South and Central America

Seven months, 15 countries, from south to north with little money and nada spanish...

  • 366 days (22 Mar 2005 - 23 Mar 2006)
  • 75645 km (47004 miles)
  • 19 countries
  • 96 entries (12308 words)
  • 996 photos
  • 4 ratings (876 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Mar 22, 2005 00:00 Australia Brisbane » Departure 0 km 2.8 (5 votes)
1 Mar 22, 2005 16:30 Taiwan (Republic of China) Taipei » Chinese stop over 6754 km [*] (2) 4 (14 votes)
6 Mar 27, 2005 21:00 United States San Francisco » If you´re going to San Francisco... 17126 km [*] (2) 1.5 (2 votes)
8 Mar 29, 2005 04:00 United States Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport » DFW 19486 km 5 (4 votes)
8 Mar 29, 2005 13:30 Chile Santiago » First Stop, Santiago 27372 km 3 (2 votes)
11 Apr 01, 2005 01:00 Chile Pichilemu » Black sand, Sunset and Pisco Sour. 27534 km [*] (4) 3.6 (11 votes)
14 Apr 04, 2005 18:37 Chile Pucón » Pucon - Entrance to the Mountain 28078 km [*] (9) 3.8 (16 votes)
16 Apr 06, 2005 01:54 Chile Puerto Montt » Southern U Turn 28337 km [*] (2) 4 (5 votes)
16 Apr 06, 2005 19:01 Chile Puerto Varas » Pachamama Strippers 28355 km [*] (1) 4.3 (10 votes)
16 Apr 06, 2005 21:00 Chile Salto del Laja » Salto del Laja 28815 km [*] (2) 1.9 (4 votes)
17 Apr 07, 2005 19:14 Chile Santiago » Back to the Capital 29263 km 2.5 (2 votes)
18 Apr 09, 2005 00:19 Argentina Mendoza » Over the Andes 29447 km [*] (4) 5 (7 votes)
25 Apr 15, 2005 16:00 Argentina Buenos Aires » Dont cry for me Argentina, too loud, too hung over 30405 km [*] (9) 3 (11 votes)
28 Apr 18, 2005 01:00 Uruguay Colonia » u r gay 30482 km [*] (5) 2 (4 votes)
28 Apr 18, 2005 18:52 Argentina Buenos Aires » Time to go 30559 km 3 (2 votes)
30 Apr 20, 2005 02:00 Brazil Foz do Iguaçu » Brasilian border guards 31640 km [*] (4) 1 (1 votes)
30 Apr 20, 2005 22:00 Argentina Puerto Iguazú » "makes Niagara look like a trickle" 31643 km [*] (10) 4.8 (25 votes)
32 Apr 22, 2005 18:00 Argentina Resistencia » "who stays in Chaco?" 32131 km [*] (1) 1 (2 votes)
35 Apr 25, 2005 18:30 Argentina Salta » Now 32840 km [*] (8) 2 (4 votes)
38 Apr 28, 2005 23:27 Argentina Tilcara » Real South America 32976 km [*] (2) 4.3 (2 votes)
38 Apr 29, 2005 00:34 Bolivia Tupiza » Excited in Bolivia 33215 km [*] (2) 3.8 (6 votes)
43 May 04, 2005 00:41 Bolivia Uyuni » Salt flats, mountains, lakes and volcanos 33375 km [*] (25) 4.6 (71 votes)
47 May 07, 2005 01:00 Bolivia Potosí » Mining in Potosi 33525 km [*] (9) 5 (1 votes)
51 May 11, 2005 23:00 Bolivia Sucre » The jewel of Bolivia 33605 km [*] (7) 1 (1 votes)
53 May 13, 2005 21:49 Bolivia Sucre » "it´s funny how..." 33605 km 5 (4 votes)
55 May 15, 2005 20:17 Bolivia Cochabamba » Bigger than Rio? 34018 km [*] (7) 5 (2 votes)
58 May 18, 2005 17:52 Bolivia Torotoro » National Park Torotoro 34338 km [*] (19) 3.9 (49 votes)
62 May 22, 2005 01:20 Bolivia Cochabamba » Nearly dead... 34658 km 2.5 (2 votes)
65 May 25, 2005 18:17 Bolivia La Paz » Stuck in the big smoke. 35023 km [*] (13) 4.5 (39 votes)
66 May 26, 2005 21:50 Bolivia La Paz » STILL stuck in the big smoke. 35023 km 4.1 (6 votes)
68 May 28, 2005 23:09 Bolivia La Paz » Still here... 35023 km 3 (3 votes)
69 May 29, 2005 18:00 Peru Puno » made it 35238 km [*] (5) 4 (21 votes)
73 Jun 02, 2005 03:33 Peru Cusco » The home of the Inka 35571 km [*] (10) 4.2 (33 votes)
73 Jun 02, 2005 22:24 Peru Ollantaytambo » Happy Birthday Andrew 35614 km [*] (12) 4.7 (7 votes)
75 Jun 04, 2005 18:00 Peru Machupiccho » Camino Inca - Day One 35643 km [*] (7) 3.1 (9 votes)
76 Jun 05, 2005 18:00 Peru Machupiccho » Day 2 35643 km [*] (11) 3.2 (78 votes)
77 Jun 06, 2005 18:00 Peru Machupiccho » Day 3 along the trail 35643 km [*] (28) 3.8 (10 votes)
78 Jun 07, 2005 18:00 Peru Machupiccho » Day 4 - Made it 35643 km [*] (25) 3.6 (31 votes)
80 Jun 10, 2005 00:00 Peru Arequipa » "worst bus ride ever..." 36164 km [*] (7) 3.2 (4 votes)
83 Jun 13, 2005 00:20 Peru Arequipa » Two thirds of cruising altitude 36164 km [*] (11) 4.2 (6 votes)
85 Jun 14, 2005 01:36 Peru Huacachina » Sand dunes 36849 km [*] (7) 4.3 (18 votes)
86 Jun 15, 2005 22:00 Peru Pisco » Peru's Poor Man's Galápagos 36915 km [*] (10) 3 (2 votes)
91 Jun 20, 2005 02:00 Peru Huaraz » 4 days to Santa Cruz 37401 km 5 (2 votes)
94 Jun 23, 2005 18:34 Peru Máncora » The Beach 38120 km [*] (2) 5 (4 votes)
97 Jun 26, 2005 16:23 Ecuador Montañita » Full Moon Party 38491 km [*] (13) 2.9 (9 votes)
98 Jun 27, 2005 07:00 Ecuador Montañita » Cat Bag Pipes 38491 km [*] (1) 2.8 (14 votes)
100 Jun 30, 2005 00:08 Ecuador Riobamba » The Devil´s Nose 38694 km [*] (10) 4.2 (20 votes)
106 Jul 05, 2005 02:00 Ecuador Baños » Bathrooms 38733 km [*] (31) 4.9 (40 votes)
108 Jul 07, 2005 02:04 Ecuador Misahuallí » Into the jungle. 38826 km 1 (1 votes)
108 Jul 08, 2005 00:09 Ecuador Coca » Down the Amazon (sort of) 38927 km [*] (11) 5 (4 votes)
109 Jul 08, 2005 03:00 Ecuador Lago Agrio » Maybe the wrong thng to do. 38990 km 5 (4 votes)
110 Jul 10, 2005 00:40 Ecuador Quito » The middle of the world. 39175 km [*] (16) 3 (1 votes)
112 Jul 11, 2005 22:50 Colombia Ipiales » First Stop 39326 km 3 (2 votes)
114 Jul 13, 2005 02:00 Colombia Cali » sprawling city 39642 km 5 (4 votes)
115 Jul 14, 2005 19:39 Colombia Bogotá » Raining on my parade 39943 km [*] (8) 3.1 (1 votes)
126 Jul 25, 2005 22:33 Colombia Parque Nacional Tayrona » the beach 40689 km [*] (19) 4 (24 votes)
134 Aug 02, 2005 23:31 Colombia Santa Marta » Santa Claus Marta 40697 km [*] (5) 3 (2 votes)
135 Aug 03, 2005 16:59 Colombia Ciudad Perdida » The Lost City of the Tyronas 40758 km [*] (18) 2.3 (10 votes)
146 Aug 15, 2005 00:18 Colombia Taganga » Home sweet home 40822 km [*] (11) 3.7 (19 votes)
153 Aug 21, 2005 18:46 Colombia Taganga » just a few photos 40822 km [*] (14) 3.4 (5 votes)
160 Aug 28, 2005 01:46 Colombia Taganga » Birthday Bliss 40822 km [*] (13) 4.5 (25 votes)
175 Sep 12, 2005 17:40 Colombia Taganga » what´s new 40822 km [*] (24) 3.6 (8 votes)
184 Sep 21, 2005 20:12 Colombia Taganga » Drawing to a close 40822 km [*] (24) 5 (22 votes)
189 Sep 26, 2005 18:07 Colombia Taganga » a few more 40822 km [*] (14) 5 (4 votes)
192 Sep 29, 2005 20:05 Colombia Taganga » going, going, gone 40822 km [*] (25) 3.8 (13 votes)
196 Oct 03, 2005 04:13 Colombia Cartagena » cultural cartagena 40996 km [*] (14) 3.5 (2 votes)
197 Oct 04, 2005 21:25 Panama Panama City » Coming to America 41465 km [*] (7)
199 Oct 06, 2005 22:32 Costa Rica San José » A packed bus... 41977 km [*] (5)
201 Oct 08, 2005 03:00 Nicaragua Managua » Dodge-ville, Nic. 42321 km
201 Oct 09, 2005 00:55 Nicaragua León » Rainy season 42395 km [*] (6)
209 Oct 16, 2005 03:22 Honduras Utilá » The Calypso of the Bay Islands 42758 km [*] (18)
211 Oct 18, 2005 23:09 Honduras Copán » it ruined my day 43073 km [*] (14)
213 Oct 20, 2005 03:30 Guatemala Flores Petén » chicken buses 43320 km [*] (5)
214 Oct 21, 2005 21:09 Guatemala Tikal » tikal 43362 km [*] (16)
218 Oct 25, 2005 01:42 Guatemala Flores Petén » hanging with hibbo 43404 km [*] (3)
219 Oct 26, 2005 01:08 Guatemala Lanquín » floating down the river 43557 km [*] (6)
221 Oct 29, 2005 00:59 Guatemala Semuc » garden of eden stuff 43570 km [*] (17) 4.5 (2 votes)
223 Oct 30, 2005 15:11 Guatemala Guatemala City » Guate, Guate, Guate!! 43704 km [*] (5)
224 Oct 31, 2005 23:13 Guatemala Antigua Guatemala » It is all about the magma 43728 km [*] (18) 5 (1 votes)
225 Nov 01, 2005 19:05 Guatemala Santiago Sacatepéquez » High as a Kite 43739 km [*] (19) 3.2 (4 votes)
231 Nov 07, 2005 15:34 Guatemala San Pedro La Laguna » paradise 43803 km [*] (22) 5 (1 votes)
231 Nov 07, 2005 16:11 El Salvador San Salvador » Volcanoes from Busses 44051 km [*] (13) 4 (2 votes)
234 Nov 10, 2005 15:49 Panama Panama City » Busses, Bush and Independence 45231 km [*] (36) 5 (3 votes)
243 Nov 19, 2005 21:51 Panama Bocas del Toro » Island Hopping 45533 km [*] (26) 2.7 (3 votes)
248 Nov 24, 2005 20:00 Panama Boquete » what humidity? 45718 km [*] (6) 5 (1 votes)
251 Nov 27, 2005 18:53 Panama Portobelo » Beautiful Port 45991 km [*] (5) 3.3 (2 votes)
253 Nov 29, 2005 19:11 Panama San Blas Channel » paradise 46072 km [*] (20) 4.9 (8 votes)
258 Dec 04, 2005 19:31 Colombia Taganga » back 46622 km [*] (1) 4.2 (3 votes)
286 Jan 01, 2006 20:28 Colombia Barranquilla » feliz nuevo año 46696 km [*] (9) 3.3 (3 votes)
295 Jan 10, 2006 17:45 Colombia Taganga » leaving all this behind 46770 km
297 Jan 12, 2006 01:35 Venezuela Maracaibo » stop over number one 47059 km [*] (2)
297 Jan 12, 2006 08:22 United States Miami » stop over number 2 48971 km
298 Jan 13, 2006 08:25 United States San Francisco » stop over number 3 53145 km
302 Jan 17, 2006 14:27 Taiwan (Republic of China) Taipei » stop over number 4 63517 km [*] (21) 4.9 (15 votes)
307 Jan 22, 2006 01:30 Australia Gold Coast » Big Day Out 2006 70340 km [*] (112) 4.9 (24 votes)
367 Mar 23, 2006 04:00 Malaysia Borneo » wedding on the beach 75645 km [*] (31) 5 (1 votes)