Sixteen months on the road is a long time. During that time I covered quite a distance and did many things. While I’ve been ‘resting’ in the United Kingdom, I’ve put together a step by step rundown of my trip including maps.

South East Australia

In a van called the Pointy Brick I…

• drove 3 days from Brisbane, stopping for the night in Coonabarabran and Hay on the way to Adelaide.
• hiked the 3-day Yurrebilla Trail through the Adelaide Hills.
• ferried to Kangaroo Island for 3 nights.
• drove to Naracoorte for Adventure Caving.
• drove to The Grampians for three hikes: Major Mitchell Plateau, The Pinnacle and Mt Gar – Briggs Bluff Traverse.
• drove to Bacchus Marsh to hike the 3-day Burchell Trail in the Brisbane Ranges National Park.
• drove to Melbourne where I visited the tip of Mornington Peninsula and the Organ Pipes National Park.
• ferried to Devonport, Tasmania.
• drove around the east coast to Freycinet National Park where I climbed Mt Amos.
• drove to Hobart and climbed Mt Wellington.
• drove to Straham on the west coast and walked to Montezuma Falls.
• drove to Mole Creek for Adventure Caving.
• drove to Cradle Mountain and walked The Overland Track in 7 days.
• ferried back to Melbourne for New Years.
• drove to Foster so I could hike around Wilsons Promontory for 3 days.
• drove to Snowy River National Park for the Bachan Caves Tour.
• drove to Mount Beauty township and hiked the 3-day Mt Bogong–Big River circuit.
• drove to Tumut and hiked the 2-day Bogong Wilderness trail.
• drove to Canberra for 2 days.
• drove to Jindabyne for a week-long convention.
• returned to Canberra for a 4-day convention.
• drove up to Sydney for 2 nights with family.
• finally drove for 3 days, stopping for the night in Port Macquarrie and Coffs Harbour on the way back to Brisbane.

Antarctica, Chile and Argentina

From Brisbane, I flew to Auckland and spent 3 weeks with family before flying to South America where I…

• got culture shock from my three days in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• flew to Ushuaia, Argentina, stayed for 9 days and climbed to Martial Glacier, hiked through Paso de la Oveja on an overnight trek and up to Lago Esmarelda.
• cruised to Antarctica for 12 days: Across the Drake Passage, Along the White Peninsula, Into the Antarctic Circle and Back to Civilisation.
• bused to Punta Arenas, Chile.
• bused to Puerto Natales, Chile.
• hiked around Torres del Paine NP for 9 days.
• bused to El Calafate, Argentina.
• bused on to El Chaltén, Argentina.
• trekked the 3-day Mt Fitz Roy Triangle.
• bused back to Puerto Natales with a stop for the night in El Calafate.
• ferried for 4 days through the Fiords on the Navimag Ferry.
• arrived at Puerto Montt, Chile.
• bused to Osorno, Chile, and stayed for 3 nights.
• tried to hike up Volcán Puyehue but the police had shut Puyehue National Park for a search and rescue.
• bused to Pucón, Chile, for 2 rainy weeks before finally climbing Volcán Villarrica.
• bused to Bariloche, Argentina, for a 2 week spanish course.
• climbed both Cerro Lopez and Cerro Catedral while I was there.
• bused to El Bolsón, Argentina.
• bused 19 hours to Mendoza, Argentina, for a week of adventures and lots of red wine.
• bused to Córdoba, Argentina, and walked in Quebrada del Condorito National Park.
• returned to Buenos Aires (Take 2) to hang out for 10 days with a group of locals.
• popped over to Colonia, Uruguay, on a ferry for the day.

Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador

From Buenos Aires I…

• bused to Puerto Iguazú and visited both sides of Iguazú Falls.
• bused for 24 hours across Brazil to Rio de Janeiro for ten days of adventures.
• bused back across Brazil for 24 hours to Campo Grande for a couple of days in Brazil’s Pantanal.
• crossed into Bolivia and bused to Santa Cruz.
• bused overnight to La Paz, where I stayed for 10 days.
• rode on a bicycle down Death Road and then hiked the El Choro trek.
• bused south to Uyuni for a 3-day Salt Flats and High Plains tour.
• bused back to La Paz then north to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca and Isla del Sol.
• bused into Peru to Cusco.
• trained to Aguas Calientes and climbed to Machu Picchu.
• bused to Arequipa.
• hiked through Colca Canyon.
• bused to Ica and Huacachina Oasis and sand boarded down massive sand dunes.
• bused to Lima for a few days.
• bused to Huaraz for the 4-day Santa Cruz trek.
• returned to see a different side of Lima (Take 2).
• bused north to Mancora for 4 days at the beach.
• crossed into Ecuador to the capital, Quito.
• flew to the Galapagos Islands for adventures and then a 4-day Galapagos Islands cruise.
• returned to Quito and bused north for 2 days of fun in the rainforest around Mindo.
• bused south to Riobamba for the 3-day El Altar hike.
• bused further south to Cuenca for more adventures.
• bused back to Quito.

Colombia, Central America and Mexico

From Ecuador I…

• crossed into Colombia for 3 days in Cali.
• bused to the capital Bogotá for over 2 weeks with a great group of local people.
• bused to Medellin and stayed for a week.
• bused north for 3 days of crazy heat in Cartegena.
• bused around the coast to the beach town of Taganga.
• trekked through the jungle on the 4-day hike to Ciudad Perdida – The Lost City.
• bused back to Cartegena for 3 days.
• cruised through the San Blas Islands to Panama.
• spent Christmas and New Years in Panama City.
• bused west for 3 days to the beach town of Bocas del Toro.
• bused south to spend several days in the mountain town of Boquete.
• climbed Volcán Barú starting at midnight.
• crossed into Costa Rica for adventures out of San Jose and Liberia.
• crossed into Nicaragua to the beach town of San Juan del Sur.
• ferried to the twin volcano island of Isla de Ometepe.
• climbed Volcán Concepción.
• taxied to Granada.
• bused to Leon and went volcano boarding.
• bused through Honduras and El Salvador to the Guatemalan city of Antigua.
• taxied to San Pedro La Laguna for adventures around Lago Atitlán.
• bused to Flores and visited Tikal.
• crossed into Belize and ferried to the island of Caye Caulker.
• ferried into Mexico and bused to Palenque and visited the ruins of Yaxchilán.
• bused to the city of Merida and visited the ruins of Uxmal.
• bused to Valladolid and the ruins of Chichén Itzá.
• bused to Tulum for the final ruins.
• bused to Cancun for my final days.

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