299 days on the road. 299 of being in the school of life, learning outside the office, outside a lecture hall, from people who do or don't have a degree. After 23 consecutive years of being in a school, I was confronted with the reality outside my academic bubble. Most my friends are highly educated, …

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The Journey 2 days on the bus, something you can only do when you have tired legs and it's ok to not move at all for that long. In my case, I had just finished the O Trek, so I was perfectly fine with it 🙂 But it was long nevertheless, the journey from Puerto …

Continue reading Patagonia, Part 7 – Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina)

Preparations I took another 6am bus to travel south, arriving in Puerto Natales at 2pm. I had only the afternoon to get ready for my next adventure, renting all camping equipment and buying food for the 8 day hike. The equipment renting was what I was particularly worried about but it turned out to be …

Continue reading Patagonia, Part 6 – Torres Del Paine (Chile)

This is it my friends, this is truely it. My very last days on this trip of a lifetime, and I'm spending them in Buenos Aires. And let me tell you, Buenos Aires is that culturally rich and lifely city that never sleeps. Plus I am again in salsa heaven 🙂 first glimpse of it …

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Circuito Huemul I arrived in Chalten in the early morning by night bus, checked into a backpackers (they're fairly expensive here! 940AP for a 6 bed dorm, thats 16USD) and went to figure out what there is to do around here. Chalten is beautifully located, just at the boarder to the Los Glacieros National Park, …

Continue reading Patagonia, Part 5 – El Chalten and El Calafate (Argentina)

Glaciar Expladores I tried to hitch hike from Cerro Castillo to Puerto Rio Tranquilo, but no luck. For 1.5h, no car drove by, even though the Carreta Austral is the main road going south and in fact the only road to go south. But I am so far to the end of the inhabited Chile …

Continue reading Patagonia, Part 4 – Puerto Rio Tranquilo, Cochrane (Chile)

Amarillo Hot Springs After being stuck in Esquel for 3 days (there's only 1 bus a week to Chile), I finally made it across, again with the tedious border control that make you unpack your entire backpack. Stuck again for a full day in the cute town of Futaleufu, where some locals talked about the …

Continue reading Patagonia, Part 3 – Chaíten, Puyuhuapi, Cerro Castillo (Chile)

Bolson is the gate to a near natural reserve well known for hiking, and the next bigger place about 2h south of Bariloche. So I took a bus there, settled into a cheap hostel and took a day to get organized and plan my hiking route. There isn't really much to do in Bolson except …

Continue reading Patagonia, Part 2 – Bolson and Esquel (Argentina)

The Journey It again took me forever to get here, but I needed to leave Colombia as there was another even bigger strike planned that might leave all airports empty for days, noone knew. And since Santiago de Chile is also unsafe to travel, I decided to fly south to Patagonia directly. It was cheapest …

Continue reading Patagonia, Part 1 – Bariloche (Argentinia)

Day 1 I've absolutely and completely fallen in love with Medellin and its people. So my last night was everything, laughing until I couldn't breathe, dancing until my legs were wobbling and just enjoying my friends for the last time. So after just 2h of sleep, I got up, took my last cold shower (the …

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