About 10 years ago, I discovered a passion for traveling and started backpacking several times a year. So far, I have visited more than 55 countries and I don't plan to stop any time soon.
Paco comes from my 5 months around South-America as Colombians use Paco as a nickname for Francisco. It sticked.
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Walking in front of Hermitage the previous day and listening to Marcella talk about it made me realize we absolutely had to go there. The hermitage is similar to the Louvre in its size. Several...
Marcella didn’t know about walking tours, so we told her to tag along so she could discover how great they are. We ate at the marketplace again that morning; tasty chicken pancakes, mashed potatoes...
The marketplace is such a good restaurant we decided to make our way there as soon as we woke up. I received an email telling me there would be no walking tour on this particular day but to go to the...
On the previous day I asked the German girl – Marcella – what was her plans for the day. The two of us being solo travelers we decided to go for a big walk around the city – I had many hours to...
The clock rang at 5h30 AM, I used an app called Taxify to order our taxi. We made it to the bus station a bit earlier and waited; tired and excited to go to Russia. Our bus arrived and we gave our...
I arrived to Tallinn on an amazing ferry from Helsinki which is worth a mention of excellence. That boat had nothing to do with our ferries of North-America or South-America; it could be called a...
As I walked around the city in the previous days, I could see that preparations for a festivity were going on. The 30th of april is finland’s biggest carnal-style festival and I was to meet a...
The previous day Lilia told me to buy a 3 day public transit ticket (it made me save over 50$) and I made a list of the places I wanted to visit the most. I woke up feeling great and somehow immune...
Arriving 6 hours too early at YUL airport gave me a lot of free time; I walked around the entire international wing and realized how good YUL got in the last year. I also finalized a few clients’...
Week one has been really interesting as I managed to learn how the letters are pronounced. During the 2nd week I have kept focusing on Babel and the Beginner’s section has three different level...
My friend Michelle Bennett is always trying to do a difference in the world. Driven tirelessly by her passion to help others, she recently came back from Serbia where her and a team of...
I really wanted to learn a new language as I my Spanish has reached a level that is good enough to use in most situations. I was then hesitating between : Mandarin, Arabic or Russian. Considering I...
Chile is a beautiful country stretching across 4,270 kilometers from North to South on a narrow strip. With various climates and environments Chile gives you the opportunity to drive through...
Here are the plans I have so far for the summer of 2o16. After having explored a big part of Europe in earlier travels( places I have traveled ) I now want to discover new cultures. So I...
Youtube link: In 2014 my best friend and I decided to head out for the trip of a lifetime to live the dream. At first, our aim was to leave 8 months and to go around all of South-America...
Bolivia might be small compared to other countries surrounding it, but fact remains there is are a lot of things to do in Bolivia. It is hard to explore the country in less than a month and trying to...
How to get from Bolivia to Chile through the Salar de Uyuni It is possible to finish the Salar de Uyuni tour in San Pedro de Atacama. This makes an expensive, but fully worth it tour in the Salar de...
One of the coolest things about the trip to the Salar de Uyuni is that moment when your drivers just stops in the middle of nowhere and tells you to go take pictures. Because of the landscape it’s...
When arriving by bus to Copacabana, the first thing the bus driver tells you is that the hostel on the left is only 2$ per night and that meals are even cheaper. Suddenly, you feel rich! You heard...
The road to Machu Picchu is hard to describle. Videos can hardly do justice to it… except for this video. It blew my mind away and got so many souvenirs flying back to me. This video is a...
Once you hit the road for a long time, you somehow start to feel like a turtle and that backpack of yours becomes the closest thing you got to a temporary home. contrarily to popular belief it really...
Patagonia is one of the places I miss the most. The great outdoors divided between Chile and Argentina has so much to offer for lover of nature. Finishing your trip in Patagonia is great since you...
Yosemite is in my opinion the most beautiful national park in the world. Actually, without its beauty, the concept of National Parks would have been far different. It took time for humans to realize...
Banos is the capital of extreme sports of South America. You want to do something crazy, near an active volcano, in a beautiful valley with hundreds of rivers and waterfalls for a ridiculously low...
Huacachina, South of Lima in Peru, is a unique haven of party, epic landscapes and good weather. Days are spent surfing some of the highest sand dunes in the world and the nights are spent at the...
When it comes to renting a car for that perfect trip, there are several steps to follow to get your hands on a great deal. I will discuss The Obvious: Travel during Low Touristic Season Car companies...
Roadtrips are the best way to explore a country. Having the flexibility to go explore any road and the possibility to stop at each spot that seems worth of interest can open new perspectives on how...
Mancora is an interesting small town. It could even call it the Walt Disney of drugs and surf. Those taxi drivers in general don’t even do the job to drive you around, they do it to sell you...
Machu Picchu is the most well known destination of Peru and all South America. In Quechua, Machu Picchu means ”Old Peak” or ”Old Person Peak.” At an altitude of 2500 meters...
