Acknowledgements

We’d like to thank the following people who were part of our journey…

Maria, David & Rueben (Santander) – Gracias por alojarnos, hacernos sentir en casa de nuevo en Santander, y una noche de risas con comida japonesa, la otra Maria y el famoso Jose Maron.

Ana (Santander) – Gracias por empezar nuestra viaje con un recorrido maravilloso de la costa Cantabrica y memorias de donde nos conocimos. Gracias a dios que no tuvimos que bailar con la chica y su bufanda en el Sahara.

Rafa & Elba (Rio) – The best ambassadors ever for couchsurfing and the perfect hosts. We saw a side of Rio we could never have seen without them. Don’t think we’ll be eating white chocolate pizza any time soon though 😉

Agustin & Amigos (Buenos Aires) – Gracias por introducirnos a fernet con coca, palabras prohibidas y como festijar estilo argentino.

Elina & JP (Vilcabamba) – Thanks for sharing the peace of Vilcabamba and the terror of horsebackriding. Do you remember Nick and his nickname?

Claudia & Peter (Mexico) – Salud to the best salsa dancers in Mexico (and the steamy hot Hermetinger reggaeton style…). It was great to explore ruins, cities, cenotes and beaches with you, all the time being careful not to chomp down one of those damn hidden chiles (and Claudia, watch out for wild iguanas and Mexicans dressed as bulls!).

Roberto, Isabella, Roberto Snr, Nora, Norma, Octavio, Samantha, Ignacio, Isaac y Maru (Queretaro) – No hay palabras para agradecerles. Nos han cuidado durante ‘la influencia porcina’ como su propia familia. Nos sentimos muy en casa y esperamos que venga toda la familia un dia al campo austriaco para que podamos hospedarles igual.

Rafael y familia (Cuidad de Mexico) – Gracias por un dia bonito en el centro de tu ciudad, introducirnos a tu familia y intercambiar memorias de Viena.

Nico & Gina (Guadalajara) – Memorias de dominos, soyamigo, el orfanato y los ruidos de la manana mexicana. Gracias por todo, suerte en Berlin y nos vemos pronto por Viena.

Ezra Anton el Rey (Los Angeles) – We both dream sometimes of a frightening figure on a dark beach burning paper above his head. Then he hands us a plastic bottle and says “Take this, you’ll need it” before running away down the pier. Hasta la proxima.

Chris & Anika (Koh Tao) – I think you’ll agree that our full moon party was much better than the real thing.

Julie & David Youngs (Siem Reap) – Thanks for interrupting our backpacker style with a bit of comfort and for exploring the Angkor temples with us. You are true adventurers!

Bev (Cambodia/Vietnam) – We don’t think we would have survived the strains of Vietnam travel without you! Great to finally travel with little sis and share some memories; tennis evenings, motorbike terror, vomitting night busses, private boats, no money no honey and a forever goodbye.

Alvaro (Hanoi) – Thanks for showing us how to survive in Hanoi, taking us on nighttime motorbike rides and up hidden alleyways and staircases to peaceful terraces looking down on the chaos. Buena suerte!

Sarah & Albrecht (Laos) – Here’s to memories of riverside sunsets, beerlao, lao lao whiskey, veggie buffets and games of backpacker. Hope you enjoyed the rest of your trip!

Anne (Osnabrück) – Thanks for taking all those embarassing pictures and videos of us climbing trees, and for laughing constantly at us! It was great to arrive at yours after such a long time in the wild! We enjoyed Malte’s cooking, Paula and Karlsson and talking to somebody who actually speaks real German, merci.

Lisa (Copenhagen) – The best city guide after only three weeks in Copenhagen! Strolls along the harbour, expensive (delicious) cakes, a carrousel ride over the rooftops of the city, cooking lasagna and martinis in the garden – the perfect cure for travel fatigue. Enjoy Copenhagen (but come back soon!).

Raimondas (Copenhagen) – Thanks for hosting us, making us feel very comfortable and introducing us to TED!

Jen & Tim (London) – A great last night of Neighbours, fish & chips and Belguim beer. Thanks for putting us up and hopefully see you in Vienna soon.

And last but not least thanks to all those who read and commented on this blog!