Quick facts about my 4 ½ month trip through South America:
19 different cities: Bogota, Villa de Leiva, San Gil, Barrichara, Medellin, Cartagena, Taganga, Tayrona, Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, Aguas Calientes, La Paz, Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Puerto Iguazu, Rio de Janeiro, Ihla Grande, Natal
5 different countries:
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| Colombia |
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| Peru |
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| Bolivia |
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| Argentina |
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| Brazil |
3 oceans:
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| Carribean |
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| Pacific |
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| Atlantic |
8 different climates
19 total flights
4 6:00 am flights (where I had to wake up at 3:30am to catch them)
3 overnight bus rides (Arequipa to Cusco, Cusco to La Paz, Mendoza to Buenos Aires)
3 of these occasions:
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| Isla del Piarata, Cartagena, Colombia |
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| Iguazu Falls, Argentina |
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| Natal, Brazil |
1 hospital visit
1 pair of wrecked converse
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| Before... |
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| ...After (the only pair of shoes I had with me in SA besides my hiking boots, and flip-flops) |
2 t-shirts, 1 bag of American cash (~$50),1 bath mit, and 1 months worth of prescription medication were lost along the way.
0 is the number of times I got robbed or mugged.
5 times, I was asked if I was Brazilian (outside of Brazil).
∞ amount of times I heard Lady Gaga. She was popular in every country and in every city I visited.
5 inches is the length of the beard my boyfriend grew while I was gone:
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| I cut it off, and now... |
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| ...back to normal |
