I feel a bit sad knowing that this is my last post. However I’m happy to report that my trip ended on a spectacular note in the land down under. After almost 80 days of traveling and sleeping in hostels, I was getting a healthy dose of homesickness when I got into Cairns. I was … Continue reading 10. Australia
View of Queenstown from Bob’s peak Back to the English-speaking world! The trip from Amsterdam to Queenstown was quite a long and involved affair. I started with an overnight bus to London, then from London I flew to Kuala Lumpur (an 11-hour flight), then a 9 hour connection to Auckland where I arrived in the … Continue reading 9. New Zealand
In an attempt to catch up I’m going to lump a couple of countries together in this post. So after Spain, I headed over to London for a day before making the jump to Paris. Since I did my study abroad there I didn’t feel a particular need to spend too much time in London. … Continue reading 8. Paris and Amsterdam
Kalimotxos in the middle of the day Two things have especially blessed my trip so far, weather and timing. Other than the chilly weather in Buenos Aires I seem to remember mostly sunny beautiful days. Also, the timing turned out just right so that I was able to catch both Bastille Day in Paris and … Continue reading 7. San Fermin!
It’s been over a week since I’ve left Barcelona now, but it remains unbeaten as my favorite city so far on this trip. The most obvious thing to like about Barcelona is that it is just really beautiful. The city is known for its architecture, and if nothing else the buildings are stylistically very unique. … Continue reading 6. Barcelona
My stay in Rio started ominously with a two day bout of a cold I caught from Buenos Aires. It’s a strange and frustrating experience having a cold prevent you from seeing a beautiful tropic city when the weather is sunny and perfect outside. To be honest though, I probably have myself to blame for … Continue reading 5. Rio de Janeiro
After the Ecuadorian Amazon, the bitter cold of the Argentine winter in Buenos Aires came as quite a shock. Upon arrival, I was immediately struck by how different Argentina felt compared to Peru and Ecuador. The deep indigenous influence that was ever-present in the northern Andes seemed strangely absent here. I was told that the … Continue reading 4. Buenos Aires
I´m sad to say that before coming to this wonderful country, I had no idea that Ecuador was named (naturally) for the equator, or that the equator even passed through it. Coming into the capital Quito however, one would never guess that you are right smack on latitude 0. There was nothing of the wet … Continue reading 3. Ecuador
Lima is a stark foil to Cusco and the Peruvian highlands. The highlands on the one hand, are largely populated by often Quechua-speaking indigenous Peruvians; the mountains often seem to crowd out the people, and the skies are clear as crystal. Lima on the other hand, is a city of 8 million people by the … Continue reading 2. Lima
Hello friends! I´m happy to report that I am alive and well in Lima. I´ve been on the road for just about 10 days now, but without the week-to-week work cycle it´s been hard to keep track of time. We arrived in Cusco, Peru last Friday. Cusco was the capital of the Incan Empire. However, … Continue reading 1. Cusco and Machu Picchu
Jack Wang 