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| + Back Downunder........Sydney first!! +
1 July Caught plane at 8pm from BA to Santiago in Chile. Had a two hour stopover before the long haul flight of 18 hours to Sydney. [...] be finished and have to find work again - booo!!! Best countries of the trip were Mexico, Gautemala, Nicaragua, Peru and Bolivia. |
| + Back in Buenos Aires +
8 June until 30 June Very relaxing time in the city. The World Cup has started and as we have Cable we can watch most games and [...] so much meat, salad, chinese food and very tasty. The weeks will fly by but we have plenty to keep us occupied. |
| + Uruguay, we came, we saw, we left +
30 May Caught the bus at 12pm to cross the border at Fray Bentos and enter Uruguay. All formalities went smoothly without even [...] This bloke invested US$1.5million in 1905 into a casino, a colossuem (bull ring) and a race course. Today it sits abandoned and o |
| + Rosario, Santa Fe and the scorpian in the shower +
21 May had our last night out in BA with Darren. Saw 2 movies and went to a flash all you can eat Parilla. It was great, they [...] overlooking the city but we couldnt get up the tower as they couldnt break my 100 note... Next on the list a ferry ride to the is |
| + La Rioja to Buenos Aires +
12 May Up at 7am to catch bus to LA Rioja, managed to see 3 movies this time on board. La Rioja is a small town with no high rises [...] then had another walk to let it all go down. 16 May Hired bikes today and did another 4 hour tour of the the town. Pretty |
| + Tilcara to Tucuman +
4 May Finally said our goodbyes to Tom the Pom, lovely lad but he is off on a different route to us. Will see him again in [...] for dinner than bought some Diego Maradonna wine, a big mistake, it didnt agree with me at all and made me miss the toilet in a voilen |
| + Viva Argentina! +
1 May Caught bus to Villazon, the border town of Argintina and stayedthere the night, it a pretty unspectacular town but we wanted [...] walk though, took4 hours all up and we are all tired. Toms turn to cook tonight so we are looking forward to an english special! |
| + Uyuni and the amazing Salt Flats +
22 April, very sore from the mine experience, obviously our muscles are not used to crawling around so much. We went for a big walk [...] of salt for our steak. We left the salt flat to stay the night in a little villiage. Our group was really good, an Aussie, a |
| + Cochabamba, Sucre and the Potosi mines (Dynamite) +
14 Apr A dry day, nothing open cos of semana santa, its supposed to be a party time but as its a religious celebration no bars [...] breakfast by a street seller - how nice!! In the avo, opened the Jack and then went for a great lunch. Ordered a meat platter of meat |
| + Death Road Plunge! +
We got up early in the morning and joined a tour group for Mountain biking down Death Road. Its officially the worlds most [...] it illegal to serve alcohol. We found a dodgy stall lady who sold us some booze and went back to the Aussies hostel room and played |
| + Bolivia! +
8th April we caught a bus into Copacabana Bolivia. It was a nice smooth border cossing for once. Copacabana is the first town [...] mountains formed by shifting plates. They are really weird. At the top we were thirsty and some ladies were selling drinks. T |
| + Amantani tour and the Penis temple +
5 Apr Got up at 6.30am and had another great breakfast provided by Mister/Miss hotel owner, who also provided us with rain jackets [...] inca food and very tasty). After lunch we explored the island and other habitants areas of living and visited the local football fiel |
| + Cuzco and Puno +
29 Mar Ahh the joy ofsleeping pills, so helped us thru the night on a very cramped bus that took 21 hours to reach Cuzco, but we [...] far Aztec God tattoo on my left arm, Sue also got a bridge piercing in her ear for her birthday pressie to herself. Both look great! |
| + Huacachina (Sand Boarding) +
24 Mar The night on the bus passed very quickly as we took sleeping pills to assist with the journey. Before we knew it we had [...] either of us in control. But we did however manage to do some grest face plants!! It got extremely hot and tiring so called it a day |
| + Snatch and grab +
19 Mar Another not so good day for us, we thought Colombia was supposed to be the dodgest place in Sth America, but at least all [...] for 7pm to catch a night bus to Huaraz. New day fresh start, new place. Overnight bus, was a semi sleeeping bus with a waitress who s |
| + Dodgy Peru border +
15 Mar Would rather forget about this day ever happening, the most expensive border crossing and the longest too. Got a bus that [...] plus buried with his wife and three warriors to watch guard and a llama for good luck. Also buried beside the king was his dog. Not s |
| + More lovely Ecaudor +
10 March Bad hangover for sue after the two bottles last night!!!! Had to be done though.....Anyway feeling a bit quesay we caught [...] uphill and quite slippery due to the constant raining. Luckily for me the day was quite bright and no rain, so views were better and t |
| + Ecuador and the two Equators +
7 March Bused to Quito today, the capital of Ecuador, a very large city and very high up at an altitude of 2800 metres. Seems to [...] too. Saw how the Aztecs used to live in wood huts and how when making love, the Aztecs always did it outside as a womans sexual |
| + South America, yay! Colombia +
We arrived in Colombias capital, Bogota. Had awful turbulance, the plane was pitching a wobbling! Bogotas really nice! we caught a [...] mine that produces 800 tons of salt a day and has resources for the next 500 years. They have carved a beautiful and elaborate Ca |
| + Photo Album: Beautiful Nicaragua +
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| + Photo Album: Mexico +
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| + Photo Album: on to Beautiful Belize +
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