From A Wanderluster To The Other Lost Souls

There's a lot to be said about Australia, there's no doubt. However, the one thing that we can all agree on is that it holds one of the most breathtaking ecosystems in the world, one of the 7 World Natural Wonders, known as the Great Barrier Reef. We've seen it so many times, in so many pictures and documentaries that it seems more like a scenery made up by Hollywood than a real place that exists. Even when I arrived to Australia I coudn't truly believe I'd visit the only organism that can be seen from space. When I started planning my trip I realised how overwhelming all the information can be, so I decided to write the most important information discovered on my trip there.  First of all is the issue of diving in the GBR. Many of us never came around to getting certified by PADI so do free diving, but what most good tours offer is an Introductory dive. This means that you'll be with an instructor at all times. Normally you won't be in a group large...

So it's been 6 months since I moved to one of the most curious and expensive cities of the world: Sydney. To be honest, it's been such a busy half year that this is the first weekend in months that I can finally sit on my computer and start writing my little bitácora of the journey of a lifetime.  There's many aspects about Sydney that make is such an interesting city, and I must say this: it's an even weirder city if you're a single gay man, even more so if you're latino. Australia is full of adventures, that's something everyone can agree on. So, why don't we divide this post in the different aspects that make this city make me feel like I'm the sanest person in the world? Work Life: Work in Sydney, and possibly in most places in Australia is what we all wanderlusters must go to if we don't wish to starve to death. Australia is a very expensive country, specially if you're from a third world country where the big sums of mon...

The last month has been the bigger rollercoaster I've ever been on in my whole life. I actually went through with it and moved to the other side of the world, to Australia. I left everything I had built for the past 4 years in Chile and started from scratch. I left my friends whom I loved dearly, my ex-boyfriend whose love haunted me at night and I left my family with my grandpa's about to pass away. I knew somehow if I didn't leave at the moment I would never leave, I loved the three mentioned above with all my heart, but my soul needed the release only traveling would give me. This has been beyond I could ever dream, it's been amazing. I've fallen in love with this city, with opportunities to offer that mae it seem like everything's possible. I couldn't say it hasn't been a bumpy ride. At the begining of my third week here my grandpa passed away, he left the day after I called him on FaceTime. That one really hurt as it being the first time I have e...