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Round the World Trip from May 2008 to May 2009.

The Basics: 12 months, 18,000 Euros, 17 flights, 6 continents, 1 50l backpack.

The itinerary: South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique - Hong Kong, China, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand - Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand - San Francisco - Mexico, Panama - Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brasil - home run.

World Map Itinerary
Red: RTW ticket itinerary
Green: overland trips (bus, train...)
Orange: flights (out of RTW ticket)
Blue: boat trips

"I feel about travel the way a happy new mother feels about her impossible, colicky, restless newborn baby--I just don't CARE what it puts me through. Because I adore it. Because it's mine. Because it looks exactly like me. It can barf all over me if it wants to--I just don't care."
--Elizabeth Gilbert

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By DELFIN
June 30th 2009

Time for a best of, and closure Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

Laos, love at first sight...

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS Time has come for closure. I have been home for more than a month. I have reconnected with family and most of my friends. My backpack is still lying in a corner of my studio, but it's empty (I think). It's summer time. I have celebrated my return with dignity, attended many picnics in Parisian parks, splashed in the inflatable swimming pool with my three nieces, and enjoyed the pleasure of sleeping in my own big bed, wearing different clothes everyday, and sitting on my flushing toilet. Time has come to sum it all up. Time has [View Full Entry]

Sunrise from the Champagne Pools, Fraser Island, Australia

Laughing with Jen and Caro in Tofo, Mozambique

By DELFIN
May 11th 2009

Six on the Deck in Ilha Grande, and Grand Finale in Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Meus amigos en Meu Amigo
Photo by Jon Rawlinson

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE D-7 before going home. Not hungry for adventure anymore, my mission was to get a tan and a rest. I managed to cook up the perfect recipe for a perfect finale to these 345 perfect days, and the result was... well... perfect! I'll share the recipe with you, if you'll allow me... In a hostel right on the water, in a lush car-free island, reached after a fun speed-boat ride, throw in the following main ingredients: - a cute Californian chef - a Dutch funnyman [View Full Entry]

View from the Acuario hostel in Ihla Grande

My wonderful triple date on the first night!

By DELFIN
May 2nd 2009

Water, Water Everywhere: From Big Water to January River South America » Brazil

Iguazu Falls, from Brazil

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE Iguazu means big water in Guaraní. You bet it does. Big water is actually something of an understatement when you look at these billions of liters of water crash in a thunderous noise. Hypnotising… Sam and I arrived at the hostel early in the morning after a short morning flight from Buenos Aires, almost straight from the Fabulosos Cadillacs concert—for once, I had decided to fly to avoid wasting another day in a boring 20-hour bus ride, and I w [View Full Entry]

By DELFIN
April 20th 2009

Buenos Aires Hot Nights and Sunny Days South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

Asado in Sunny Caminito

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE [I know I abandoned the blog a little. A little too much some of you said, and that is how I found out many people were actually reading it... Now, I guess it's a little late to keep you posted on my whereabouts in real time, but I had kept track of my adventures on a notebook and don't want to loose all that work in a drawer!] I was expecting so much of Buenos Aires that I apprehended disappointment. Everyone who had gone there and knew me a little had told [View Full Entry]

Violentango, one of the many concerts I attended

By DELFIN
March 31st 2009

150 Lakes, Wine, BBQ and Ice-Cream South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

Paragliding around Bariloche

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE I spent only a week in Argentina, half of it trekking in the mountain, disconnected from the people and culture. Yet, Argentina feels so familiar, so "known," that I cannot help but wonder if I wasn't an Argentine in a previous life. Whatever the case may be, my eyes are new to the beauty of Bariloche´s surroundings. To take it all in from above and enjoy the sunny weather, I go paragliding on my first day there--breathtaking... After that, true to my wish of s [View Full Entry]

By DELFIN
March 19th 2009

Chilling in Chiloé South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island

Ven a mÃ!!

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE True, I swear a lot by Couchsurfing, but staying at a atmospheric hostel, in town, one block from the lake and with other travelers also has its perks. As I wonder what to do the one day I have in Puerto Varas before going to Argentina, my French roommate invites me to share a rental car for a day trip in the area. Two other travelers, an Irish and a British-German from Portugal join us for what was the most lovely day, at a leisurely pace and under pefectly bl [View Full Entry]

By DELFIN
March 13th 2009

Patagonia: the Strongest Winds, the Bluest Ice, the Brightest Moon South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

soaking up the sun

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE "C'est mignon comme tout!" ("cute as a button" maybe?) was the first thing the French people in the bus said as we arrived in Calafate, a small, touristy town, its tidy streets lined with chalet-like houses surrounded by fragrant roses and lavender. Not much else to do though, than go admire the Perito Moreno glacier, one of the very few advancing glaciers in the world, and one of the largest too. As recommended by another traveler, I went for a full-day glaci [View Full Entry]

By DELFIN
March 4th 2009

Give Me More Time in Patagonia! South America » Chile » Magallanes » Puerto Natales

Torres del Paine at sunrise...

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE I know, I am almost four months behind on my blog. It has become ridiculous. All of this time, I have been writing in my notebook though, but oddly enough, internet access has been less easy, and slower than anywhere else (ok, bad excuse...). Anyways, I will slowly catch up on those four months, but starting with the latest and keep posting... I was supposed to spend 10 days in Chilean Patagonia. Why so much time? had asked some people. The answer was "why n [View Full Entry]

By DELFIN
February 26th 2009

The Poetry of Mess - Valparaiso South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso

Mooooh

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE Valparaiso is not as touristy and "sanitized" as I expected, given its classification at the UNESCO World Heritage. Its traditional zinc-covered houses lean sideways, most are not renovated for the tourists' benefit and many are rusty, its endless stairs smell of piss and garbage, its steep streets are lined with artful improvised graffittis, its harbour bustles with container-lifting cranes, its plazas are swarming with bums, musicians, idlers, sleeping dogs a [View Full Entry]

By DELFIN
February 22nd 2009

Summertime in Santiago South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

Eating machas a la parmesana...

EN FRANCAIS PLUS BAS MORE PHOTOS HERE Cotton-headed, I step out of the subway station, wondering if I'm really awake or still asleep in the dusty desert and dreaming of a science-fiction future where red dust doesn't exist. I almost bump into Tamara and her "pololo" (boyfriend) Alejandro/Cano who came to pick me up and walk me back to their quiet and cozy apartment. Tamara had worked with George a few years ago, and we had met in Paris as she was doing an investigation in France for her degree. She [View Full Entry]

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