Thoughts on “Hippie Places”

A story about how random places in the world turned into lookalike magnets for hippies, backpackers of all kinds, affluent locals and digital nomads.

South America Routes

Today I have a slightly different story for once. I’ve been writing a lot about Thailand over the last few weeks and it reminded me of my very first backpacking trip: alone from Mexico to Argentina.

An unplanned night in the Atacama desert

When researching about a trip to the Salar de Uyuni and the Atacama desert, you will most likely come across the odd horror story about a car breaking down or getting stuck somewhere on the way. So did I, but I just shrug it off and said “that would never happen to me”. Except it did.