Three Journeys to Patagonia

Backpacking before the internet; following in Bruce Chatwin's footsteps; coming of age in South America

Three Journeys to Patagonia tells the story of Nick Green's love affair with Latin America: it charts his progress backpacking the subcontinent as a teenager, as an aspiring travel writer in his twenties, and later as a confirmed adventurer and Patagonia aficionado in his thirties. Nick tells the story of how once Patagonia had come into his life in 1991, it remained in his consciousness, compelling him to read around the subject, to study it, and to visit the region again and again. Three Journeys to Patagonia asks why so many travellers have experienced the same overwhelming emotions and been mesmerised by Patagonia's enduring sense of isolation, the notion of space and the rugged beauty of a landscape uncorrupted by man. Stories and historical accounts are pulled from different sources and presented to the reader as evidence that serves to prove the self-perpetuating nature of the abiding Patagonian mystique. The author's candid diaries from 1991, 1998, and 2009 reveal a changing Patagonian and South American scene through the eyes of a boy becoming a man.