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:

Ryan from Montreal

My Ramen buddy Robert, Seattle

Guilherme from Sao Paulo

Federico, Tour guide and German student form BsAs

Lucas from Porto Allegre

Guilherme from BsAs, now in san Francisco

Jessica, an english teacher in Santiago (and Daniel)

Eder from Spain, met in Mexico City

Alan, from Mexico City

David from Atlanta, met in BsAs

AJ and Daniel, English teachers in Santiago

Eduardo from Santiago

Aldo, Ignacios boyfriend from Santiago

Jaime, a Chilean diplomat

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

Mike from San Francisco

Artur from Mexico whom I ment in Varanasi

Mau, my host from Rio

Kieran, a Japanese teacher in Melbourne

Amazing Hannah, with Mayo

Will, my host and friend in Melbourne

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

Hannes from South Africa

Sebastian, Chilean from Vancouver

Lily, my host in Seattle

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

Oliver, my roof top bar buddy in Hong Kong

Sebastian, a casting director and my Chilean guide, Santiago

Egnaldo, my host in Sao Paulo

Alvaro, who showed me Santiago

Marco, my Google maps expert from San Francisco

Lovely Belinda from New Zealand

A Schlumpf in Tel Aviv

Amazing Mallory at the Taj

Marcello from Tigre, Argentina

Rodolfo, one of my hosts in Mexico City

Warren, my playa buddy

Ron from Tel Aviv

Angus, from Sydney

Sunny Chris from Baltimore, English teacher in Santiago

Liran from Tel Aviv

Sammy, Melbourne drinking buddy

Marco from Mexico City

Harvey, my host in Ponsonby, Auckland

Ardarsh, a banker in Hong Kong

Carlo, hair dresser in Cape Town

Matt, my Burning Man camp mate

Tim, playa buddy

Xavier, drinking buddy in BsAs

Jaime, a journalist and PR manager in Santiago

Tony, Italian designer in Hong Kong

Kurt from Cape town

Gary from Ireland, whom I met in Melbourne

Jessica, in Melbourne

Osamu, a designer in Melbourne

Paul, student of Japanese, Tokyo

Steven, a Brit-gone-Aussie, Melbourne

Party animal Clinty, in Auckland

Gustavo from Chile

Wayne from Sydney, Australia’s biggest Madonna fan

Ari, whom we met in India

Jerome, Montreal party animal

Serdar, a curator in Istanbul

Jarrel from Montreal

Artur, a Polish roof top bar expert in Melbourne

Fellow Madonna fan Johann from Peru, living in seattle

Stefano, a buddy in Melbourne

Raffi from Montreal

Craig, our Burning Man Tree house architect

Cihan, in Istanbul

Timothy from San Diego

Daniel from Mexico City

Ceres, a fellow traveller in India

Pablo, a musician in Buenos Aires

Corey & Kylie, from Melbourne

Beautiful May from Chile

Sammy, my Hong Kong photographer

Fabulous Ari, and English teacher in Buenos Aires

Ignacio (Nacho) a Mexican IT specialist in Santiago

Andrew from Buenos Aires

Steph, working at Radio Canada, Montreal

Sophia, an English teacher in Santiago

Danilo, from Brazil, met in Uruguat

Police Otter Michael, Auckland

Wim, Dutch-American sailor and nurse, Seattle

Colin from Shandong MaMa, with Mark

Maxi from Buenos Aires

Russ from Seattle

Craig from Seattle

Kate, the best, from Melbourne

Gonzales, from Santiago

Mike from Taipei, met in Buenos Aires

Fabuouls Josée from Montreal

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

Sawyer, the playa mama

Sara, one of my Melbourne hosts

Montreal Brandon, my crazy ass buddy

Connor, from London, whom I met in Hong Kong

Anton, Cape Town buddy

Arié, the Hug Train from Montreal

Arno from Cape Town

Geraldo from Mexico City

Fabulous Cate, an Australian diplomat

Gustavo, Mr Hermes in BsAs

Amazing Nina, Auckland

Fellow traveller Robin

Branden, a writer and book worm from Cape Town

Amazing Mioh, UN diplomat in Bangkok

Fabio, a Braxilian from Montreal

Fabio, whom I met at the Sao Paulo Film Festival

Dario, from Buenos Aires

Joe from Vancouver

André, a fellow traveller from Montreal

Guido, my Santiago guide

Roberto from Sao Paulo

Joel from Montreal, at the Tam Tam

Fernando from Buenos Aires

Nathan, English teacher in Moscow

Olivier, flight attendant for Air Canada

Joe, my favourite painter, from Seattle

Jonathan from Santiago

Guilherme, my host in Sao Paulo

John, my Burning Man camp mate

Handsome Mayo, Santiago

Matias, allrounder and musician from Buenos Aires

Leonie, New Zealand party animal

Javo from Buenos Aires

Guy, a lightning designer in Cape Town

Antonio, Nacho’s friend in Mexico City

Greg from Montreal, who knows the best places to party

Francois, Air Transat flight attendend and friend form Montreal

Gorgeous Georgios, from Chicago, met in Hong Kong

Michael, my Melbourne buddy

Mateus, my host in Rio

Canadian Brandon, Joe’s cousin from Vancouver

King Leon, from Hong Kong

Fernando, my favorite bar keeper in Hong Kong

Yasar, my host in Istanbul

Manav, my Howell’s drinking buddy

Jimena, the best Mexico City guide

Daniel, a fellow traveller from Montreal

Jen at Burning Man

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!