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Since visiting this part of the globe fell flat during the last trip (thanks to dropping it in favour of the great faraway land of Oz), I still had this debt to settle with myself.
Similar like last time, a lot of things had to majorly go wrong to properly prepare me for the trip. Or, as a good friend of mine recently asked me (and I’m paraphrasing here for the sake of drama), ‘Can’t you just go on a trip without drowning in utter chaos close to departure at least ONCE?’
So, after one of the most complicated years of my adult life, I’ve finally left for South America, a trip that should have happened ages ago but probably just waited for the exact right time.
I admit: I never prepare for anything when it comes to traveling and I either ignore recommendations completely or take them at face value without even questioning them ONCE – the latter being the case with the decision of how to start the trip.
After weeks of indecisiveness (eg. which part of the continent should I visit, how long should it take, do I even WANT to go, …?) a couple of recommendations from different people spread across the globe dropped at the same time, the most important ones being:
- If you only have 3 months, you should visit Chile, Bolivia and Peru
- The cheapest flight destinations are either Buenos Aires or Rio de Janeiro
Being the well prepared traveler that I am, I immediately started looking into flights to Buenos Aires with the plan in mind to cross Argentina as quickly as possible and venture on to Chile.