The Midg From Lima

I met Claudia after a 13 hour bus ride from Cuzco at The Point hostel in Lima.
I was having a beer at 11am and she told me that she hitchhiked from Brazil to Lima and got all her accommodation for free.

She showed me some of her videos and we ended up partying the next couple of days and the rest as they say is history.

Claudia and I have kept in touch and she will be doing Asia for 0 dollars in the next few months.
Her website is http://www.adventurousasf.blogspot.com/

She is one talented chick take a look at some of her videos below.

Back in Canada and insanley broke

I saw some amazing things and met some great people on my trip across South America and now it's time to get back to reality. Hello reality where the fuck are you?
Oh right you are in my bank account and my maxed out credit card and passed due car loan.

This really fucking sucks I came back to Barrie Ontario that has the worst fucking unemployment rate in all of Canada and the bills are piling up in my inbox.

The question is was it worth all this financial doom and gloom should I have planned differently and saved for my return "maybe".

I don't think my experience would have been quite the same or memorable if I had.
No matter how shitty things get I tend to always bounce back and I will always remember long bus trips from country to country, Biking down the death road and dancing with girls from cuzco Peru on top of the bars at nightclubs.

Short term pain for long term gain I suppose.

Some things are comforting about coming back like seeing good friends and realizing that wherever you go you always have friends and family to come back to and although they may not change much and what they did last week sounds boring compared to paragliding in Mendoza or touring the salt flats of Bolivia.
Sitting down and shooting the proverbial bullshit with people you have known for over ten years is something more valuable then gold and it does not cost a dime.

La Paz

Spazzed in Lapaz
Here are some Photos of LaPaz

Downtown La Paz

Witches Market La paz Lama Fetuses

Death Road Bolivia

Conquering the death Road

Sunburnt in San Pedro Atacama

Missed my passage to Bolivia via the salt flats due to a late night rave in the mountains. I bitched enough in Spanglish and convinced the tour company that I thought it was Tomorrow and they told me to come back at 2 pm so I hope it works out.

I had planed on sleeping early but the Germans were not having it and insisted that I come party with them.

We took a cab crammed with 2 Chileans 2 Germans one guy from Spain out in to the middle of the desert to a bonfire and loud house music.

Guys were selling mixed drinks out of plastic bags and the night got messy after that.

We arrived back at the hostel at about 6am and I set the alarm but it was useless at this point as I was awoken by es hora de revisar o mover a la habitación de dos.
cinco minutos I protested but it was useless 3 Frenchmen had arrived and I had to get the fuck out.

So I rolled my lobster red booze soaked body off the top bunk and went in search of Alo Vera and agua.

Worthless change ahhhgh

Pics from Chile

My travels by bus so far

Traveling to the border in Chile

I will miss you Mendoza but I will see you again soon

Here are some pics crossing the Andes to Chile

I jumped off a mountain today

I went flying today what a rush

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Why the Ontario mentality is backwards

Why the Ontario mentality is backwards

Throughout my travels I have cooked girls from Belgium and Australia, drank wine with people from France discussed politics with people from Holland a and Span and spent late hours into the night with Women from Brazil and San Juan Argentina and South Africa.

Throughout many conversations the question what do you do was never mentioned
I realize how boring the discussion of work is yet it is the first thing that comes up when you meet most people in Ontario Canada.
I also learned that in Holland and Belgium and France one month vacation a year is standard rather then the garbage two weeks that most Canadians get I am truly surprised that our suicide rate is not higher then it is.

I have made the lifestyle choice not to get locked in to the mortgage bullshit when I have concluded my journey in South America It will be back to the grindstone frugal living and saving to Vagabond around Asia.

One common exuse is I wish I could but I don´t have the money

Let´s put it into prospective 5 nights in Mendoza Argentina Many nights out at one of the disco 3 nights out at a 5 star restaurant ordering steak and wine a tour of the Vineyards on Bicycle with lots of wine and absinthe and a semi cama bus ticket to Chile can be had for what most Canadians pay for 2 weeks of gas petrol for a gas guzzling unnecessary SUV.

I would love to write more but I am going to explore more of Mendoza before my night bus to Chile and sitting at this Internet cafe is about as appealing as eating paint chips.

Ciao Amigos I will update you from Santiago

They hate politicians here as well

My Amigo From Paris

My amigo from Paris