03/09/2016 – Strangerless... just a friend you have not met yet

People & places

CYCLING: FRIENDS IN BRAZIL

IMAGES OF (EX) STRANGERS

03/09/2016 by Sissi

People & places

ALAN WAGNER: A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER IN LATIN AMERICA

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a professional golfer in Latin America? No?!! Well, neither had I before I met Alan Wagner! As a matter of fact, I’d never thought about how it’s like to be a pro golfer anywhere before I met Alan. So, who is this guy who literally grew up in front of a golf course? Read on to find out…

03/09/2016 by Sissi

Inner world

CYCLING: INTERVIEW BY MAIARA IN PALOTINA (IN PORTUGUESE)

Interview with Sissi Korhonen in Palotina

I’m quite sure this won’t be the end of articles written about my long-distance cycling trip in local newspapers, but most probably this will be the one and only article written about it in a Brazilian newspaper! And I owe it all to Maiara!

03/09/2016 by Sissi

CYCLING IN LATIN AMERICA

In November 2015, I set out to explore the vast and diverse realities of Latin America, and to question the persistent stereotypes of crime and violence in this region. I decided to do this by cycling first through South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia from 2015-2017), then through Central America from May 2018. Through local women, I have become more and more involved in female empowerment and tackling male supremacy on this beautiful continent I now call home.