Thursday 12th November 2015 I said good-bye to Helene, Aurelie and Laetitia in the morning. It was really cool to travel with them and know them for a few days, it really felt like meeting old friends again, such a cool feeling. Hey girls, you have to come to Australia, don´t forget!! 😀 Here is the … More Pucon to San Martin de los Andes
Wednesday 11th November 2015 With Helene, Aurelie and Laetitia, we woke up at 6am, got ready and had some brekky, eating apple, tangerine, some cereal bars. Then we were at 6.45am at Summit Chile, 100 meters away from the hostel. There, we were given a backpack. We unpacked our small bag and started organising the bigger … More Reopening the Villarica volcano ascent!
Tuesday 10th November 2015 Here is the Villarica volcano and an Araucania tree while walking on the main street O`Higgings, heading towards the backery. Here is the bakery where we bought croissants, bread, ham, cheese with Helene to make sandwiches for the day. We headed to the local bus stop where we met with Aurelie … More Huerquehue National Park
Monday 9th November 2015 Pucon means “entrance to the mountains” in the Mapuche language and that is really what it is! It is located in Araucania which is the northern region of Patagonia. Patagonia in some books is delimited in 5 regions: Araucania, Lake District, Central Patagonia, Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Here is … More Pucon
Sunday 8th November 2015 evening Once upon a time there was a man with a dream. His name was Orelie-Antoine de Tounens. He was French and his dream was to become the King of Patagonia. He first spent 2 years in Santiago and Valparaiso and in 1860 he met Mapuche people, traced the borders of … More Patagonia is calling!
I am gonna have to do something I don`t really like doing which is writing a short article summarising very lightly all the incredible places I have been the past week. At some point, hopefully, I`ll get some more time to write more about each of these places which are each truly amazing in their own … More Iguazu Buenos Aires Mendoza Santiago Valparaiso
Thursday 29th October 2015 We met at 7.30am in the brekky area of the hostel. It was a buffet style with so many things! The fruits and juices look so amazing but I still had my controllable diarrhea catching me every single time I was going to toilets so I sticked to cakes and drinking … More Iguazu Falls – Brazil
Tuesday 27th October 2015 In Campo Grande, I went to the Information Desk and asked when the next bus for Foz de Iguazu was leaving. The woman told me it was leaving at 5.20pm. It was already 5.40pm. She said the bus was late and had not arrived yet. Awesome for once! I went to the … More Campo Grande to Foz de Iguazu
Monday 26th October 2015 evening The journey to Campo Grande started by arriving at 7.30pm at Santa Cruz terminal bus station as I was told by Mauricio, the guy who sold me the ticket…and realising that the bus was leaving only at…9pm!!! Thanks….Anyway. It was interesting to observe how buzzying the station was at night. … More Santa Cruz to Campo Grande
Monday 26th October 2015 I woke up at 5.15am, packed my bag and said good-bye to Samantha at 5.45am. Who knows when and where we would meet again? Probably in another unexpected place! As we had already met on 4 continents, she said next time we should meet in Africa!! Why not!!! 😀 I jumped … More La Paz to Santa Cruz
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