In Brazil, we spent Christmas in Rio de Janeiro, New Year in São Paulo, then we beach-bummed on Ilha de Santa Catarina. Back in São Paulo, Feng and Mark flew back to Canada and I travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, before going to Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay and crossing to Chile through Mendoza. In Chile, I spent time in Santiago, La Serena, Concepción and Valparaíso.
Here is the three-month trip travel diary:
- My Solo Adventure Wasn’t a Waste of Time
- My Brutal AC 093 Santiago Flight Back to Canada
- These Strange Latino Mysteries That Still Keep Me Awake at Night
- A Rare Glimpse of La Moneda, Chile’s Presidential Palace
- I Look Suspiciously Local and Foreign Tourists Are Scared
- My Latest Santiago Shopping Carts Mystery Story
- Valparaíso, Between Hippy-Chic Cerros and a Former Jail
- The First Time I Found Myself Waiting Half-Naked For…
- Four Days in Santiago – This is What I Like to Do
- Viña del Mar, A Soulless Version of Valparaíso
- The Other Valparaíso You Won’t See on Postcards
- And This is Why You Should Go to Valparaíso
- 10 Things Guidebooks Don’t Say About Valparaíso
- How I Got Lost on My First Night in Valparaíso
- The Valparaíso Option (When You’re Tired of Santiago)
- The Surprisingly International Side of Santiago
- The Fascinating Murals of Barrio Bellavista in Santiago
- Avenida Vitacura, Where Rich People Live and Shop in Santiago
- To the Virgin and Back in Santiago
- … And This is What Concepción Looked Like
- I Decided to Explore Concepción… And This Is Why I Left
- Taking the Milky Way to Sea Lions in Talcahuano
- Finding the Right Bus to Concepción is Half the Fun
- A Week of Very Fun and Weird Santiago Moments
- Love Murals? Go to Barrio Brasil in Santiago
- Chile’s Cutest Cats Hang Out in Santiago’s La Vega Central
- Visit Santiago’s Creepiest House, It’s Hiding in Plain Sight
- The Coup, The Struggle for Democracy and a New Beginning
- My Latest Major Facepalm Moment in Santiago
- Me in Chile, Them in Canada, in a Parallel Universe
- “Turn Right, Third Cactus on the Left” in the Región de Coquimbo
- What to See in Coquimbo? Start With the Fish Market
- La Serena, Where Everybody (Somehow) Knows Your Name
- La Serena is My New Favourite Chilean City
- People Go Crazy for “Churrascas” in La Serena
- How to End Up in a Spare Bedroom 500 Km North of Santiago
- My Weird Rollercoaster of Emotions in Santiago
- The Spectacular Top-of-The-Andes Argentina-Chile Border Crossing With 28 Hairpin Turns
- 新年快乐 – It’s the Year of the Pig! (Yes, I Have my Illegal Fireworks)
- Delicious Foods to Sample in Argentina and Uruguay
- Everybody Loves Mendoza, But “Look, It’s Not You, It’s Me…”
- My Austral Líneas Aéreas Experience on the Buenos Aires-Mendoza Flight
- Decision Time – Buenos Aires to Somewhere… But Where?
- I’m Lucky in Buenos Aires This Year
- From State Terror to Human Rights Defence
- Across The Chocolate River to Argentina with Colonia Express
- 10 Things I’ve Discovered After 10 Days of Solo Travel
- Punta del Este, Where a Giant Hand is Emerging from the Sand
- Montevideo is a Unique, Friendly, Grungy City
- Right on Time for the Start of Montevideo’s World-Longest Carnival
- The Easy Trip from Buenos Aires to Montevideo
- Buenos Aires is Always Surprising (And It’s Good!)
- I’m on a Mission to Find Missions in Buenos Aires
- Holy Shit… I’m All Alone (And I Need Coffee)
- The São Paulo-Buenos Aires Flight is Already a Culture Shock
- Every Story Worth Reading Has A Plot Twist
- This is What I’m Leaving Brazil With
- How to Spend a Few Days of Urban Fun in São Paulo
- The Orange Jello Obsession (+ Pics of Tastier Brazilian Foods)
- How to Climb the Social Ladder During a Walk Across Rio
- Huge, Scary, and Fascinating Sharks (At AquaRio…)
- One of These Nights in Rio
- Late-Night Craving – This is Brazil in a (Coco)Nutshell
- When Santa Catarina Island Turns Into a Slow Traffic Mess
- Swimsuit Off on Brazil’s Most Famous Nude Beach
- Praia Da Joaquim’s Amazing Sand Dunes and Massive Rocks
- The Hidden Beaches of Ilha de Santa Catarina
- Long, Empty and Gorgeous Praia Moçambique (My Favourite!)
- Just a Conversation on the Way to Sand Dunes…
- Here is The Full Brazilian Beach Experience, in Pictures
- This is Why Ilha de Santa Catarina is (Almost) Paradise
- São Paulo to Florianópolis – From the City to the Beach
- Meet the People of São Paulo
- How to Find Food on January 1 in São Paulo
- New Year’s Eve 2019 and What Happens at 00:00 in São Paulo
- Going to São Paulo for the New Year
- 10 Weird Details Guidebooks Don’t Say About Rio de Janeiro
- Meet the People of Copacabana
- This is Centro, The Other Rio de Janeiro
- We All Have a “Curse”… I Think I Know Mine
- Christmas Day is More Fun on Ipanema Beach
- Celebrating Christmas in Rio – Rain and Cheap Champagne
- Adventure of the Day, São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro by Bus
- Three Days in São Paulo, South America’s Largest City
- São Paulo Ain’t No Gotham City (It’s a Million Times Better)
- It Only Takes Ten Hours to Get From Darkness to Light
- Santa Came on December 16—And This Is Why