Round The World (with a stop at Rosie's)
Having finally decided to quit work (we're not getting any younger) a long journey seems in order. We're planning to spend time in South East Asia (including some diving). Then having a stopover in Oz with Rosie and Steve (and their new baby, Beatrix) before spending time in South America. Improving our Spanish and seeing some new sights are on the cards...
Planned Dates
Jun 15, 2009 to Jun 14, 2010
Countries
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Trip Map
Trip Entries
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Countdown!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Packing furiously
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Leeds, England, United Kingdom -
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Arrived in Bangkok
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand -
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Travelling to spend time with temples, Ayutthaya
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand -
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Sukhothai - more temples
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sukhothai, Thailand -
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Lopburi; monkey business around the temples.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Lop Buri, Thailand -
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Bangkok 'Wot, again?'
Friday, June 26, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand -
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Last day in Bangkok
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand -
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Koh Nang Yuan - paradise or prison?
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Koh Tao, Thailand -
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Nang Yuan diving
Friday, July 03, 2009
Koh Tao, Thailand -
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Koh Samui - a home from home?
Monday, July 06, 2009
Mae Nam, Koh Samui, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand -
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What are we doing with our time in Koh Samui?
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Mae Nam, Koh Samui, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand -
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Ko Tao - a diving diversion for TP
Friday, July 24, 2009
Ko Tao, Thailand -
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Jen goes back to school
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Ban Mae Nam, Surat Thani, Thailand -
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Big Buddha, Koh Samui
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Ban Mae Nam, Surat Thani, Thailand -
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Ko Samui Reflections
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Ban Mae Nam, Surat Thani, Thailand -
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Georgetown: shophouses and trading
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia -
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More Georgetown; a touch of incense in the air!
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia -
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Ipoh. Where???
Monday, August 10, 2009
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia -
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Melaka, Home of the Baba-Nonyas
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Melaka, Melaka State, Malaysia -
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Singapore; are you sure we're still in Asia?
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Singapore, Singapore -
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Arrival in Oz; it's a family affair...
Monday, August 24, 2009
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia -
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Another week in Brisbane
Friday, August 28, 2009
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia -
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A Mountain Excursion
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Beechmont, Queensland, Australia -
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Brisbane to Hervey Bay
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Torquay, Queensland, Australia -
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Hervey Bay to Benaraby
Friday, September 04, 2009
Benaraby, Queensland, Australia -
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Benaraby to Rubyvale; a gem of a journey
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Rubyvale, Queensland, Australia -
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Rubyvale to Calen; back towards the coast
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Calen, Queensland, Australia -
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Calen to Townsville
Monday, September 07, 2009
Townsville, Queensland, Australia -
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Townsville to Cardwell and Tully and on to Cairns
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Cairns, Queensland, Australia -
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Cairns to Cape Tribulation: we got here!!!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia -
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Diving the Ribbon Reefs; into the Cod Hole!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia -
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Lizard Island and a low flight down the QLD coast
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia -
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Mission Beach
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia -
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Mission Beach to Townsville (and some more diving)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Townsville, Queensland, Australia -
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Townsville to Giru (or just outside anyway)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Giru, Queensland, Australia -
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Giru to Sarina
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sarina, Queensland, Australia -
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Sarina to Kinka Beach (no, that was KinkA Beach!)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Kinka Beach, Queensland, Australia -
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Kinka Beach to 1770; that's a place, not a number!
Friday, September 25, 2009
1770, Queensland, Australia -
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1770 to Rainbow Beach (but no pot of gold!)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia -
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Beaches Wars! From Rainbow to Dicky!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Dicky Beach, Queensland, Australia -
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Dicky Beach to Brisbane: we made it!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Deagon, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia -
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Brisbane: revisited and departed
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Deagon, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia -
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Buenos Aires: faded elegance
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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Out and about in Buenos Aires
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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Carlinhos Brown in Buenos Aires
Monday, November 02, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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Rainy Days in Buenos Aires
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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La Boca: Colour, life and tourist tat
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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Madness, music and Las Madres
Friday, November 06, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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Buenos Aires cafes and bars
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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A very wet day in San Antonio de Areco
Friday, November 13, 2009
San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina -
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Final days in Buenos Aires
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina -
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Montevideo - it's not yet changed to Monte-DVD!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Montevideo, Uruguay -
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Salto; hot springs, wet rain
Monday, November 23, 2009
Salto, Uruguay -
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Fray Bentos; that sounds familiar!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Fray Bentos, Uruguay -
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Colonia; every house a museum?
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay -
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Buenos Aires - Slight Return
Monday, November 30, 2009
Buenos Aires, Capital Federal District, Argentina -
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Hot News! Uruguay election results!
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina -
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What makes Rosario such a good place to live?
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina -
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Mercedes; final resting place of Gauchito Gil
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina -
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Pellegrini; floating islands, crocs and big rats!
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini, Litoral, Argentina -
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Your mission, if you choose to accept it...
Friday, December 11, 2009
San Ignacio, Litoral, Argentina -
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Iguazu falls: so that's where all the rain went!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina -
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Out of Iguazu with a bang; on to Ciudad del Este
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Ciudad del Este, Alto Paraná, Paraguay -
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Encarnación - and we manage to see Jesús!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay -
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Asunción; we're travellers, get us out of here!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Asuncion, Paraguay -
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Xmas greetings!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina -
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Resistencia: city of sculpture
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina -
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Our 'current' location
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina -
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Salta: our first sight of the Andes and our Xmas!
Friday, December 25, 2009
Salta, Salta, Argentina -
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Multicoloured mountains and angels with guns!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Humahuaca, Northern Argentina, Argentina -
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Following the Train To The Clouds
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina -
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Cafayate; days of wine, icecream and waterways
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Cafayate, Northern Argentina, Argentina -
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Tucumán; chilling out and getting heated!
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina -
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Like Birmingham but better!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina -
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Wines, Bikes, Barnsley and Bernard O'Higgins
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina -
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Over the Andes to Santiago
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile -
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Carnival Time in Paradise Valley!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile -
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City of churches, craft stalls and penguins!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
La Serena, Coquimbo, Chile -
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More Marys than you can shake a skull stick at.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile -
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Mountains, lakes, salt plains & altitude sickness
Monday, February 08, 2010
Uyuni, Bolivia -
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Dead people, dead trains and dead electrics!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Uyuni, Bolivia -
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Let the festivities begin (but not in the convent)
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Potosi, Bolivia -
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No sugar but lots of water and... dinosaurs!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sucre, Bolivia -
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Possibly the highest capital city in the world...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia -
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Shining Lake Titicaca (when it isn't raining).
Friday, February 26, 2010
Copacabana, La Paz, Bolivia -
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Despite the name, it's not always sunny here!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Isla del Sol, Bolivia -
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Incas, Pre-incas and a load of willies.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Puno, Puno, Peru -
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Road blocks, demos and a scenic journey to Cusco
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Cusco, Cusco, Peru -
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Touring the Sacred Valley
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru -
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Visiting the Inca sites around the city.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Cusco, Cusco, Peru -
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The White City
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Arequipa, Peru -
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Strange markings at Dead Bull!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Toro Muerto, Arequipa, Peru -
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Colca Canyon 1: Snow and the Ice Maiden
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Chivay, Arequipa, Peru -
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Colca Canyon 2: Watch out, condors about!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Cabanaconde, Arequipa, Peru -
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Colca Canyon 3: Hot and Passionate
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru -
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More lines and symbols but this time they're BIG!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Nazca, Ica, Peru -
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Sun worshipping through the years
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru -
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We go in search of GOLD!
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Chiclayo, Peru -
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Sun, surf and a very loud children's fairground
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Máncora, Piura, Peru -
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In search of exotic animals: we find iguanas
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Guayaquil, Ecuador -
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We arrive and dive.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -
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We set sail, eventually.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Bartoleme, Galápagos, Ecuador -
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Iguanas in all their many forms.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Santa Fe Island, Galápagos, Ecuador -
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Not all the animals here are friendly.
Monday, April 19, 2010
San Cristobal, Galápagos, Ecuador -
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Albatross, fresh albatross!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Espanola, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -
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Jen has mixed feelings about stingrays!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Floreana, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -
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That's the way, A-a A-a, I like it!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Isabela, Galápagos, Ecuador -
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Big Boy Diego struts his stuff and we fly out.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -
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In the dangerous city we have too many cocktails
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Quito, Ecuador -
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We look for the Virgin on the Rocks.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Ipiales, Colombia -
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A bright white city with a great dark bar.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Popayan, Colombia -
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We avoid hot spots and enjoy suburban life.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia -
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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia -
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Traditional fishing village or party-goers heaven?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Taganga, Magdalena, Colombia -
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Hotel of the Snows in another white city
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Girón, Santander, Colombia -
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We like the houses but not the pizza...
Friday, May 14, 2010
Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia -
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Fossils, dinosaurs &, surprisingly, more willies!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Villa De Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia -
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Gold, art, violence and the hunt for a drug baron
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia -
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Strange statues in the wilds of nowhere.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
San Agustin, Colombia -
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An eventful trip to see some old decorating
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tierradentro, Cauca, Colombia -
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Is travelling hopefully better than arriving?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Popayan, Colombia -
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Colombia chooses; bulldog or guinea-pig?
Friday, May 28, 2010
Pasto, Colombia -
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Fun and games at the middle of the world
Monday, May 31, 2010
Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador -
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If you want to get ahead, get a hat...
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Cuenca, Ecuador -
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Not a lot to do here...
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Loja, Ecuador -
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Sad news about Janet.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Piura, Peru -
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If in doubt, beep!
Monday, June 07, 2010
Piura, Peru -
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A heap of mud and a load of old bones
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Lima, Lima, Peru -
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Back in the Land of Processions
Friday, June 11, 2010
Cusco, Cusco, Peru -
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A bus, a convoy, a train...nearly there
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Aguas Calientes, Cusco, Peru -
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Machu Picchu: The Inka city in the sky
Monday, June 14, 2010
Lima, Peru -
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Around the world and almost home!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
