Goodbye Perú and hello Chile! I hitchhiked from Tacna’s airport to the border with Chile and onward to the beach city of Arica. Besides the heat it was fairly easy to stop a ride, but I can’t complain as I had a nice palm tree to provide me shadow. I’ve been adding all kinds of Read more >
Freecamping in Perú
Last night I went freecamping in Perú close to the coast on a hill where both a lighthouse and a Jesus statue were located. Boca del Rio (“river mouth”) is located closely to the city of Tacna, where I hitchhiked to in a single ride with a lovely old lady going to a big church Read more >
Peru’s Piece of Titicaca
I’ve left Bolivia for Peru now, but here’s a photo from Bolivia’s chunk of the Titicaca Lake anyway. The internet hasn’t been on my side since the start of the year unfortunately! The highest lake of the world is a cold place, so today I decided to hitchhike from Puno in Peru to Moquegua down Read more >
Bolivian Bubble-Hunt
Happy New Year’s Eve/morning/afternoon/night wherever you are and whether you celebrate it this time of the year! It’s still 30 December here in La Paz, Bolivia, but I’m shit with timing stuff so I’d rather say it sooner than later. Tomorrow I’ll be writing for you guys on my blog all day – much like Read more >
Experiences of 2015, #3: Tarifa’s Digital Nomad Scene
#3.Tarifa’s Digital Nomad Scene This is part of a series on the epic experiences I’ve had of 2015. Part 1 is about Albania and Part 2 about hitchhiking an airplane over Malta. I wasn’t even planning to make a stop here until I knew this place is also the Southernmost Point of Europe on Land, Read more >
Experiences of 2015, #2: The Airplane Hitch over Malta
#2: The Airplane Hitch over Malta This is part of a series on my travel experiences of 2015, read #1 about Albania too! In 2015 I hitchhiked my first airplane over the Maltese islands, which was really cool in terms of getting things off my bucketlist and having seen Malta from the sea, the land and Read more >
Cuevas Waterfalls, Samaipata Bolivia
I didn’t jump from this waterfall. Just chilled an entire day at the three falls of Cuevas, close to Samaipata in Bolivia. Ultimate chill alert! It’s about 20 km from Samaipata in the direction of Santa Cruz and costs 15 bolivianos for entrance. Unfortunately it gets really busy in the afternoon on a sunny weekend Read more >
Experiences of 2015, #1: Albania! All of it!
It’s almost the end of the year according to the calendar I grew up with and all the bloggers seem to be doing it, so here’s a recap of my year in hitchhiking, adoring nature and meeting people! 2015 was not the most exciting year I’ve had in travel, as there were a few sad things going on Read more >
Samaipata and Bolivia’s other “Death Roads”
When hitchhiking through this amazing valley to get to Samaipata, Bolivia, I saw football-sized rocks falling down barely missing the car in front of me. My driver told his daughter who was sitting in the roof-window of the car to come down and sit inside. “We have to do this quick”, he says in Spanish. Read more >
Christmas Time in Bolivia
Here in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, they have the most fabulous Christmas trees I’ve ever seen! It seems like everyone is ready for the party to get started. I’ll probably spend my Christmas hitchhiking to Titicaca Lake, but before I do that I’ll make recommended stops in Samaipata (nature+history), La Paz (should be magical is what Read more >
Butterflies & the Bolivian Border
I’ve arrived in Bolivia! Here I was taking a *butterfly break with the backpack before hitchhiking to the Paraguayan border with Bolivia in Gran Chaco. This was one of the most difficult roads I’ve ever hitchhiked in terms of traffic, road quality, temperature and water availability – and it took four days! Luckily, it’s the Read more >
Paraguay from the Back of a Pick-Up Truck
Just another day at the office… for a hitchhiker! Today I hitchhiked in the back of this pickup truck towards Mariscal, the last village with a sizeable population in Paraguay before the border with Bolivia – and that’s still 250km away! In Paraguay you usually get your entrance/exit stamps in your passport at the migration Read more >
Welcome to Paraguay
Paraguay! I’ve been weirdly and inexplicably excited about going to this country for a while now and I’m finally here. Hitchhiking is fairly easy and yesterday I did 400km in seven rides to get to the capital city of Asuncion, which doesn’t sound like a lot unless you factor in the road quality in certain Read more >
Santos Shipping
In the port of Santos, near Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the cruise ended and hitchhiking on the mainland continues. Santos is apparently the biggest port of Latin America, so it’s not uncommon to see these huge container ships passing by or lying in wait in front of the port. Love the moodiness of the weather! Read more >
Off-road Carona in Paraná
Hitchhiking in Brazil! It was so rainy that the nice asphalted road washed away a few days ago, so the truck driver Rodriguez – who had a double carriage! – took the off-road detour through the soy bean fields on this slippery red earth. He was in a hurry, so he had no problem overtaking Read more >
Cruise-camping on the Equator
A beautiful sunrise on the Mid Atlantic Ocean, just a little south of the equator! Instead of sleeping in the cabin without windows, some people on the cruise ship opted for sleeping in the silty, ocean air on the top deck. The night I went “cruise-camping” was by far the best night of sleep I’ve Read more >
NomadCruise Arrival
Back online! Almost two weeks ago I boarded this little boat with the NomadCruise to make my first Atlantic crossing to Brazil and I’ve finally arrived! The Digital Detox on the ship was tough, but worth it. Now I’ve got some catching up to do with you guys and the internet in general. I’m currently Read more >
Packed my Backpack & Ready for Brazil!
I’m packed and ready with my Deuter Aircontact Lite 65+10 Backpack! This is probably my last update for nine days from the European Union/the African continent… see you on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean! Peace, love and tranquillity, Iris/Mind of a Hitchhiker 🙂 Photo taken in the village of Tasarte, Gran Canaria, Canary Read more >