Montt to Rahul Marin (by the way the name has a pretty cool story, even though if you speak spanish you know the root of the word is a bit offensive)
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Back to civilization
I’m back alive and refreshed. On Feb 10th I left Cagalandia, a remote and beautiful land of Thomas Verster near Raul Marin Balmaceda in northern Patagonia. Adios Cagalandia! I spent 2 weeks there with another volunteer (Bjorn from Holland who is going to stay there for a while to help Thomas build a house) and…
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Into the wild for the next few weeks
Today I’m heading out to a beautiful area just south of Parque Corcovado (as seen in the movie 180 Degrees South – which is an amazing film if you haven’t seen it). So for the next few weeks i’ll be in a very remote area volunteering (more details here: www.chileadventure.50megs.com and another volunteer’s pictures here).…
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Bolivia (a guest blog post by Robert Byla)
After 2 weeks in Bolivia (Dec 13-26) with my friend Robert Byla, I asked if he would write a guest blog post about his experiences, and he agreed. So for a bit of fresh voice and perspective here’s what Robert took away from our journey through “Un’bolivia’ble” Bolivia. My recent journey across Bolivia with Karolis…
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Ecuador: Quito, Latacunga, Quilotoa Loop, Montanita
Arriving to Quito on the evening of Nov 9th, I had a few days to chill and checkout the city. My friend Phil from San Francisco decided, on a whim, to join me for a couple of weeks, as he had some time between jobs. Having a few days to kill in Quito, I headed…
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Ecuador – Otavalo: market or no market
Laguna Cuicocha It’s been a really long time since i updated a blog. and there really is no good reason why i haven’t done it, but i’ll try to make it up anyway. Even if it serves as a way to justify it to myself. Since leaving Colombia on November 4th and entering Ecuador on…
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Minca
Seemed that 6 hour journey to escape the Caribbean heat was worth the effort. I’ve been in Cartagena for a week and have adjusted to the heat, but cool mountain air just seemed so enticing. I’ve heard about Minca from a few locals and some travelers, but didn’t think to much of it. Perhaps just another cozy…
