• Adventures of Dr Nik
  • Adventures of Dr Nik

South America

A 97-day adventure by Adventures of Dr Nik Read more
  • Trip start
    September 15, 2017
  • The Journey Hostel

    September 17, 2017 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 39 °C

    Beautiful open air hostel near Tayrona National Park on the Carribbean Coast of Colombia! Beautiful mountains behind, beautiful beaches down the road!

    Second half of hostel under construction = nice space for yoga!!Read more

  • Playa Costeño (Casa Grande)

    September 21, 2017 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 38 °C

    Small village on the Carribbean coast. Good for surf after Hurricane Maria (hurricane that bit Puerto Rico and Dominicana).

    Stayed at a great hostel called Breesa Tranquila, hung out and drank good coffee at All good surf shop....was nice to be back by the ocean!Read more

  • La Mojarra - Escalada las Rocas 2

    September 28, 2017 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Day three in refugio la Roca climbing with Nadja, Martin, Ellie and Issac.
    Escaladas:
    79. Holteriando 5.8/5b
    73. Pretty woman 5.8
    70. Por similar moscas 5.8/5b
    69. Animals 5.10b/6a+ (I climbed halfway!)
    63. Rebel music 5.11a/6c (Nadja led by accident, climbed by Martin)
    65. Musical para camaleones 5.9/5c (attempted by Nadja)
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  • Yoga Room at Refugio la Roca

    September 28, 2017 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Beautiful place to practice yoga every morning, helping my body recover from all the climbing! Starting occasionally taking videos of my practice to help work on form...only embarassing tomwatch 95% of the time)
    Featuring my cat friend who literally followed me and Nadia (my German friend) around the hostel - sat in ours laps while we meditated, slept on our beds each night, ate our left over dinner... classic hostel cat!
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  • Rio Amazona y Delfínes!!

    October 6, 2017 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Boat trip along the Amazon for some Dolphin spotting! The pink Amazonian ones are difficult to catch on camera!! Disembarked on a small island for Sloth spotting as well however we were not successful! Can't have alllll the luck!Read more

  • Escalada y Maté

    December 2, 2017 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Escalada y Maté | When a thunderstorm changes your plans for the day, all is not wasted! Muchísimo gracias @siguiendoelcamino & Alejandra(climber) for the great afternoon climbing, for the Maté (Argentine green tea-esque drink sipped through a metal straw), the facturas, the music and the cerveza!Read more

  • Las Cuevas, Argentina

    December 5, 2017 in Argentina ⋅ 🌙 28 °C

    Took a walk through the Andes today up to the border with Chile. Almost got blown away by the wind at 3800m, unfortunately couldn't get all the the way to the Cristo-Redentor de los Andes look out because there was a big sheet of ice over the path. Despite being summer it did snow in the mountains this weekend!! Cannot complain about the views though! The abundance of high mountains here are so incredibly impressive! Really enjoying this part of the world and it's only going to get better from here!!Read more

  • Volcan Villarrica

    December 19, 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C

    Can't say I expected to play in the snow this trip yet today I hiked up this active volcano in the snow, checked it's smoking crater, enjoyed magnificent views of the south of Chilé and then got to slide back down in the snow! Such a fun day! So lucky to be staying with Edwin, a mountain guide who basically organised for me to jump in on his tour group for free! Couchsurfing has been and continues to be way more than I was expecting (way more than a couch you might say!).Read more

    Trip end
    December 20, 2017