Category Archives: South America

Rapa Nui, or Easter island, is an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s over 3500 km from Santiago de Chile, the only city from which you can fly there at the moment. Rapa Nui is part of the Polynesian triangle including New Zealand and Hawaii and shares…

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You’d think I’d know by now how to take a flight. I arrived at Santiago airport with the boarding pass LATAM had sent me. No need to check in. They do it for you! So I walked to the baggage drop, but it didn’t work. I had to get the…

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I was nervous because I had booked a trip on the Inca trail. I’d read it’s a hard trail, mainly because of the altitude and since this would be my first time at such an altitude, I had no idea how my body would react. I decided to make my…

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A few days through the Andes mountains A few years ago I hiked the Inca trail. Apart from a few scribbled notes, I never wrote about it. Perhaps I was too tired! So now finally, it’s time to capture this incredible memory and put it on paper. Well… virtual paper…

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In my last post I explained how I ended up in Peru through my work. It was the best time. Every day seemed better than the last one. One day we were all driven out to some vineyard. It was surrounded by huge walls and as soon as the gates…

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I’m quite lucky to work for an awesome company. I knew there was a great atmosphere among all the colleagues in Europe, but recently I found out that this company is filled with amazing people. Last October-November I found myself competing in a three-week long race with different challenges to…

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