southamerica
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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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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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Manizales, Colombia. A glimpse of Páramo.
A few more photos from the trip this early morning to paramo, near Manizales.
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Manizales, Colombia. A glimpse of Páramo
I’m barely awake, it’s 4:10am. I am in Manizales, Colombia. After traveling from Medellin the night before, I only managed 5 hours of sleep, but despite the lack of sleep I’m stoked about the upcoming adventure to the Páramo and an opportunity to get as close as possible to Nevado Del Ruiz, in PNN Los…
