Strike Mission: From Budapest to Istanbul in 4 Days

This has happened before: I have a deadline to be somewhere, I’m nowhere near it, and I’m out of time.

Back in late November I was in Southern Peru and needed to get to Santiago, Chile in under a week (just look at the map – it’s FAR). I waited until the last possible minute and then blew through Arequipa, the international border, and all the surf towns of Northern Chile, making it to Santiago via nonstop 24-hour busride (with a day to spare). I even managed to get a few days of surfing in along the way.Continue reading >>