Quito Food Festival address: Avenida La Gasca with Gaspar de Carnival. Open Monday – Saturday 12:00 – 22:00. On my way back from Quito’s cable car, I spotted a sign from the city bus: Quito Food Festival. I made the snap decision to abort my mission to get home. Was I just hungry? Or hangry? Read more >
Author: Iris Veldwijk
How Many People Can Visit All Countries On Earth?
You might have heard of some people who have visited all 195 countries on earth. Whoa! How do they do that? Isn’t this hugely expensive? Could a person like you or me visit all countries? Possibly, yeah, but if you think money is the greatest obstacle to visiting all of the world’s countries, you’re wrong. Read more >
Iquitos, Perú to El Coca, Ecuador by River Boat!
If you came to this article from YouTube and just want to know the price to travel this route by river boat, scroll down or elegantly click here. The “downside” of traveling to a jungle city only reachable by river boat, is that you know you’ll also have to leave it by river boat! Last Read more >
Atacama, Andes & Amazon: Lima to Pucallpa
OK, maybe Lima’s desert is not called the Atacama, but the “Peruvian Coastal Desert“, but this was the more poetic choice for obvious reasons. The 20th of April I left Perú’s capital Lima for a city named Pucallpa, a journey of 789 kilometers, four nights and five days. A map for reference: I wanted to Read more >
Should You Flush the Toilet Paper? A Flowchart.
I made a little something after encountering a clogged up toilet and a hostel cleaner who looked frustrated. Perhaps you never even considered your toilet paper’s destiny… but should you flush the toilet paper? I made a cool flowchart to help you determine whether to bin it or flush it! Follow these easy steps: But Read more >
Mudslides and Floods on the Road to Lima, Perú
Always wanted to drink soda first thing in the morning? Before breakfast? I never had that ambition, but here I am in Lima – the capital of Perú – and there’s no running water. Nothing from the tap and all bottled water in units of less than 20 liters is sold out. This is supposedly everywhere Read more >
71 Reasons to Visit South America in 2017
Whether you’re a hitchhiker, a digital nomad or a holidaymaker, South America is absolutely phenomenal. Let’s not hold off on that long-desired trip to the southern hemisphere any longer! Here’s your randomly ordered justification to go ahead and get south the coming year: 1. Pick up fifty shades of Spanish! South America is very Read more >
Take It Slow: 20.000 km Hitched in South America
Over the past few months I’ve been trying to get a better insight into how long my hitchhiking trips have been. It has also inspired me to take a look at the current leg of my three-year trip and tadaaa! turns out I was about to cross the 20.000 kilometers hitched mark in South America alone. That’s actually Read more >
A Sandy Hike to Cabo Polonio in Uruguay
A few weeks ago I went to the famous Cabo Polonio in Uruguay, an off-the-grid town. It’s not connected to the water or electrical system, supposedly. The lighthouse at the tip of the cape is connected, somehow. Anyway, that’s some stuff I read on Wikipedia before going there myself. An unusual level of preparation for Read more >
Ghost Town Glory
Punta del Este, Uruguay. Not to be confused with Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. It’s a town at the end of the widest river in the world, the Río de la Plata. East of this point is the official start of the Atlantic ocean. The first time I heard about Punta del Este was back in Read more >
The Road Less Hitchhiked
Yesterday I started moving towards the Argentinian border from Rocha’s pretty beaches in Uruguay. The department of Rocha is famous for those, domestically and internationally, and it’s the dream for many to live there. During my stay in Uruguay I’ve been sticking to the coast and border regions mostly and haven’t seen that much from Read more >
Springtime in Uruguay!
My 90 days are almost up, but dude, I’ve had a good time in Uruguay! What’s all this excitement about? Probably the not knowing what to expect and the fact that this hemisphere of the earth would slowly, but surely warm up in the course of a few months come spring. Near the end of my stay Read more >
Mind of a Hitchhiker: The Game!
Introducing a new feature on my travel blog: Mind of a Hitchhiker: The Game! Take me to MOAH: The Game! If you’ve never hitchhiked, this is your chance to enjoy a soft introduction into the art of stopping cars. The current version needs a keyboard (i.e. proper computer, no phone/tablet) to play. Together Read more >
Anniversary: 4 Years a Hitchhiker!
Today is my hitchhiking anniversary: it’s been four years since I first put up my thumb to stop a car! I’m giving Facebook an applause for it’s ‘memories’ thing that brings up gems like this photo of me catching my first ever ride. I don’t want to sound dramatic, but it has proven to be quite Read more >
I Wrote a Travel Guide and It Has Nothing To Do with Hitchhiking
Long time no blog! But I have been legitimately busy. I arrived in Uruguay about three weeks ago and decided to first travel around the country, as far and wide as possible. Before that I was writing a travel guide together with a Real Digital Nomad™ (someone who travels and works from a laptop and Read more >
A Quiet Birthday
Pfew… That time of the year is over again! Last week I turned 25 and the day just passed like that. It’s the second time I’m in Buenos Aires, Argentina on my birthday, but it was really different from when I went from 19 to 20 at my guest family. This time year: no celebration, Read more >
Five Years Ago
The past weeks I’ve been very silent on the blog and social media. BUT I HAVE RESURFACED! The last major update from Ushuaia, Argentina, was about quitting smoking and I know you might be thinking I started again, but that’s not the case at all. That’s actually going mighty fine! Five years ago to the Read more >
“The End of the World” – or whatever…
Twelve days ago I had my last ride to Ushuaia, Argentina, also known as “The End of the World” (Argentina’s greatest marketing success!) and smoked my last cigarette upon arrival. Today I leave the place that embraced my – for now – last cigarette butt and hitchhike back to where the sun wants to shine. Read more >