Patagonia
“The crows assert that a single crow could destroy the heavens. This is certainly true, but it proves nothing against the heavens, because heaven means precisely: the impossibility of crows.” — F. Kafka Southern Patagonia is not characterized by significant urban settlements or human achievements. I don’t mean to say that there is a lack […]
Carretera Austral
The famous carretera austral, the highway 7 in Chile, is a 1,240 kilometer (770 mi) long road connecting remote regions of Patagonia. More than half of it is still unpaved. We weren’t quite sure where to begin at first. The starting point is around Puerto Mont, but requires three ferry rides. Another option is to visit the big island of Chiloe and take […]
Los Lagos
Being stationary and very comfortable for a week at Lorraine’s place made us a bit itchy for the road, and we headed straight south without spending much time in Valparaiso or Santiago. At this part of the continent, there are a dozen or so large lakes distributed across both sides of the Andean mountains. Chile and Argentina […]
Yucatan
Today is the seventeenth day of September. We can almost see Belize from our last camping spot in Mexico. Our life on the road is nearing three months. It’s clear to us now that this journey down to Patagonia is going to take longer than we expected. Crossing the border in Tijuana, it was hard […]
Into the Chiapas
Zipolite Beach is supposedly one of the world’s most deadly beaches, because of its strong currents. It’s also one of the rare nude beaches in Mexico. It has a relaxed, ‘hippie’ feel to it, with camping for only 70 pesos a night (about 5 USD!), a fun bar and people bringing you coconuts and food all […]
Change in Cholula
It is interesting how quickly we get used to new situations. Only about six weeks ago, I was sitting in my living room in Los Angeles, panicking about our crazy decision to depart on this trip. THE TRIP. Erdem and I had planned and talked about it since the very beginning of our relationship about […]
Sun and Roses
When we left Los Angeles over a month ago, we received an unsettling but inspiring email from our friend Chad just as we were hopping onto the highway to depart into the unknown. Chad had been battling with brain cancer for the past couple of years and let us know that he needed to have […]
Guadalavista!
We rushed by what Erdem calls “Tequila fields” and entered the second largest city of Mexico: Guadalajara. Almost immediately after entering the outskirts we see lights flashing behind us and the police stops us. We had read about a police problem in Guadalajara and our hearts start racing. Shit. What now. I guess this is […]
Cococide on mainland
Our transition from Baja to Mainland Mexico was smooth as can be. We said goodbye to Lara and Joe at the port with some silly photos, uncomfortably long group hugs, and sniffed-up tears, and continued on to go through the checkpoint. After asking us a few questions about the things in our car, we had […]