The South American Dream

So I did it! After some incredible hardcore trekkings (horse riding, climbing,...) with Lola, a Belgian friend living in Chili, and a quick visit to friends in Buenos Aires, it is time to look back.

Some photographs resulting from the amazing treks near Cochamó

I lived it. The dream to conquer the South American content, to dance salsa, to swim around wonderful islands, to dive, to sail, to ride horses, to do amazing treks in the Andes, to speak Spanish, to live the caliente way. All the way from Nicaragua, the Corn Islands, crossing through Costa Rica, meeting up Graham in Panama, sailing via the San Blas islands to Colombia, Ecuador, Galapagos, Peru, more Peru, Bolivia, a small split up with Graham to check out Chili and Buenos Aires,... an endless list of wonderful moments and pure passionate pleasure.

I did not plan many things. We drew a line on the South American map, asked around and started the trip with a well prepared bag. Now (see right) the line we drew fits pretty well with the line we had in mind. Of course we could have done more. Travelled faster. Visited some countries more. But instead we sticked to places we really loved, we enjoyed the moments as they came and were never ever stressed about busses we could miss or anything like that. It was travelling the "tranquilo amigo" way.

Right now, we are heading for the next best thing, the next season of our series of adventure: as you are reading this, we are sitting on an airplane to New Sealand.

Take care,
Dimitri