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Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009 | Views [9]
Hi all, Day trip to Karlštejn
Castle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%C5%A1tejn This is a great castle and we did the boring tour which unfortunately didn´t cover the Chapel of the holy rood which was ... Read more >
Thursday, 4 Jun 2009 | Views [51]
Hi All,
Back in Paris and the weather is great. We just went out to Roland Garros but the only way to get tickets were from the scalpers. Well at least we could hear the roar of the crowd as there was no big screen display outside like the Australian ... Read more >
Sunday, 22 Mar 2009 | Views [64]
Hi All, Went to Australian consulate in Madrid hoping to find out some good news on the Schengen zone. Took a couple of tries to get there as the consulate location in the lonely planet was incorrect and we ended up at one of the tall buildings which ... Read more >
Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [96]
Hi All, This should be before Tangier but cant be bothered fighting with the blog editor. Journal entries: prices on goods in medina;western bad attitude in young muslim people;opportunity beggers.Westerners are worth a shot;seemingly petty theives ... Read more >
Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [100]
Oi All, Vanessa still refuses to take her turn writing the blog and as a consequence David no longer has fingerprints and now has frog pad finger ends. We were sitting around on the upstairs courtyard last night reading our books and talking when an ... Read more >
Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Views [85]
Oi All! Not much sleep on the bus last night. We stopped every 3hrs. Couple of interesting incidents 1) a crazy person who was on the bus decided to start harassing other passengers. Bus driver got rid of him quickily at the nearest bus station with ... Read more >
Saturday, 8 Nov 2008 | Views [81] | Comments [1]
Hola All, Hopped on the bus at puerto madryn and thought no not another epic bus trip. Sat down and discovered that the seats while lovely, wide and comfortable did not allow me the legroom that i required. Mr cranky. So spent the night trying to get ... Read more >
Saturday, 8 Nov 2008 | Views [77]
Hola All, Well certainly saw the penguins. It wasn´t quite what we expected as they were in burrows under bushes and spaced about 1m apart. We were hoping to see a large group out in the ocean. Actually quite a drive of about 400km to get there and ... Read more >
Saturday, 11 Oct 2008 | Views [143]
Hola All, Just back from 7 days out in Torres del paine NP. We had the intention of walking the full circuit but the track was closed due to avalanche so walked the W circuit. We also hoped to walk to the zapata glacier for another couple of days ... Read more >
Friday, 3 Oct 2008 | Views [125]
Hola All, We are in puerto natales about 1500km south of purto montt after spending 4 days travelling on the ship puerto eden. Staying at erratic rock hostel. Day 1. Ship leaves at 4pm and boards at 230pm. I was a bit grumpy as we had traded in our ... Read more >
Monday, 29 Sep 2008 | Views [88]
Hola All, Ok so we went to puerto montt and the hostels and town were dives. For example one hostel near the bus station had a room that was about 1m tall under the roof for 8000 chilean pesos. Not likely. So we jumped on a bus to ancud on the island ... Read more >
Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 | Views [98]
Dear All, The plans of mice and men go astray... The plan was to get to Santiago then fly up to Quito then to the Galapogos islands for an 8 day trip. Spent a frustrating day trying to work it out. First problem was that we needed to call ecuador and ... Read more >
Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 | Views [97]
Hola All, What a change. Months of south america natives and then into a town of whiter than white people. This town seems to exist almost solely on tourism and seems to be a staging point for people going on tours to bolivia or just waiting for a bus.... Read more >
Saturday, 30 Aug 2008 | Views [90]
Hola Amigos, In bolivia. Border crossing was easy enough for most of us. Adam, american, was thrown into a windowless interogation room and harrassed by 3 beefy bolivian police officers. Eventually got through with a bribe. Tough being American in ... Read more >
Saturday, 30 Aug 2008 | Views [100]
Hola Amigos, An all so familiar drive from Cuzco toward Puno. Most of the way was backtracking along the same road to Arequipa. Long drive about 14hrs. Puno. Located on lake titicaca. Highest navigatable lake in the world. Think of these claim. Highest ... Read more >
Monday, 25 Aug 2008 | Views [87]
Hola Amigos, Was going to be a sleepy sunday except cuzco had a huge parade that went most of the day. Vanessa and I have no idea of the reason for the festival but it covered lots of groups from student nurses to tribal groups. Adios, David &... Read more >
Monday, 25 Aug 2008 | Views [72]
Hola Amigos, Back from the Inca trail. Nice little 42km walk. First day was a stroll for 8hrs in the mountains. Found it hard going on the second day with a two pass climb. First was 1000m to a 4200m pass then down 700m to 3500m up 400m to 3900m then ... Read more >
Wednesday, 20 Aug 2008 | Views [89]
Hola Amigos, Day started well with more coca tea...hope we don´t get drug tested before the inca trail. Superb day. Day tour of sacred valley starting at Saqsaywaman which is a large inca ruin situated above cuzco. Our guide told us that it was the ... Read more >
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Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [95]
Hola Amigos, Have arrived at Cuzco. I have some pan pipes now and Vanessa loves them (NOT). Learning how to play el condo pasa by numbers as we travel along on the bus but it doesn`t sound to good. Vanessa says that the peruvians when they play the ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [76]
Hola Amigos, Just to clarify. We are have a mixed time as per life. Sometimes the trip is excellent and sometimes it is terrible but most of the time it is good. We weren`t surprised when we got on the truck at 3am and Drew the driver had the front ... Read more >
Saturday, 16 Aug 2008 | Views [90]
Hola Amigos, Another long bus drive with another breakdown. Blocked fuel line this time out in the middle of the desert. Went from sea level to 2300m in 10hrs. The drive was dangerous and dramatic with the road hugging cliffs looking out over the ocean ... Read more >
Saturday, 16 Aug 2008 | Views [88]
Hola All, Arrived at Nazca all excited about the flight over the nazca lines. It was a lovely blue sky day and we say lines as we drove through the desert to the camping area. This turned out to be the grounds of a hotel across the road from the airport.... Read more >
Tuesday, 12 Aug 2008 | Views [91]
Hola Amigos, Not well. Picked up a stomach bug yesterday and was quite unwell for the day. Seems that 4 or 5 of us all came down with something but it doesnt seem to be related. Didnt eat for most of the day and started feeling better late afternoon.... Read more >
Sunday, 10 Aug 2008 | Views [89] | Comments [1]
Hola Amigos, One more taxi story. Last night we had a taxi driver with rat cunning. It was peak hour traffic when we left the hotel and once on the freeway the driver saw an opportunity. He went up the off ramp down the road about 100m then down the ... Read more >
Saturday, 9 Aug 2008 | Views [76]
Hola Amigos, When a taxi driver in Lima says put on your seat belt then he means it! Maybe it was that he wanted more for the fare or maybe it was just the way he drove normally. High speed driving. Missing cars by very small distances. breaking at ... Read more >
Friday, 8 Aug 2008 | Views [92] | Comments [1]
Hola All, A day wandering around town. Visited Catedral de Lima an amazing mosiac covered chapel with the remains of Francisco Pizarro, conquestedor. The remains were only found sometime in the 1970s in the walls of the crypt after an earthquake. The ... Read more >
Thursday, 7 Aug 2008 | Views [88]
Shrouded with fog or was it a combination of fog and smog. The arrival into lima at about 530pm was an eye opener. Apparently lima is covered with fog for 8 months of the year and August by the looks is one of them! It was a long drive taking about ... Read more >
Thursday, 7 Aug 2008 | Views [91]
Hola Amigos, Spent a couple of nights and a day at Huanchuca which other than being a beach town is the location of the largest adobe city in the world. We visited the Chan chan city ruins http://www.antropologia.com.ar/peru/chanchan.htm Spent the ... Read more >
Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008 | Views [89]
Hola Amigos, Como estas usted? Quick update. We are in Peru! Just spent 4 days on the beach at Punta Sal and now can´t remember what happened before... A long and interesting drive from Cuenca. So much variety in landscape. Lunar landscape and ... Read more >
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