This is the untold story of my first ever solo travel trip. This video shows my time in Chile in late 2015, to January 2016
I arrived here after a workaway in el Bolson in Patagonia, Argentina. I was due to do another workaway. This time in a hostel in Santiago working the reception and running the events.
Before this however I had arrived to Valpariso. This was from a spectacular bus ride through the Andean mountains from Mendoza.
The colourful artsy streets was like nothing I had seen before and another great introduction to solo travel and backpacking, and a good look forward to what was in store in Santiago.
In the capital I arrived to the hostel I would be working in: Bellavista, in the bellavista neighbourhood. This was partnered with another hostel called: La Chimba.
Throughout the 6 weeks of working here I met so many people and heard so many amazing tales of travels. It was at this point I knew I was not coming back home. Not soon anyways as I still did not have a return flight booked.
Instead of coming home for Christmas I stayed and worked the reception, doing night shifts and breakfast. As well as setting up activities for the backpackers of the hostels. Including the Christmas and New Year events. This was so much fun and we all had a great time living like locals at the markets getting supplies and trying out our best Spanish.
It was certainly an eventful time. Lots of sun, partying, mishaps, city exploring, day trips and more.
I really wanted to see more of country, my solo travel trip was only really just beginning. Hearing all those stories I had to get some myself! I took a tour of the south of Chile heading to places such as Valdivia and Puerto Montt And then north heading to Bahia Ingelsia, Baquedano and ending up in San Pedro De Atacama.
It was here that my choice to not come back home and travel more really started to kick in, I was leaving the country that opened my eyes to travel and revel in the inspiration I had gathered from other backpackers. There was also a small matter of a music festival in Colombia we had booked for a few months time. So there was a place to be, but no fixed plans on getting there. Bolivia was to be the next stop
There was no Travel Bubble at the time, and my journey was documented via a diary blog called AdsVentures (adsventures1.bl...) here you can view the unedited, raw stories in full. You can also view the original iPhone 6 iMovie highlights reel for South Chile and North Chile, which cannot go onto the channel due to copyrighted songs being used.
I had no idea about what filming and making a video was really about, a collection of clips, photos and stories have formed this throwback solo series. Created to prequel Travel Bubble and to show other adventures from around the world.
This footage is a combination of photo and video from Chile 2015/16. The video is cut from the above mentioned original videos as I subsequently had my phone stolen and lots of the raw footage was lost. This video and these memories are the most personal project to date, and the trickiest story to tell. I hope you enjoy.
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All footage shot on iPhone 6. Edited on Adobe Premiere/Audition by Adam from AdsVentures/ Travel Bubble.
20 сен 2024
