In the end of August, I started to the next adventure: a six week trip to South America. I didn’t really plan out the whole journey ahead, in fact, I just booked a flight to Santiago de Chile and the return from Brasilia in advance. Everything in between was then kind of spontaneous.
Arriving in Santiago de Chile, I spend some days in the house of a befriended family, which I got to know 4 years ago during a trip in Peru. Coming from the German summer, I first needed to get used to the temperatures in Santiago. It was the only time during my journey, that I was happy to have brought my winter boots. I wouldn’t use them for the next 5 weeks of my trip.
A part of the time in Santiago I was still working on a consultancy I accepted some weeks ago: the translation of a toolkit about solar irrigation from English into Spanish. Exactly 2 weeks later, I saw my translated work on a training seminar in La Paz, but I will come to this.
Beside the translation work, I wandered around in Santiago, but I still don’t have this right connection to the city. So, I wasn’t too sad to leave after a few days direction north: to Arica!

I didn’t want to take flights within South America, to see a bit more of the country and really get a feeling for the distances. By the way, I think there is nothing more comfortable than Bus Trips (of course the bus should be somehow in a good condition): there is always something to see outside, the seats are very cushy and for the time being in the bus, letting your thoughts fly. Of course you should bring enough food with you 🙂 Back to South America part 1: Chile weiterlesen