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:

Fernando from Buenos Aires

Jessica, in Melbourne

Gustavo, Mr Hermes in BsAs

André, a fellow traveller from Montreal

Beautiful May from Chile

AJ and Daniel, English teachers in Santiago

Michael, my Melbourne buddy

Francois, Air Transat flight attendend and friend form Montreal

Sunny Chris from Baltimore, English teacher in Santiago

Ardarsh, a banker in Hong Kong

Daniel from Mexico City

Kieran, a Japanese teacher in Melbourne

Wayne from Sydney, Australia’s biggest Madonna fan

Fabulous Cate, an Australian diplomat

Eder from Spain, met in Mexico City

Sebastian, a casting director and my Chilean guide, Santiago

Maxi from Buenos Aires

Lovely Belinda from New Zealand

Nathan, English teacher in Moscow

Steph, working at Radio Canada, Montreal

Amazing Mioh, UN diplomat in Bangkok

Fellow traveller Robin

Guilherme, my host in Sao Paulo

Joe from Vancouver

King Leon, from Hong Kong

Angus, from Sydney

John, my Burning Man camp mate

Gary from Ireland, whom I met in Melbourne

Jaime, a Chilean diplomat

Police Otter Michael, Auckland

Manav, my Howell’s drinking buddy

Yasar, my host in Istanbul

Joe, my favourite painter, from Seattle

Olivier, flight attendant for Air Canada

Amazing Nina, Auckland

Corey & Kylie, from Melbourne

Geraldo from Mexico City

Craig from Seattle

Jarrel from Montreal

Sophia, an English teacher in Santiago

Amazing Mallory at the Taj

Carlo, hair dresser in Cape Town

Ron from Tel Aviv

Jaime, a journalist and PR manager in Santiago

Party animal Clinty, in Auckland

Cihan, in Istanbul

Marcello from Tigre, Argentina

Fernando, my favorite bar keeper in Hong Kong

Serdar, a curator in Istanbul

My Ramen buddy Robert, Seattle

Gonzales, from Santiago

Gustavo from Chile

Paul, student of Japanese, Tokyo

Pablo, a musician in Buenos Aires

Fabuouls Josée from Montreal

Stefano, a buddy in Melbourne

Artur from Mexico whom I ment in Varanasi

Hannes from South Africa

Fellow Madonna fan Johann from Peru, living in seattle

Sebastian, Chilean from Vancouver

Wim, Dutch-American sailor and nurse, Seattle

Eduardo from Santiago

Antonio, Nacho’s friend in Mexico City

Kate, the best, from Melbourne

Montreal Brandon, my crazy ass buddy

Liran from Tel Aviv

Fabulous Ari, and English teacher in Buenos Aires

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

Dario, from Buenos Aires

Branden, a writer and book worm from Cape Town

Marco from Mexico City

Xavier, drinking buddy in BsAs

Lily, my host in Seattle

Amazing Hannah, with Mayo

Alvaro, who showed me Santiago

Mike from San Francisco

Harvey, my host in Ponsonby, Auckland

Federico, Tour guide and German student form BsAs

Tim, playa buddy

Will, my host and friend in Melbourne

Anton, Cape Town buddy

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

Mike from Taipei, met in Buenos Aires

Russ from Seattle

Jimena, the best Mexico City guide

Danilo, from Brazil, met in Uruguat

Colin from Shandong MaMa, with Mark

Craig, our Burning Man Tree house architect

Alan, from Mexico City

Jen at Burning Man

Steven, a Brit-gone-Aussie, Melbourne

Joel from Montreal, at the Tam Tam

Roberto from Sao Paulo

Artur, a Polish roof top bar expert in Melbourne

Matias, allrounder and musician from Buenos Aires

Kurt from Cape town

Guilherme from Sao Paulo

Arié, the Hug Train from Montreal

Ceres, a fellow traveller in India

A Schlumpf in Tel Aviv

Raffi from Montreal

Javo from Buenos Aires

Leonie, New Zealand party animal

Guido, my Santiago guide

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

Andrew from Buenos Aires

David from Atlanta, met in BsAs

Guy, a lightning designer in Cape Town

Lucas from Porto Allegre

Sara, one of my Melbourne hosts

Ignacio (Nacho) a Mexican IT specialist in Santiago

Handsome Mayo, Santiago

Matt, my Burning Man camp mate

Daniel, a fellow traveller from Montreal

Oliver, my roof top bar buddy in Hong Kong

Jonathan from Santiago

Fabio, a Braxilian from Montreal

Osamu, a designer in Melbourne

Egnaldo, my host in Sao Paulo

Mateus, my host in Rio

Aldo, Ignacios boyfriend from Santiago

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

Ari, whom we met in India

Jessica, an english teacher in Santiago (and Daniel)

Fabio, whom I met at the Sao Paulo Film Festival

Mau, my host from Rio

Marco, my Google maps expert from San Francisco

Guilherme from BsAs, now in san Francisco

Sammy, my Hong Kong photographer

Timothy from San Diego

Ryan from Montreal

Arno from Cape Town

Jerome, Montreal party animal

Sammy, Melbourne drinking buddy

Greg from Montreal, who knows the best places to party

Tony, Italian designer in Hong Kong

Rodolfo, one of my hosts in Mexico City

Canadian Brandon, Joe’s cousin from Vancouver

Sawyer, the playa mama

Gorgeous Georgios, from Chicago, met in Hong Kong

Warren, my playa buddy

Connor, from London, whom I met in Hong Kong

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!