Surfer’s Technique / Техниката на сърфиста 18.05.2015 – 27.09.2015 Go to the story: “Am Rio de la Plata“ Към историята: “Край Рио де ла Плата“
Category Archives: South America
On the crossroad / На кръстопътя 04.12.2012 – 08.04.2013 Go to the story: “A journey of 10 000 miles“ Към историята: “Как станахме кръстопътници“
“Surfer’s Technique” is a story about my 5-month long South American journey – Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Go to “Part 4: In the Middle Earth” After an easy (and thorough) month-long tour of Ecuador, including trekking, beaches, crater lakes and exotic wildlife, I crossed in Colombia, knowing that my journey will end there. Though I had almost a month until my return flight, the fact that I already had a ticket affected my way of travel, making it way more intense. Situated only a few kilometers from the border the neo-Gothic cathedral El Santuario de las Lajas […]
“Surfer’s Technique” is a story about my 5-month long South American journey – Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Go to “Part 3: Life on the Amazon” The last 20 days had passed lazily just like the turbid waters of the Amazon. During this time I had travelled for more than 2500 km. on two of its main tributaries – Rio Ucayali and Rio Napo and a short stretch of the Amazon itself. I had spent most of the days lounging on a hammock with a book in hand, throwing frequent glances towards the green wall, sliding along the […]
“Surfer’s Technique” is a story about my 5-month long South American journey – Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. In this part you will learn how I travelled 2500 km. along the Amazon. Go to “Part 2: In den Cordilleren” I had spent 20 days of the last month in the mountains of Bolivia and Peru and I have run out of stamina and desire to suffer. But my interest in South America wasn’t limited to the Andes. I was attracted by any other natural landmarks, archaeological excavations and cities with beautiful architecture. Luckily, the New World was full […]
“Surfer’s Technique” is a story about my 5-month long South American journey – Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Go to “Part 1: Am Rio de la Plata” After the first 20 days and over 3000 km. of hitchhiking throughout Uruguay and northern Argentina, often sleeping in my tent next to roadside gas stations, my journey continued in Bolivia. Here, because of the low transportation costs and the lack of personal cars, I gave up this way of travelling. I took my first coach with great pleasure. I could just relax and fall asleep, stare through the window or […]
“Surfer’s Technique” is a story about my 5-month long South American journey – Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. On May 19, two and a half years after the start of my first long journey South America, I once again found myself at the airport in Buenos Aires. The similarities between the two end with the equal starting point. This time I wouldn’t be heading south but north. Besides I arrived with a one-way ticket, having no idea when and from where I would go home. The most significant difference however was that now Tatyana wasn’t accompanying me. […]
This is the second part of the story about our 4-month South American journey. It is about our travel around Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. Go to “Part one” >> After the first 50 days and more than 10 000 km. hitchhiking around Patagonia, sleeping frequently in a tent or Couchsurfing, our journey continues in Peru. Here we finally came across a standard of living similar to ours in Bulgaria. We took the first bus with great pleasure. We could just relax and go to sleep, talk or read a book – unattainable “luxury” while we were hitchhiking. Moreover we stopped […]
This is first part of the story of our South American journey – 10 000 miles of hitchhiking through Patagonia. Аt the beginning of December 2012, after months of preparation and planning, we landed at the Buenos Aires airport. We didn’tt know any Spanish (they barely speak English there) and we had no idea where we will sleep tonight. We plunged straight into the deep. After a walk around the hostels in the city, we settled in the cheapest. “KMO” or at least so we were reading it until we realized it’s “km. 0” (kilometer zero) – the perfect […]
