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Tuesday, 3 Nov 2009 | Views [27]
Left the hostal in Arequipa.4 soles for cab to bus. half hour late but who cares, we're glad to be headed to Tacna. The desert landscape was nothing to look at. The entire 8 hours was nothing but pure sand with rolling hills,no green things for hours ... Read more >
Friday, 23 Oct 2009 | Views [24]
Roll into Tacna at 6 pm and as soon as we step off the bus a guy yells.. Arica! Of course that got our attention as thats the town we needed to get to. Asking "quanto costa?" he replies 60 soles, too much I reply.50 No I say and the two ... Read more >
Friday, 23 Oct 2009 | Views [24]
Up at 6.30. Cookie and Dave are taking the bus to Puno. Hopefully only 6 or 7 hours and from there they will head to La Paz Bolivia briefly then on to Uyumi salt flats for a 4 day exploring adventure. Aly and Phil are still on the Colca Canyon tour ... Read more >
Wednesday, 21 Oct 2009 | Views [38]
Now you want to be immersed in the Arequipa culture? just go to the local market! A good place to sample some of the local food and drink.You will always know where to buy the best empanadas around when you spot 20 hungry Peruvians standing around a particular ... Read more >
Tuesday, 6 Oct 2009 | Views [45] | Comments [1]
Shitty midnite express to Arequipa! couldn't sleep and no leg room but here we are just chillin at the hostal sipping on my third cup of coca tea. Ya they say its good to keep altitude sickness away. The elevation we're at now is 2350 m. The Lonely ... Read more >
Friday, 2 Oct 2009 | Views [40] | Comments [1]
Day 2 started with a shower and breakfast. Eggs,bun and tea. Took some great pics of everyone, Phil and Aly,Dave and Cookie and Angie. Just waiting around the hostal for the weather to clear so we can fly the Nazca Lines .Maybe another hour? 340 ... Read more >
Thursday, 1 Oct 2009 | Views [44] | Comments [1]
Great sleep! Up at 9.00. Real quiet around here. Angie greeted me with breakfast...toasted buns,bowl of homemade orange marmalade and a hot pot of Peruvian coffee.....awesome! Cant stop thinking of our krazy driver Migel racing through downtown Lima ... Read more >
Thursday, 1 Oct 2009 | Views [47]
Our driver Migel met us at the airport. Little did we know at the time this seemingly gentle Peruvian with the huge smile on his face while holding a sign with Angies name on it turned out to be an ex Indy 500 race car driver. Not really but it would ... Read more >
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [41]
Where da party at? South America! Sweet! Heading to Lima right now, altitude 36000 feet,ground speed 550 miles an hour. At this speed we'll be there at 9.30 tonite. So pumped to see the country, one month of backpacking should do the trick. Our daughter ... Read more >
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009 | Views [99]
Our last day in Rome! A little sad to leave. We took the bus in to town to have our last gelato but before that we caught a few rays by the pool. Paid 130 euros for 6 nights and got our passports back. Angie is packing and Im making dinner........... Read more >
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009 | Views [86]
Up at 7.30........ At Vatican Museum line at 8.30. Hour and half wait in line to ticket booth ,13 euros each and we were exploring the huge Vatican museum.Thousands of paintings and artifacts......totally mind blowing but what we came to see was the ceiling ... Read more >
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009 | Views [59]
Oh yaaaaaa! Another sunny day in Roma! This city is filled with so many things to explore. Most of it is done on foot so you have to be careful not to burn out! Walked down to the Colesseo and found the Roman Forum. Considerd to be the "downtown"... Read more >
Thursday, 25 Dec 2008 | Views [133]
Coming into Roma at night is spectacular! We trained through towns like Casserta,Fogia and Cassino and now in front of us is an awesome light show illuminating the Roman skies. I must admit travelling by train is a little exhausting but we seem to be ... Read more >
Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [202]
Okay another day in Roma! It hasn't rained for our entire trip! Its great not having to plan your journey around the weather. In Rome its sunny everyday....I guess its the time of year. Today we had a plan....to do a walking tour of Rome. WE started ... Read more >
Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Views [174]
WOW !!! Amazing,incredible,unbelievable doesn,t describe this day! No words can do it justice. We drove down to Naples to see the ruins of Pompeii, an ancient civilization that was completly destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and on the way we ... Read more >
Friday, 14 Nov 2008 | Views [163]
day 2......... What a sleep! 12 hours or more. We got up at 9am. Today is Vatican day. You need to wear the proper clothing or they wont let you in to the Basilica. We took the shuttle to the Vatican instead of driving,made it alot easier. The shuttle ... Read more >
Friday, 14 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 | Views [123]
day 1 It's hard to believe we're sitting on a plane again heading to Europe! Me and Angie are stoked!!!!!!!! All the research on the net is going to pay off big time. I googled a lot of sites from googleearth.com so we have a good idea of the general ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 | Views [158]
day 13......Sad to leave Lefkada Island!!!!!What a little paradise! Drove down the coast back to Patras,our original starting point. We had managed to encircle a good part of the country.We crossed back into the Pelponese via the Rio- Antirio bridge that ... Read more >
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