Welcome to my blog! This is the story about my bicycle journey across South America 2009-2010! More →
Ice Ice Baby
As I mentioned in my last post, I met a Spanish cyclist on the New Year’s Eve in Puerto Natales. Juan (www.panamerikana.org) is going to do the whole Pan-American Highway all the way up to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska! He calls me El Sueco Loco, but I wonder who of us that is crazy… On [...]
Read more →Torres Del Paine
We spent Christmas Eve cooking and eating a lot of good stuff! I surprised the others with a few things that I brought with me from Sweden: Abbas Senapssill, Hallands Fläder, knäck and polkagrisar. Lars made meatballs and Anna & Peter made a German potato sallad. I also made some Christmas candy – marzipan! Moreover, [...]
Read more →Merry Christmas!
I happened to find a Santa Claus-outfit in Punta Arenas, which I surprised my fellow cyclists with yesterday. I even entered Puerto Natales wearing it so there were lots of honking cars and happy faces, haha!
Read more →Tierra Del Fuego
From Rio Grande, I crossed Tierra Del Fuego together with the German couple and Lasse. We made it all the way to Chile and Porvenir without the 100 km/h winds that we had been told often rolled over this flat route. Thanks God! We spent the first night camping next to the border. Second one [...]
Read more →The First Four Days
Ushuaia. 2009-12-08. 0 km. I left Ushuaia the 8th of December filled with various expectations and a lot of curiosity of this nomadic way of living. The weather was sunny and there was almost no wind! The road took me through beautiful valleys along the mountains, and the first climb of “only” 416 meters went [...]
Read more →The End Of The World – The Beginning Of My Journey
I am right now in Ushuaia – a city also known as “El fin del Mundo”, or “The end of the World”. This is the southernmost city of the world, and it’s only 1000 km away from Antarctica. The scenery here is gorgeous…
Read more →¡Bienvenidos A Buenos Aires!
I am now in ARGENTINA! I spent the days in Buenos Aires to eat a lot of good food and make some final purchases. I stayed with a group of very friendly Colombian students at Plaza Italia in Palermo, and they might even have changed my mind concerning the route…we’ll see about that 
All Geared Up – Ready To Go!
Dear readers, prepare to soon savor some REAL content on this blog, it’s only 3 days left until me and my bike are off to Argentina! The weather forecast for Buenos Aires says sun, clear sky and 29 lovely degrees. Beat that Sweden!
Read more →Dagens Nyheter
Dagens Nyheter (DN) also published an article about the trip! Click here to read it.
Read more →Three Weeks To Go!
Today is exactly 3 weeks until the expedition begins and I’m starting to get very excited about it! Yesterday I had an interview with Dagens Nyheter (DN), which is Sweden’s biggest “morning newspaper”.
Read more →New eBay Arrival!
eBay-shopping works very well, I strongly recommend it! A few days back I got my Highgear Altitech 2, which is a sweet little all-in-one outdoor data center featuring an altimeter, barometer, compass, thermometer, time alarm and chronograph.
Read more →Göteborgs-Posten writes about the trip!
The local newspaper wrote an article about the trip a few weeks ago! Click here to read it.
Read more →Home – A Beautiful Documentary
I just wanted to share with you a beautiful documentary called Home, directed by the French aerial photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
Read more →What Tent To Choose?
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what tent to choose. I’ve decided to go for Hilleberg, a Swedish high-quality tentmaker, but there are two really good ones and I have to choose one.
Read more →Hello World!
Welcome to my blog! This will be my digital home while cycling across South America 2009/2010. I’m going to publish photos and write about my adventures along the road, so go ahead and bookmark the blog or subscribe to the RSS feed. Enjoy!
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 Santa Marta, Colombia
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