tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.comments2023-12-18T16:58:26.278-08:00Acrobat of the RoadJuan Pablo Villarinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09595291364661202905noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-36555197791713706842014-08-20T09:27:13.976-07:002014-08-20T09:27:13.976-07:00inspiring blog!!inspiring blog!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-18562683033639390392014-04-02T12:18:50.021-07:002014-04-02T12:18:50.021-07:00Beautiful words! Beautiful people, beautiful count...Beautiful words! Beautiful people, beautiful country! <br />Come back here this year, in July during The European Rainbow Gathering!<br /><3 Bless, Peace & Love my brother!MihaelaMateihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688899777780719031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-87067263050747082002014-02-01T12:37:40.565-08:002014-02-01T12:37:40.565-08:00Great blog and stories mate!! What part of the wor...Great blog and stories mate!! What part of the world are you in now? Safe travels. JonnyJonny Blairhttp://dontstopliving.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-59824184685526422522013-10-03T06:05:29.872-07:002013-10-03T06:05:29.872-07:00Hey Laura! Great story!
We've recently had o...Hey Laura! Great story! <br />We've recently had on our blog an interesting debate about whether it's good or not for girls to hitchhike on their own.<br />We'd be very happy if you could share your views with us and participate in the discussion: http://hitchhikershandbook.com/2013/10/01/solo-female-hitchhikers-good-or-bad/<br />Thanks and travel safe!Hitch-Hikers' Handbookhttp://hitchhikershandbook.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-11828473001518601722012-11-04T13:03:54.742-08:002012-11-04T13:03:54.742-08:00And being back in the country for 4 months already...And being back in the country for 4 months already I find no good news at all...<br /><br />The gap between those working and those just queuing for benefits is getting wider. I refer to the symbollic gap. Nowadays, in Argentina, you are guilty of working and saving. Not even mention buying US dollars. Some stupid will point that if you do so, you are a “golpista” who owns a flat in Miami, even if your actual porpoise is to get foreign currency to backpack the world with an Educational Project. <br />And that’s how San Juan and Catamarca have to survive on mining, the provincial governments boycotting any other models of development. And censoring media brave enough to broadcast the issue. If everything is going so well, why should we use unsustainable industries?<br />About casting doubt over a government, that’s what thinking people ought to do. Always. Romanticism is for tiny islands ruled by military dictators. Of course there are achievements, especially in the Human Rights, but…<br />In Argentina is fashionable to support the government, while sipping a beer in Palermo, but few dare visiting the affected communities in Argentina and the rest of South America. Just the same as wearing a Che Guevara T-Shirt. But people are suffering, languages and people are being extermined in the Amazon, thanks to the Mining companies.<br />Who enables the Mining Companies to operate in South America. The same people that claim to respect cultural diversity, Pachamama and blab la bla. :-)<br />I just can`t believe how narrow minded people in my country are, that they don`t even admit criticism to a model. <br />Juan<br />Juan Pablo Villarinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595291364661202905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-40056669039055850362012-03-10T09:05:12.012-08:002012-03-10T09:05:12.012-08:00this sounds like an amazing trip. Have you publish...this sounds like an amazing trip. Have you published anything I can read in print?Jsslvnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00243509777996416430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-77643137123988443602012-02-18T13:02:50.688-08:002012-02-18T13:02:50.688-08:00Great adventure, it's amazing that kindness is...Great adventure, it's amazing that kindness is seen so often in Colombia!Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03698483892522511311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-5603078976671149982012-01-30T21:53:20.458-08:002012-01-30T21:53:20.458-08:00i'm glad you are meeting good people, my frien...i'm glad you are meeting good people, my friend. in my world they seem few and far between.nomadwayoflifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284065947670615835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-46352371767696462392012-01-24T17:13:57.736-08:002012-01-24T17:13:57.736-08:00tnx
well,Columbia has bad rep for thumbingtnx<br />well,Columbia has bad rep for thumbingLuaayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593149243490380199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-22752161765523326442011-11-15T12:59:34.233-08:002011-11-15T12:59:34.233-08:00I've been following your adventures for a bit ...I've been following your adventures for a bit now. I love how respectful you are of everything, and how wonderful the writing is. It was really interesting to read about your hallucinogenic trip and how it wasn't necessarily what you expected. I liked how it was explained to you, that it chose to only show you what you needed. Fantastic. Best of luck in your adventures!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-46072772302837639592011-10-05T13:33:41.964-07:002011-10-05T13:33:41.964-07:00So how on EARTH did you get into Tibet? Recently i...So how on EARTH did you get into Tibet? Recently it has become a little obsession of mine, but I was so sad to hear that the Chinese keep strong tabs on the borders.. Though I assume you could hike in?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04205675038701227731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-16878785082331159742011-08-21T15:53:27.803-07:002011-08-21T15:53:27.803-07:00I liked the photo of your backpack on that Roman r...I liked the photo of your backpack on that Roman road in Syria.<br /><br />"My Backpack"<br />http://www.digihitch.com/article1744.html<br /><br />"The Things I Carry"<br /><br />http://www.digihitch.com/article1941.htmlTim Sheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07931913325290043598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-43465532986993048372011-08-12T04:54:08.020-07:002011-08-12T04:54:08.020-07:00Leh (Ladakh) is one of my favorite destintaions to...Leh (Ladakh) is one of my favorite destintaions to backpack in the world !!Akshayhttp://www.indianbackpacker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-76270263143603891712011-05-16T07:02:13.265-07:002011-05-16T07:02:13.265-07:00Great pictures. I've been trying to get hold o...Great pictures. I've been trying to get hold of your book, it looks fascinating. Good luck!Ashleyhttp://thetuckerbag.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-84402445659309644282011-05-14T02:50:29.841-07:002011-05-14T02:50:29.841-07:00This post remembered me how much i missed Paraguay...This post remembered me how much i missed Paraguay! Great post dear Juan... I was able to spend only a couple of days in Asunción but that was more than enough to fall in love with the country.<br />I still cant believe the "Triple Alliance War". It is the maybe the most stupid war(yes all the wars are stupid but this one seems even more) that i ve ever seen in history. <br />Wish you all the best on the road...<br />Take care<br />Umit<br />Umitkamøløsøhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00739814931978969711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-18882854829921601082011-04-18T00:27:00.368-07:002011-04-18T00:27:00.368-07:00Romania is dangerous!
(If you ever come back agai...Romania is dangerous! <br />(If you ever come back again, visit me, and punch me. I'm ready, and will welcome our conversations afterwards)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-47880918295984097132011-03-27T16:34:44.545-07:002011-03-27T16:34:44.545-07:00Amazing! Never even heard of Deception Island befo...Amazing! Never even heard of Deception Island before.<br />Btw I ran into an American in Uganda that had been travelling nonstop the last 6 years all over the world, and he told me that the most amazing trip had been a boattrip to Antartica :) Was quite expensive though..Sibbe The Hitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192653744297333092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-46236249442859637212011-02-24T12:08:24.556-08:002011-02-24T12:08:24.556-08:00Hey friends! Yes, we are so excited!!! Antarctica ...Hey friends! Yes, we are so excited!!! Antarctica is the ultimate hitch-hiking destination we thought we could reach...Juan Pablo Villarinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595291364661202905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-67673787492117186412011-02-23T16:39:00.767-08:002011-02-23T16:39:00.767-08:00Fantastic - really pleased you managed to secure a...Fantastic - really pleased you managed to secure a bearth aboard the ship!Crashwilliamshttp://www.crashwilliams.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-86057033232315325972011-01-13T16:02:29.013-08:002011-01-13T16:02:29.013-08:00Excelent! I was surprised too. Imagine to find mat...Excelent! I was surprised too. Imagine to find mate in Syria!!<br /><br />I also found people drinking mate in Ukraine... though few..<br /><br />Good luck Umit!!<br /><br />JuanJuan Pablo Villarinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595291364661202905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-57987997778772233942011-01-10T18:02:36.511-08:002011-01-10T18:02:36.511-08:00what a nice system! :)
when i was in Syria everyon...what a nice system! :)<br />when i was in Syria everyone was drinking mate tea, it was fantastic. <br />I dont use sugar, but still i liked it very much. <br />I bought a couple of package and brought it back to istanbul. <br />But nobody knows what the mate tea in Turkey. all my friends didnt like it. But i really enjoy drinking this tasty tea. :)kamøløsøhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00739814931978969711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-47419899704943184062010-12-26T13:11:01.526-08:002010-12-26T13:11:01.526-08:00Thanks for the comment Rich!
The blog is 5 years ...Thanks for the comment Rich!<br /><br />The blog is 5 years old now. No surrender!<br /><br />JuanJuan Pablo Villarinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595291364661202905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-26178120577681051872010-12-25T14:59:22.791-08:002010-12-25T14:59:22.791-08:00Gracias,
Love your updates for us, non Spanish sp...Gracias,<br /><br />Love your updates for us, non Spanish speaking folks as 'gracias' is about the whole extent of my Spanish knowledge;) Keep them coming Juan...<br /><br />Rich, the Vagabond from NYCrichNYChttp://www.richnacin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-68239066429886017542010-10-26T03:57:01.304-07:002010-10-26T03:57:01.304-07:00Stunningly beautiful pictures!Stunningly beautiful pictures!Sibbe The Hitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192653744297333092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362981.post-36736893170369321752010-10-02T14:43:36.646-07:002010-10-02T14:43:36.646-07:00Hey there! Thank you for the comment! I've jus...Hey there! Thank you for the comment! I've just barely begun to read a little of your story and it's truly amazing. We've a lot of catching up to do! There are so many amazing people you meet on the road and I can't wait for our next adventure. It's always great to meet a fellow hitchhiker. May your rides be many and take you to amazing places. =)<br /><br />I think it's great you've turned it into an educational experience, keep on thumbing!Callie and Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902358862022208750noreply@blogger.com