I can retrace my journey on every map, or in my mind.

But I can also retrace it with the people I have met along the way, the friends I have made.

It is amazing to see how many people I have met, and how much they contributed to shape this journey.

In the end, it didn’t matter where I went, I would meet amazing people all over. And even if I was sad of having to leave after four weeks, I also was curious of the next stop, and the people I would meet there.

Thank you for sharing your tim with me, for taking me along to parties and events, for showing me your favorite spots around town, for presenting me your friends.

It’s been such an amazing ride with you.

But it’s also sad to know that there was so much more out there, people who I did not manage to meet up with, or only saw once… all the potential friendships that could have developed…

In the end, I guess, this journey is less about the places and cities I visited.

It’s about you guys.

So here’s a different map of the world, the story of my journey:

Fabio, a Braxilian from Montreal

Wim, Dutch-American sailor and nurse, Seattle

Fabio, whom I met at the Sao Paulo Film Festival

Branden, a writer and book worm from Cape Town

Steph, working at Radio Canada, Montreal

John, my Burning Man camp mate

Mike from Taipei, met in Buenos Aires

Ron from Tel Aviv

Anton, Cape Town buddy

Alvaro, who showed me Santiago

Cihan, in Istanbul

Yasar, my host in Istanbul

Daniel from Mexico City

Serdar, a curator in Istanbul

Police Otter Michael, Auckland

Artur from Mexico whom I ment in Varanasi

Michael, my Melbourne buddy

Meike Winnemuth, whom I never met, but who inspired this trip

David from Atlanta, met in BsAs

A Schlumpf in Tel Aviv

Matias, allrounder and musician from Buenos Aires

Fellow traveller Robin

Leonie, New Zealand party animal

Henri, Cathay Pacific flight attendant and my host in Hong Kong

Jessica, an english teacher in Santiago (and Daniel)

Ryan from Montreal

Guilherme from Sao Paulo

Wayne from Sydney, Australia’s biggest Madonna fan

Guilherme, my host in Sao Paulo

Lucas from Porto Allegre

Lovely Belinda from New Zealand

Sammy, Melbourne drinking buddy

Eduardo from Santiago

Russ from Seattle

Mike from San Francisco

Arié, the Hug Train from Montreal

Amazing Hannah, with Mayo

Ignacio (Nacho) a Mexican IT specialist in Santiago

Fabulous Ari, and English teacher in Buenos Aires

Sawyer, the playa mama

Eder from Spain, met in Mexico City

Rodolfo, one of my hosts in Mexico City

Kieran, a Japanese teacher in Melbourne

Canadian Brandon, Joe’s cousin from Vancouver

Egnaldo, my host in Sao Paulo

Kurt from Cape town

Mateus, my host in Rio

Joe, my favourite painter, from Seattle

Andrew, whom I met at a Madonna party at Burning Man

Dario, from Buenos Aires

Francois, Air Transat flight attendend and friend form Montreal

Amazing Mioh, UN diplomat in Bangkok

Javo from Buenos Aires

Xavier, drinking buddy in BsAs

Fabulous Cate, an Australian diplomat

Sara, one of my Melbourne hosts

Andrew from Buenos Aires

Marcello from Tigre, Argentina

Gonzales, from Santiago

Jaime, a Chilean diplomat

Maxi from Buenos Aires

Craig from Seattle

Amazing Nina, Auckland

My Ramen buddy Robert, Seattle

Craig, our Burning Man Tree house architect

Arno from Cape Town

Ari, whom we met in India

Carlo, hair dresser in Cape Town

Guilherme from BsAs, now in san Francisco

Fellow Madonna fan Johann from Peru, living in seattle

Gorgeous Georgios, from Chicago, met in Hong Kong

Roberto from Sao Paulo

Stefano, a buddy in Melbourne

Marco from Mexico City

Joel from Montreal, at the Tam Tam

Will, my host and friend in Melbourne

Steven, a Brit-gone-Aussie, Melbourne

Timothy from San Diego

Warren, my playa buddy

Sophia, an English teacher in Santiago

Osamu, a designer in Melbourne

Guy, a lightning designer in Cape Town

André, a fellow traveller from Montreal

Aldo, Ignacios boyfriend from Santiago

Kate, the best, from Melbourne

Mau, my host from Rio

Jonathan from Santiago

Ceres, a fellow traveller in India

Alan, from Mexico City

Andres, my machine-gun Spanish teacher and DJ from Buenos Aires

Oliver, my roof top bar buddy in Hong Kong

Tim, playa buddy

Angus, from Sydney

Sammy, my Hong Kong photographer

Colin from Shandong MaMa, with Mark

Corey & Kylie, from Melbourne

Beautiful May from Chile

Olivier, flight attendant for Air Canada

Pablo, a musician in Buenos Aires

Fernando from Buenos Aires

Fernando, my favorite bar keeper in Hong Kong

Montreal Brandon, my crazy ass buddy

Jerome, Montreal party animal

Artur, a Polish roof top bar expert in Melbourne

Jessica, in Melbourne

Hannes from South Africa

Party animal Clinty, in Auckland

Jarrel from Montreal

Liran from Tel Aviv

Marco, my Google maps expert from San Francisco

Jen at Burning Man

Joe from Vancouver

Handsome Mayo, Santiago

Geraldo from Mexico City

Paul, student of Japanese, Tokyo

Matt, my Burning Man camp mate

AJ and Daniel, English teachers in Santiago

Gustavo from Chile

Manav, my Howell’s drinking buddy

Tony, Italian designer in Hong Kong

Daniel, a fellow traveller from Montreal

Sunny Chris from Baltimore, English teacher in Santiago

Jaime, a journalist and PR manager in Santiago

Lily, my host in Seattle

King Leon, from Hong Kong

Greg from Montreal, who knows the best places to party

Fabuouls Josée from Montreal

Gustavo, Mr Hermes in BsAs

Sebastian, Chilean from Vancouver

Jimena, the best Mexico City guide

Harvey, my host in Ponsonby, Auckland

Ardarsh, a banker in Hong Kong

Amazing Mallory at the Taj

Connor, from London, whom I met in Hong Kong

Federico, Tour guide and German student form BsAs

Sebastian, a casting director and my Chilean guide, Santiago

Nathan, English teacher in Moscow

Gary from Ireland, whom I met in Melbourne

Guido, my Santiago guide

Danilo, from Brazil, met in Uruguat

Raffi from Montreal

Antonio, Nacho’s friend in Mexico City

This gallery is far from complete (and it’s a randomised order, if you wonder 😉 ).

I am still going through it all, these are mostly the people I am in touch with through Facebook or other social apps. But I will keep on uploading more.

So if you’re not (yet) there, don’t be sad, I’m catching up. Message me!

I stole most of your pics from your Facebook accounts, they are public anyway, so you can’t complain (but if you’re unhappy with a pic, let me know and I’ll exchange…).

When I saw the progressing upload of these 150+ pictures into my blog database, and you guys appeared one by one, I just burst out into tears.

Thank you guys, to each and everyone of you.

You made my journey.

Thank you.

Keep in touch!