Introduction

My name is Benny Chan, Asian-American, in my mid-40s. I am currently working remotely and living in Chicago, United States, though I was in born in Hong Kong originally. In late 2009, I traveled in South America for 2 months on my own, I visited most of Peru, part of Chile and Easter Island. Four and a half years later in Spring 2014, I did another solo trip to South America and visited Argentina and part of Uruguay. Partly it was influenced by my favorite film - Wong Kar Wai's Happy Together. As an Asian man who does not really speak much Spanish, my two trips to South America have been some of the most memorable trips I have ever taken. My third South America encounter was Ecaudor in May 2018. My fourth trip to Colombia was originally planned for April 2020. And again, my fifth trip to Patagonia and Antarctica originally planned for December 2021. Both trips were postponed by over a year due to COVID. Columbia trip took place in Nov 2021. Antarctica trip has occurred in December 2022.

During these trips, I have dropped down what I did, where I went, and how I felt every day in this journey log, along with photos and commentary about places. Possibly this may help other travelers making similar trips, I don't know. But selfishly and more importantly, I think what I have written here will forever be good memories for myself. When I will look back many years later, hopefully, it will again bring these amazing experience back to me. Even since I landed in South America, I knew I wanted to visit to all the countries in this continent, some countries may be more challenging to visit than the others, but I will be best. There are still a lot of things I have not seen yet, The Amazons, the Angels Falls, the Galapagos Islands...etc. Who knows, I hope to continue this travel blog for a long time. We'll see.

Here are some quick links:
Part 1: Two months in Peru, Chile and Easter Island

Part 2: Two weeks in Argentina and Uruguay

Part 3: Ten days in Ecuador

Part 4: Sixteen days in Colombia

Part 5: Seventeen days in Patagonia and Antarctica