The adventures of Chnelik Sebastian

Chnelik Sebastian slow traveller sitting with Indigenous women outside a small adobe hut in the Bolivian altiplano, during his long overland journey from Argentina to the Arctic Circle.

Sebastian is a traveller from Buenos Aires who swapped his busy life as a mechanical engineer and student for an open-ended journey. A solo backpacking trip in northern Argentina made him realise he wanted a different rhythm, guided by his heart instead of the city’s “fast life”.

Travelling mostly by hitchhiking and working on boats, he crossed from Ushuaia to the North Cape with an initial budget of only 50 USD, taking odd jobs and relying on hospitality. He has visited more than 30 countries, slept in many unconventional places and never felt limited by money. His main message is to trust life, follow your passions, travel at your own speed and remember that the world is our shared home.
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In the photo: a traditional adobe, thatch-roof dwelling common in the high Andean / Altiplano region (Bolivia, Peru and nearby areas). In many Indigenous communities (often Aymara or Quechua), families build small round or square houses from adobe bricks (mud mixed with straw and sometimes dung). The thick earthen walls keep the inside cool in the strong daytime sun and warm during freezing nights, which is essential at 3,000–4,000 meters altitude. The roof is usually thatched with local grasses (like ichu) laid in thick layers to shed rain and insulate against cold and wind. Inside there is often a single multipurpose room with simple beds, a cooking area, and storage for tools or food. Sometimes animals like guinea pigs live indoors too, for warmth and protection. These huts are cheap to build with all-local materials, easy to repair, and very well adapted to the climate, which is why they are still widely used even when more modern materials are available.

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