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:
Egnaldo, my host in Sao Paulo
Federico, Tour guide and German student form BsAs
Colin from Shandong MaMa, with Mark
Sebastian, a casting director and my Chilean guide, Santiago
Henri, Cathay Pacific flight attendant and my host in Hong Kong
Beautiful May from Chile
Ron from Tel Aviv
Police Otter Michael, Auckland
Hannes from South Africa
Sebastian, Chilean from Vancouver
Jessica, in Melbourne
Fernando from Buenos Aires
Meike Winnemuth, whom I never met, but who inspired this trip
King Leon, from Hong Kong
Jaime, a journalist and PR manager in Santiago
Daniel from Mexico City
Greg from Montreal, who knows the best places to party
Sunny Chris from Baltimore, English teacher in Santiago
Ryan from Montreal
Anton, Cape Town buddy
Paul, student of Japanese, Tokyo
David from Atlanta, met in BsAs
AJ and Daniel, English teachers in Santiago
Marco from Mexico City
Steven, a Brit-gone-Aussie, Melbourne
Corey & Kylie, from Melbourne
Timothy from San Diego
Kieran, a Japanese teacher in Melbourne
Wayne from Sydney, Australia’s biggest Madonna fan
Jarrel from Montreal
Ardarsh, a banker in Hong Kong
Andrew from Buenos Aires
Leonie, New Zealand party animal
Fabio, whom I met at the Sao Paulo Film Festival
Jonathan from Santiago
Oliver, my roof top bar buddy in Hong Kong
Osamu, a designer in Melbourne
Arié, the Hug Train from Montreal
Geraldo from Mexico City
Maxi from Buenos Aires
Fabuouls Josée from Montreal
Gustavo from Chile
Russ from Seattle
Amazing Hannah, with Mayo
Javo from Buenos Aires
Roberto from Sao Paulo
Lucas from Porto Allegre
Branden, a writer and book worm from Cape Town
Lily, my host in Seattle
Rodolfo, one of my hosts in Mexico City
Sara, one of my Melbourne hosts
Will, my host and friend in Melbourne
Tim, playa buddy
André, a fellow traveller from Montreal
Jessica, an english teacher in Santiago (and Daniel)
Ari, whom we met in India
Mike from Taipei, met in Buenos Aires
Guilherme, my host in Sao Paulo
Ceres, a fellow traveller in India
Raffi from Montreal
Alvaro, who showed me Santiago
Guy, a lightning designer in Cape Town
Dario, from Buenos Aires
Fabio, a Braxilian from Montreal
Manav, my Howell’s drinking buddy
Amazing Nina, Auckland
Harvey, my host in Ponsonby, Auckland
Matt, my Burning Man camp mate
Craig from Seattle
Handsome Mayo, Santiago
Andres, my machine-gun Spanish teacher and DJ from Buenos Aires
Connor, from London, whom I met in Hong Kong
Cihan, in Istanbul
Daniel, a fellow traveller from Montreal
Eder from Spain, met in Mexico City
Steph, working at Radio Canada, Montreal
Matias, allrounder and musician from Buenos Aires
My Ramen buddy Robert, Seattle
Gorgeous Georgios, from Chicago, met in Hong Kong
Warren, my playa buddy
Sawyer, the playa mama
Gonzales, from Santiago
Marcello from Tigre, Argentina
Marco, my Google maps expert from San Francisco
Kate, the best, from Melbourne
Angus, from Sydney
John, my Burning Man camp mate
Montreal Brandon, my crazy ass buddy
Jimena, the best Mexico City guide
Fabulous Cate, an Australian diplomat
Andrew, whom I met at a Madonna party at Burning Man
Mike from San Francisco
Alan, from Mexico City
Canadian Brandon, Joe’s cousin from Vancouver
Craig, our Burning Man Tree house architect
Jerome, Montreal party animal
Jen at Burning Man
Mau, my host from Rio
Artur from Mexico whom I ment in Varanasi
Sophia, an English teacher in Santiago
Fabulous Ari, and English teacher in Buenos Aires
A Schlumpf in Tel Aviv
Stefano, a buddy in Melbourne
Pablo, a musician in Buenos Aires
Olivier, flight attendant for Air Canada
Gary from Ireland, whom I met in Melbourne
Francois, Air Transat flight attendend and friend form Montreal
Tony, Italian designer in Hong Kong
Guilherme from BsAs, now in san Francisco
Amazing Mioh, UN diplomat in Bangkok
Fellow traveller Robin
Fernando, my favorite bar keeper in Hong Kong
Liran from Tel Aviv
Ignacio (Nacho) a Mexican IT specialist in Santiago
Amazing Mallory at the Taj
Guido, my Santiago guide
Sammy, Melbourne drinking buddy
Carlo, hair dresser in Cape Town
Party animal Clinty, in Auckland
Aldo, Ignacios boyfriend from Santiago
Eduardo from Santiago
Lovely Belinda from New Zealand
Kurt from Cape town
Jaime, a Chilean diplomat
Fellow Madonna fan Johann from Peru, living in seattle
Artur, a Polish roof top bar expert in Melbourne
Arno from Cape Town
Gustavo, Mr Hermes in BsAs
Yasar, my host in Istanbul
Joe from Vancouver
Michael, my Melbourne buddy
Danilo, from Brazil, met in Uruguat
Serdar, a curator in Istanbul
Joel from Montreal, at the Tam Tam
Joe, my favourite painter, from Seattle
Nathan, English teacher in Moscow
Antonio, Nacho’s friend in Mexico City
Xavier, drinking buddy in BsAs
Wim, Dutch-American sailor and nurse, Seattle
Mateus, my host in Rio
Sammy, my Hong Kong photographer
Guilherme from Sao Paulo
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!
