My Year in Cities, 2013

Published on December 30, 2013 (↻ February 5, 2024), filed under Adventure (RSS feed for all categories).

The story of my 18 months of travel around the world, though not including this article, is available as a big but humble e-book: Journey of J.

Traditionally I post a list of all the new places I visited during a year in some sort of year-end review, too. The same this year as I’m fairly confident that I won’t leave Santiago anymore now that I just got here, and as the year’s window’s closing quickly. One thing is different, however: I’m including just the places I’ve visited since I discarded my old life. I haven’t traveled much during the first half of the year anyway.

Figure: A different type of breadcrumb trail.

1. Miami, FL, United States
2. Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic
3. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
5. Guadalajara, Mexico
6. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
7. Guadalajara, Mexico
8. Guanajuato, Mexico
9. Mexico City, Mexico
10. Teotihuacan, Mexico
11. San Jose, Costa Rica
12. Poas, Costa Rica
13. Sabanilla, Costa Rica
14. Vara Blanca, Costa Rica
15. Panama City, Panama
16. Quito, Ecuador
17. Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador
18. Machachi, Ecuador
19. Baños, Ecuador
20. Ambato, Ecuador
21. Riobamba, Ecuador
22. Chimborazo, Ecuador
23. Cuenca, Ecuador
24. Loja, Ecuador
25. Macará, Ecuador
26. Piura, Peru
27. Trujillo, Peru
28. Chan Chan, Peru
29. Moche, Peru
30. Huanchaco, Peru
31. Conache, Peru
32. El Brujo, Peru
33. Huaraz, Peru
34. Lima, Peru
35. Ica, Peru
36. Nazca, Peru
37. Chauchilla, Peru
38. Arequipa, Peru
39. Puno, Peru
40. Sillustani, Peru
41. Islas Uros, Peru
42. Isla Taquile, Peru
43. La Paz, Bolivia
44. Uyuni, Bolivia
45. Isla Incahuasi, Bolivia
46. San Juan, Bolivia
47. Laguna Cañapa, Bolivia
48. Laguna Hedionda, Bolivia
49. Laguna Honda, Bolivia
50. Árbol de Piedra, Bolivia
51. Laguna Colorada, Bolivia
52. Sol de Mañana, Bolivia
53. Termas de Polques, Bolivia
54. Laguna Verde, Bolivia
55. Laguna Blanca, Bolivia
56. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
57. Antofagasta, Chile
58. Copiapó, Chile
59. La Serena, Chile
60. Coquimbo, Chile
61. Vicuña, Chile
62. Santiago, Chile

The Bolivia leg is a bit messed up. It’s a stretch to consider some of the places “cities,” however they were distinct stops on a little adventure trip through the Bolivian countryside that I figured I might just include. I added links to snapshots of traffic life that I document over at Animated Traffic. That site’s still an experiment but I’m tweaking it quite a bit to make it a worthy testament and alternative look at my journey—and all the cities I pass through.

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m a contributor to several web standards, and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development (and engineering management), but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (Please be critical, interpret charitably, and give feedback.)