Nathalie Van Raemdonck

Category: South-America

  • [COLOMBIA] Veiligheid, de grens tussen gevoel en feit.

    [COLOMBIA] Veiligheid, de grens tussen gevoel en feit.

    Ik werd thuis veel over Colombia gewaarschuwd.  Uitgenodigd door een vriend die in Bogota woont, en nieuwsgierig naar dit land waar ik zo weinig van weet, reisde ik toch af naar het land van magico realismo. ik genoot intens van de prachtige natuur. Colombia heeft het allemaal, de bergen, de caraibische stranden, de jungle, de…

  • Brazil: Belo Horizonte

    Brazil: Belo Horizonte

    Belo Horizonte was a special part of my trip to Brazil, and I stayed about a month in total with my friend Luiza’s family after travelling through Peru and Bolivia. So it was Luiza who planted the seed of going to Brazil for me. There were other influences as well, but after living with Luiza…

  • Bolivia: Salt Flats

    Bolivia: Salt Flats

    Salt Flats I left for Uyuni alone on Saturday evening, since I absolutely still had to do the salt flats and time was starting to run out. The busride to this middle of nowhere was absolutely dreadful. I was quite ill, feverish and had some stomach problems, the bus broke down at 3am (apparently not…

  • Bolivia: Death road

    Bolivia: Death road

    After hearing so many backpackers rave about it in La Paz, me and my travel companions decided to cycle the Death Road. The death road used to be the “Most Dangerous Road In The World”. Several hundreds of people die every year falling into the ravine from the narrow road that is really not made…

  • Bolivia: La Paz

    Bolivia: La Paz

    It was time to go to La Paz, at 3.600m the highest located capital in the world. They say La Paz is a bowl, you could almost say it’s located in a very wide canyon, and driving into the city from the top gave an incredible view that immediately woke you up.  I took the…

  • Bolivia: Copacabana & Isla del Sol

    Bolivia: Copacabana & Isla del Sol

    When I decided it was time to leave Cusco, I had found 2 other solo travellers that would be my travel companions to Bolivia. Alek, a lovely Canadian that had been staying in the Kokopelli hostel for a few weeks as well, and Elle, an American girl who amazed us with her beer pong skillz…

  • Last Days in Cusco

    Last Days in Cusco

    Volunteering at the hostel in Cusco was incredibly fun, and gave me a certain routine. Having a homebase and a steady friend circle of people that were also volunteering or staying a longer time felt comfortable. I couldn’t (and shouldn’t) stay too long however, since it wasn’t real life, and was almost too comfortable that…