Engineer, musician and author of the book “Un viola pour passeport” (Favre editions), Christophe Touchard set off with his viola (the cousin of the violin) on a journey of more than 15,000 km in South America.
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In his book A viola for a passport, Views and encounters of a year around the world (Favre editions), Christophe Touchard retraces his journey around the globe, from New Zealand to Mongolia, via Tibet.
The goal: to meet underprivileged children and travel through music, but in the literal sense of the term, since he had brought his instrument, a viola.
One of the highlights of this world tour was the descent of Chilean Patagonia by a route: the road australe. The journey continued on board a ferry to Puerto William (south of Ushuaia) in the middle of the fjords. The adventurer played music on the boat with the other passengers while observing the natural environment (dolphins, albatrosses, whales, etc.) and the exceptional landscapes.
In northern Patagonia, he discovered the village of Frutillar where a German colony lived at the end of the 19th century. In Puerto William, Christophe played the viola with a poet guitarist. Listen to his travel story!
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“This trip woke me up”he concluded.
