“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 […]