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Bolivia, of Pollo Economicos and Potable
































Hello everyone! Another episode of Traveling Kit! Woohoo! In this episode, I'm excited to have Ofek from Austin, Texas, with me to talk about our trip through Bolivia! I met this top bloke in Santiago, Chile, and bumped into him again in San Pedro de Atacama. We then travelled together ever since with a couple other German boys, Alfons and Matti.




























From San Pedro de Atacama, the four of us booked a trip to Uyuni via the infamous Salar de Uyuni, or the salt flats. Crossing the border was interesting, there was just a house where you get stamps into Bolivia. The exit stamp from Chile was done in San Pedro de Atacama itself! Then we loaded all our belongings onto the jeep and off we went. Passing through scenic lagoons and rock formations along the way before finally arriving at the salt flats. During this time, the group got bigger with three new additions to the squad! Santiago whom I met in Salta, Argentina, and Clara and Jules during the trip.

Hasta luego Argentina y Chile!

































Once again, I'm going to wax lyrical about my trip around the remaining parts of Argentina and Chile before I begin my journey through Bolivia. This episode will feature both Argentina and Chile as I ziggity-zag between both places before finally ending up in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, to make a 3D2N trip into the renowned Salar de Uyuni (Salt Flats of Uyuni). For you good people listening, I'm going to put up links and what-not about things that I talked about during the episode. For those who are the TL;DR sort, fear not! Just skim through this post and you'll get the gist of the podcast. But why would you want to miss out on my sweet voice?
BarilocheCircuito Chico - First you need a SUBE card, which is like an Oyster Card (London) or EzLink card (Singapore) where you put some credits into the card and use it for public transport. This card is good for both Bariloche and Buenos Aires, and you can recharge it at almost every convenience store. Check with your hostel where and which bus to take to the beginning of the loop. I took Bus 20, westbound towards the circuit. The bicycle shops will give you an itinerary on where to stop along the loop. Technically you're not allowed to ride on the trails, but it's a lot more fun cycling through them and I didn't have any problems when returning the bikes. I would recommend leaving for the circuit early and come prepared with food because there are several places with great viewpoints and you can spend some time relaxing and enjoy the view. One memorable spot is at panoramic spot with a detour from Villa Tacul.
Siete Lagos - The road to Seven Lakes. Car rentals are about ARS1,000 a day. I've heard people renting it for as low as ARS800 a day. I think ARS1,000 would be a good gauge when renting a car, just go shopping along the main roads of Bariloche and there are heaps of car rental companies. There's also free kilometers on the car from the company I chose. I would advise to go prepared with all the lakes on your GoogleMaps or Maps.me as some lakes are not as obvious. Nonetheless, there are plenty of places to stop and enjoy the lakes on the road. Last piece of advice is if you head double backing like I do, take a detour into Villa Traful back to Bariloche. That's the eighth lake, although it's not part of Siete Lagos. But take note that the roads are not paved and you're going to need more time to drive through the gravel roads.
Alain de Botton - Here's a plug for his book that I would recommend to everyone, regardless if you enjoy travelling or not. The Art of Travel. I think there's even a video commentary on YouTube for you lazy f***s.

In this episode, I'm very happy to share my first maté session with Santiago from Mexico, and Alfons from Germany, with Dougie from Scotland joining nearing the end of the episode. We'll just be having a conversation while sipping them maté.

From Iguaçu Waterfalls to Patagonian Mountains








































































































When I think of Evita, I think of "Don't cry for me Argentina"



































































































Many many water, falling down down down...





























































































Replace skyscrapers with mountains please!















Hello there! Hola! Another instalment of Traveling Kit picking up where I left off in Brazil. Starting my journey in Argentina, but it's a big ass country therefore I'm going to break it into two parts. Transition into Argentina began in Puerto Iguaçu where I caught the Iguaçu Falls on the Argentinian side. Check out my previous post for a more in-depth review of Iguaçu Falls!





























































































































































































































Then it was off to the capital, Buenos Aires, to educate myself with Argentina's history. Moving on, I wanted to get to the southern-most city in the world, but it would tak

Brazil has been a pleasant surprise at every turn since the media has been exaggerating its safety. I've met some really cool people whilst in Brazil, a beautiful culture and not to mention the amazing natural and man-made attraction it has to offer.

Leaving London, I headed to Paris for several days before exploring Spain and Portugal. Here's my trip mainly through these two places!