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We arrive to Buenos Aires in the middle of a strong rainstorm, with
the plane (perpetually late in South America) rolling and yawing
omnionously until touchdown... I'm not sure if it's ...
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São Paulo
(May 18 '06)
"I've met lots of wonderful and amazing people that make the experience so great."
(5.21.06) It is my last day in São Paulo and so far I'd say I've done a good amount of things, but it's such a huge and ...
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Pantastic!
(May 29 '06)
DAY 1 We began our journey into the Pantanal Wetlands (in the region of Mato Grosso) in a minibus - in which we were taken to the immigration "office" (a small room inside an equally small shopping ...
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The Heart of Argentina
(Feb 22 '06)
Where does one go to escape the sweltering, two T-shirt a day humidity of Buenos Aires? Head west to cooler and drier altitudes. My next two weeks would see me bear west 1500 plus kms to Mendoza at ...
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Inca trek -the 4 day challenge!
(Oct 18 '06)
So... the day that I had been dreading. The start of the Inca trek. At six in the morning we were picked up from our hostel, as others were just getting bcak from a night out! We got on our bus and ...
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Galapalaps in the Galapagos
(Aug 08 '06)
Well we just worked out the more you write the more photos you can fit in the main body of the text and since we took about 50,000 photos in the Galapagos you might want to settle in for a long ...
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Majestic Patagonia - Bariloche
(Mar 11 '07)
Arriving in Bariloche was quite a relief after the 22 hour bus journey we we endured. I guess endurance isn´t really the word, coz its not too bad really. The food was laid on, and there is even wine ...
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Ok so after Quito we went to Lima, then Cusco, then Aguas Calientes-Manchu Picchu, back to Cusco and now back in Lima. Now instead of writing about the trip day ...
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Arequipa, Peru
(Apr 22 '07)
Arequipa is Peru's second city and is often referred to as the "White City". As I may have mentioned, Peru is just one huge archeological dig and they are very adept at maximizing and capitalizing on ...
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Walking the ´W´
(Jan 07 '07)
We had five days to trek the popular ´W´ circuit around the sites of the Torres del Paine National Park. Having done our prep, we decided the safest option was to ensure we had a bed for the night was ...
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The Inca Trail - the proper one!!
(Oct 24 '08)
We booked the trek back in the UK in July to ensure we could do the proper trek. Only 200 people are allowed through a day plus 300 porters, which adds to 500. I actually agree with that otherwise one ...
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A few days in the capital
(Oct 21 '08)
We had to be in Lima for 24th October, as this was the date we were to start the Inca trail adventure! So we thought we should get there beforehand to enjoy a few days in the capital.
Another ...
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We started our group classes in our 2nd week. it was low season in the school, so there was only about 12 students but we got to know a really good group of ...
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