Gear makes up a significant part of any trip and for the Australian adventures that don’t get the luxuriously cheap US prices it pays big to do your research. There are lots of places that sell their own brands e.g. Kathmandu/Mac Pac etc but when you’re looking for a new pair of boots or a new lightweight sleeping bag it’s […]
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10 Tips for Hitchhiking Australia
Australia has a recently formed a bit of a complicated relationship with hitchhiking. We had one bad guy and we’ve developed trust issues. It’s a shame because it’s a huge country with expensive travel costs. In my mind as long as you’re prepared and confident, there are a lot of things more dangerous you could do for a trip.
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Puerto Natales
Puerto Natales is a small little Chilean town with a lot of traffic due to its proximity to the TDP. It’s a lovely town with lot of hostels and camping stores. Like many places in Patagonia it’s a hiking town where walking boots to the pub is a standard. When I arrived I didn’t have plans to stay long in […]
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My Research
After I came up with the idea of doing this I did a lot of procrastinating when it came to research. I mainly relied on these two sources: TravellingTwo – These two provided a third route which I switch to for the second half of my trip. They provided good ideas for campsites and even take you off-road in the […]
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Español?
Speaking Spanish in Chile/Argentina is rather useful. A large amount of the community only speak Spanish and you may not be able to find anyone with the knowledge to translate. Having done very little research and not knowing much about South America and hadn’t learned anything before hand. I had a phrase book and I did my best to learn […]
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