South America #1

Places visited

Note this list contains all locations I've ever visited in the countries of this trip. Some locations might be from other trips. You can have a look at the troute on the map to see which locations I actually visited.

• Rome City in Italy

  Spent a day transiting on my way to South America

• Vatican City City in Vatican City
• Buenos Aires City in Argentina

  Spent a full transit day here on the way from Finland to Ushuaia

• Ushuaia City in Argentina

  Arrived hoping to catch a cruise to Antarctica, sadly the prices had gone up 2-3 times. I slept underneath a tree outside town and then started hitchhiking north.

• Rio Grande City in Argentina

  Met Emilio as I hitchhiked out of Ushuaia and stayed with him at one of his friends for the night.

• El Calafate City in Argentina

  Got a ride with my Chilean parents from Puerto Natales. The next day I continued with them for the entire Carretera Austral

• Perito Moreno Sight in Argentina

  Met up with my Chilean parents again as I was on my way back to Calafate

• Gobernador Gregores City in Argentina

  While hitchhiking, we all shared a tent and cooked an amazing dinner.

• Cueva de las Manos Sight in Argentina

  Would have been impossible reaching this place unless the people I was hitchhiked with just so happened to be going there too

• Uspallata City in Argentina

  Where Seven Years in Tibet was filmed

• Puente del Inca Sight in Argentina

  As I decided to hitchhike from the border this natural bridge just happened to be walking distance away

• Las Cuevas Border Crossing in Argentina

  Got off the bus as it would have taken hours to get through customs. Instead I started hitchhiking

• Mendoza City in Argentina

  Ate an overrated steak

• Maipu City in Argentina

  Bicycle wine tour with Gerard. Ended the day with an asado.

• San Juan City in Argentina

  After wasting a day trying to hitchhike north I gave up and decided to go back to San Juan to take a bus to Salta

• Salta City in Argentina

  Rained each time I was here, and I was here like 3 times.

• Cafayate City in Argentina

  Spent the night sleeping under the stars at El Anfiteatro.

• Cachi City in Argentina

  Hitchhied here in a police car together with Rodrigo. Had a quick look at the town before walking north to find a place to sleep

• Payogasta City in Argentina

  Spent the night sleeping in a cemetery

• Tilcara City in Argentina

  Celebrated Carnival

• Purmamarca City in Argentina

  Woke up early to hitchhike onward to Chile

• Santa Fe City in Argentina

  Brother in law lives here

• San Carlos de Bariloche City in Argentina

  Hiked around the area

• El Bolsón City in Argentina

  Hiked around the area

• El Calafate City in Argentina

  Arrived by bus, stayed the night and continued hitchhiking to Punta Arenas

• El Chaltén City in Argentina

  Hiked around for a few days

• Río Grande City in Argentina

  Hitchhiked here on the way to Ushuaia

• Concordia City in Argentina

  On the way from Uruguay to Iguazú

• Posadas City in Argentina

  On the way from Uruguay to Iguazú. Crossed the border into Paraguay

• Puerto Iguazú City in Argentina

  Saw the waterfalls

• Tolhuin City in Argentina

  Went to see the lake

• Gobernador Gregores City in Argentina

  Spent the night while hitchhiking

• Río Mayo City in Argentina

  Spent the night while hitchhiking

• Punta Arenas City in Chile

  Met Simiel and her friend who were also hitchhiking here. Stayed at Simiel's.

• Puerto Natales City in Chile

  Met Pablo as I came back from my hike

• Torres del Paine: Circuit Trek Trek in Chile

  Did the circuit trek in 5 days instead of the recommended 7-9 days

• Puerto Rio Tranquilo City in Chile

  Camped at a popular camping area. Met someone who drove his motorcycle from Alaska here

• Coyhaqiue City in Chile

  Camped outside of town

• Puno City in Chile

  Camped in an abandoned house

• Puno City in Chile

  Stayed with my Sergio's family who lives here

• Parque Nacional Queulat Trek in Chile

  Did a short hike with my Chilean parents to see the glacier

• Puerto Montt City in Chile
• Puerto Varas City in Chile

  Got a ride from Chiloe with some European girls heading this way

• Castro City in Chile
• Achao City in Chile

  Went to see an old church

• Dalcahue City in Chile

  More churces

• Curaro de Velez City in Chile

  More churces

• Valdivia City in Chile

  Got a ride from here all the way to Santiago

• Santiago City in Chile

  CouchSurfed with Miguel Met Samuel and Dave.

• Valparaiso City in Chile

  Met up with my Chilean mom who lives here

• San Pedro de Atacama City in Chile

  Met Natanael who worked at the hostel where I stayed

• Calama City in Chile

  Spent the day while waiting to get on a tour to Chuquicamata mine

• Chuquicamata City in Chile

  Largest open-pit mine in the world. Che Guevara was here

• Iquique City in Chile

  Met a photographer at Humberstone and spent the day with him here before going to Bolivia

• Humberstone City in Chile

  Abandoned saltpeter works. Slept by the highway outside of the town as some dogs chased me away when I arrived in the middle of the night. Met a photographer

• Entre Lagos City in Chile

  Hitchhiked here on the way from Puerto Montt to Bariloche

• Porvenir City in Chile

  Hitchhiked here on the way from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia

• Puerto Williams City in Chile

  Flew here from Punta Arenas to hike around Isla Navarino

• Cochabamba City in Bolivia

  First time I decided to take a taxi to the bus station early in the morning. Bolivian bus stations are not known as the safest of places

• Sucre City in Bolivia
• Potosi City in Bolivia

  Cerro Rico

• Uyuni City in Bolivia

  My entrance to Salars de Uyuni

• Torotoro City in Bolivia

  Met Kate on the bus ride here

• Torotoro National Park Trek Trek in Bolivia

  Took two tours together with André, Diana and some other people

• La Paz City in Bolivia
• Coroico City in Bolivia

  Bicycled the Death Road independetly and finished in Coroico

• Copacabana City in Bolivia

  Met Lea on the bus here

• Challapampa City in Bolivia

  Took the boat to the southern end of Isla del Sol and walked here where with Lea

• Puno City in Peru

  Stopped by to see the Uros

• Arequipa City in Peru

  Really liked the city, thought about moving here

• Chivay City in Peru

  While hitchhiking with a tour bus, we stopped here to eat and sightsee

• Cabanaconde City in Peru

  Starting point for the Colca Canyon trek

• Colca Canyon Trek Trek in Peru

  Cabanaconde - Sangalle - Malata - San Juan de Chucho - Cabanaconde

• Cusco City in Peru

  Met up with David again.

• Ollantaytambo City in Peru

  Spent half a day and stayed here for the night after seeing Moray and Maras

• Salar de Maras Sight in Peru

  Hitchhiked, and took shared taxis with David

• Aguas Calientes City in Peru

  Real name is Machu Picchu Pueblo

• Machu Picchu Sight in Peru

  Didn't really enjoy it, but you can't go to South America without seeing Machu Picchu

• Mollepata City in Peru

  Starting point of Salkantay Trek

• Salkantay Trek Trek in Peru

  Hiked from Mollepata to Collipapampa where I took a bus to the entrance of Llactapata. Landslides had ruined the trail so you would have had to hike on the main road. From Llactapata I walked to Aguas Calientes.

• Lima City in Peru

  Spent quite a few days here with Daivd. Loved the pretty girls, the location, and the great food.

• Caral City in Peru

  Thought it might be worth seeing the ruins. It wasn't

• Barranca City in Peru

  Spent the night here while seeing Caral

• Huaraz City in Peru

  Met Nuria at the hostel who joined me and David for our trek

• Laguna 69 Trek Trek in Peru

  Very nice trek. Got lost from the trail and hiked through the bush. First one at the top!

• Hualcayan City in Peru

  Starting point of the Alpamayo Trek

• Alpamayo Trek Trek in Peru

  We were plannin on doing the circuit but decided to skip the Santa Cruz part, therefore ending at Pomabamba

• Pomabamba City in Peru

  End of Alpamayo Trek. On the bus back to civilization we ran out of petrol, broke the bus and slept by the road for 8h.

• Trujillo City in Peru

  Spent a day sightseeing with David, Nuria and an Argentinian girl

• Huanchaco City in Peru

  Slept here while sightseeing the both the town and Trujillo

• Mancora City in Peru

  Left my camera outside beneath the hammock during the rainiest day of the year

• Tulcan City in Ecuador

  Spent the night here on my bus ride from Bogota to Cuenca

• Quito City in Ecuador

  Spent a lot of time drinking a lot of coffee with David. Now living here.

• Baños City in Ecuador

  Tried zip lining for the first time

• Quilotoa Loop Trek in Ecuador

  Did a 3 day hike

• Cuenca City in Ecuador

  Lived here.

• Huaquillas City in Ecuador

  Bought 7 cartons of cigarettes. Peruvian prices.

• Guayaquil City in Ecuador

  Visited Michelle a few times.

• Riobamba City in Ecuador

  Spent the day with Keith before heading to Chimbrazo

• Machachi City in Ecuador

  Dropped by twice as me and Keith were hiking and climibing volcanoes.

• Aloasi City in Ecuador

  Spent a bit of time on the way up Corazon.

• Chaupi City in Ecuador

  Spent the night in a hostel after Corazon and before Iliniza Norte.

• Cotopaxi Circuit Trek in Ecuador

  Warm up hike as preparation for climibing Chimborazo. 80 km.

• Corazon Peak in Ecuador

  Climbed a 4790m Volcano with Keith.

• Iliniza Norte Peak in Ecuador

  Climbed a 5126m Volcano with Keith.

• Chimborazo Peak in Ecuador

  Climbed to the furthest point from the center of the earth together with Keith. 6263m Volcano.

• Cali City in Colombia
• Ipiales City in Colombia

  Went to see Las Lajas cathedral

• Medellín City in Colombia

  Spent my time with Alvaro mostly

• Cartagena City in Colombia

  Met Alvaro, went to Playa Blanca

• Santa Marta City in Colombia
• Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona Trek in Colombia

  Walked around the park

• Miami City in United States

  Visited with my family as well as alone, but I was too young to have seen anything of interest

• Boynton Beach City in United States
• Ocean Ridge City in United States

  Visiting my aunt who lives here

• Seattle City in United States

  Preparing for PCT and met up with Simon.

• Harts Pass Campground in United States

  Hiked up from the road with Simon after being dropped off by our Trail Angel Detour (Bert) who gave us a ride from Arlington. Met Mike, Joe and Tara (Floridian) and a few others I never met again. Arrived late afternoon, left early next morning.

• Stehekin City in United States

  Reached the town with Simon and Mike at noon and left next day same time. Briefly met Drifter and hiked out with Joe and someone whose name I can't remember, no one saw him after Cascade Locks. Sent back ice axe and long underwear.

• Steven's Pass Other in United States

  Had some issues finding a ride into Skykomish.

• Skykomish City in United States

  Arrived evening and took a full zero with Simon, Mike and Joe. Stayed at the hotel, laundry in skirt, double dinner.

• Snoqualmie Pass City in United States

  Arrived around noon, took the day and left following day around noon. Simon's last town before getting a ride back to Seattle by Dan (Aadvark). Met Bucket on the way in. Awesome food and wine. Mediocre pancakes at the Pancake House. New shoes didn't arrive. Left noon next day

• White Pass Other in United States

  Arrived evening, got some leftovers and chips for dinner. Waited an entire day for new shoes to arrive. Mike showed up and we went to packwood after DHL dropped them off. Met my first North Bounder, Legend of all people.

• Packwood City in United States

  Arrived afternoon with Mike, left early next morning with Cinch and French Fry. Cheapest hotel ever. Nice town.

• Cascade Locks City in United States

  Met Glue and Brooke whom I missed up by Harts Pass. The day after Goat Rock's Wilderness I met Keith for the first time, met him again as I was eating ice cream in Cascade Locks. Took a zero and a full day.

• Timberline Lodge Other in United States

  Arrived at 11ish, missed breakfast buffet. Great resupply from hiker box.

• Olallie Lake Resort Campground in United States

  Arrived for some early breakfast coffee and left after one hour or so.

• Big Lake Youth Camp Other in United States

  Arrived after having a lunch beer with a Trail Angle whose name I can't recall. Scratch knows. Got my resupply package, showered, and left.

• Elk Lake Resort Campground in United States

  Arrived too early, no breakfast until 9am or something silly. Waited, charged, ate and left.

• Shelter Cove Resort Campground in United States

  Got a care package from Marla.

• Mazama Village City in United States

  Crater Lake rim trail was closed when I arrived, hitchhiked around and heard it would open the next day. Hitchhiked back and hiked it. Met Connecticut.

• Callahan's Other in United States

  Arrived evening, had dinner and slept in their backyard. Met Connecticut again.

• Ashland City in United States

  After Callahan's I went into Ashland, and took a full day off. Met Keith and we decided to hike out together the net day.

• Seiad Valley City in United States

  First poison oak. Arrived late afternoon. Weird place. Left next day after breakfast.

• Etna City in United States

  Perfect hitch, arrived late afteroon, ate, slept in motel and left early next morning.

• Castella City in United States

  Nasty gas station area, arrived early evening, got a care package from Ann-Marie, left same night.

• Burney Falls State Park City in United States

  Bad resupply, arrived and left pretty quickly to the ranch.

• Burney Mountain Guest Ranch Other in United States

  Nice place, dinner, breakfast and spent the next day before night hiking Hat Creek's Rim.

• Old Station City in United States

  Waited for Keith's package.

• Drakesbad Guest Ranch Other in United States

  Waited for Keith's backpack. Met Sherpa who disappeared on the trail somewhere in Washington.

• Belden City in United States

  Arrived early, had lunch, left same day. Festival town.

• Sierra City City in United States

  Arrived early, all restaurants closed, had really expensive ice cream, left same day.

• Truckee City in United States

  Perfect hitch, had dinner, yuppy marker resupply and went back to the trail to sleep. California girl had her car broken into by a bear.

• Echo Lake Campground in United States

  Arrived noon, had ice cream and went into Tahoe.

• South Lake Tahoe City in United States

  Arrived early afternoon, weird hitchhike guy, took a zero. Changed backpack, new shoes and picked up my tarp again.

• Kennedy Meadow Resort Campground in United States

  Met Yakattack on the way, hitchhiked in together and had dinner, 4 ice creams and spent the night stealth camping in their campground. Had birthday breakfast.

• Tuolumne Meadows City in United States

  Met Machine when he arrived on the bus coming from the Valley. Terrible place to eat. Left early afternoon.

• Reds Meadow Campground Campground in United States

  Had lunch, resupplied for a long stretch and left.

• Independence City in United States

  Arrived early, realized there's nothing in town so took the bus to Lone Pine. Saw Drifter on the way into Independence.

• Lone Pine City in United States

  Looked for dinner, stayed in a motel and took the bus back the next morning after breakfast.

• Kennedy Meadows Other in United States

  Caught up with drifter and arrived when the store was closed. Last day with breakfast following morning and met Scratch and Machine who hiked with.

• Lake Isabella City in United States

  Arrived early noon and went back the same afternoon after having resupplied. Hiked with Machine.

• Tehachapi City in United States

  Had amazing food, slept at Best Western, met Scratch, Machine and Drifter again.

• Hikertown City in United States

  Arrived after dark, slept and left next morning. Arrived with Scratch and Machine and met Drifter the next morning. Didn't get my resupply package from Ann-Marie but the guy who runs the place drove ahead and left it for me on the trail. Met Cakes.

• Lake Hughes City in United States

  Trail was closed so walked through Lake Hughes towards Green Valley. Scratch stayed in Green Valley.

• Agua Dulce City in United States

  Arrived with Drifter and Machine came soon after. Met up with Keith's sister joined in. Had dinner and slept on the rail.

• Wrightwood City in United States

  Arrived early, had terrible Mexican food, went back on trail the same day. Hiked with Cakes as well.

• Cajon Pass Other in United States

  McDonald's was closed. Had coffee, snacks and continued on.

• Big Bear Lake City in United States

  Arrived noon, spent the day and big part of the following day. Rented a cabin/house with Keith and his sister. Keith made breakfast. Had indian food. Alexis went back home.

• Idyllwild City in United States

  Met up with Cakes again. Arrived early, had lunch in the grocery store and left.

• Warner Springs City in United States

  Picked up my last care package from Ann Marie, continued after having eaten half of it.

• Julian City in United States

  Met Cakes as she was hitchhiking into town. Had breakfast as well as apple pie and ice cream. Went back on trail after breakfast.

• Mount Laguna City in United States

  Arrived for breakfast which ended up being ice cream. Keith had an entire refrigerator pie. Met Machine again.

• Lake Morena City in United States

  Arrived in time for dinner which was amazing. Ate too much. Slept on the trail.

• Campo City in United States

  Reached the border at 1:50pm together with Daddy Long Legs who I hiked with since Ashland. 2663 miles (4286 km) in 103 days. Only thru-hiker before us was Drifer who arrived the day before. Two other hikers arrived the day before him but they skipped sections up in Washington.

• Pacific Crest Trail Trek in United States

  Hiked the entire PCT end-to-end from North to South in 103 days. 2663 miles or 4286 km.

• New York City City in United States

  Visited the city for a bit before going to Ithaca

• Ithaca City in United States

  Visited the with Keith

• Trumansburg City in United States

  Visited the with Keith

• Baracoa City in Cuba
• Guantanamo City in Cuba

  Someone stole my bag including all my money, my passport and all my gear on the Camion (truck/bus) from Baracoa. Spent 4 days here waiting to be escorted to Havana

• Santiago de Cuba City in Cuba
• Havana City in Cuba

  Spent 9 days in immigration prison