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Final Destination
Actually, you could look up what I wrote about Valparaiso last year. It didn’t change much, you know. It is still the same dirty, stinking, run-down city full of wonderful street-art, crafts and vibrant life. After having been in so many cities, it really struck me how dirty this place was. There’s dog shit everywhere. … Continue reading
Looking at the dark and stinking heart of the earth
I am falling behind in keeping this blog up to date. Sorry. Pucon follows the tradition of German influences like a copy of the Bierfest that we missed by less than two weeks. Or roads named “Holzapfel”. After we arrived in the hostel after six hours bus ride from Puerto Varas, I had some slight … Continue reading
Der Kuchen
Puerto Varas… ah… the sound of it. Varas… like… Varitas… In Vino Varitas. The truth is in the wine… or anything that contains enough alcohol. Not as a solution, but to simply bypass any section in the brain that would create unnecessary doubt or fears. Be. Be yourself. Be whatever you’d like to be. Especially … Continue reading
You didn’t get my Valentine
Slightly worse weather in Bariloche. A lot more Switzerland. Somehow I expected Barlioche to be like an alpine lake village such as Riva del Garda. It was similar in the way that there was a huge lake with some mountains around it. The shape and elevation of the mountains was different and the vegetation, too. … Continue reading
Amores Perros
Last year, when I was in South America, I was followed by stray dogs many, many times. For hours. For miles. For nothing. Now in Chile and Argentina, Axel witnessed the same happening again. The dogs looked at me and then just started following me (or us in that case, but it was clear it … Continue reading