ARGENTINA | Thursday, 18 Oct 2007 | Views [4013]
Reaching the La Quiaca bus station I found it necessary to actually acquire Argentinean pesos (so as to be able to buy a bus ticket) Unfortunately, after asking quite a few people on the street where I could exchange bolivianos, I was actually laughed ... Read more >
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ARGENTINA | Thursday, 18 Oct 2007 | Views [1273]
Ah, the border... But first we had to get there. After picking up his surfboard from the trains baggage car (yes, you might wonder... what do you do with a surfboard in Bolivia, a land locked country? you stand out, that´s what you do. James and ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Thursday, 18 Oct 2007 | Views [5605]
This is the beginning of the ordeal to get from Tupiza to Salta … Not really all that far, and I get to leave Bolivia and enter Argentina (hopefully not quite as dusty) So my options from Tupiza to the border town of Villazon ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Tuesday, 16 Oct 2007 | Views [1172]
Apparently, its time for me to loose some weight. As of yesterday, I have become involuntarily bulimic. This doesn’t surprise me. I’ve been expecting some sort of food poisoning for awhile now. I was ok with the alpaca, the piranha, the llama, the ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Thursday, 11 Oct 2007 | Views [7533]
So when it says side effects might be sun sensitivity, I immediately think, not me. But… that doesn’t mean I don’t take the proper precautions. I put on SPF 60+ just incase. Now, I know what you’re thinking, “60+, what the hell, I didn’t ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Thursday, 11 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
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BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 10 Oct 2007 | Views [984]
The bus to Rurrenabaque, Bolivia didn’t have any chickens on it.... Although it did leave 2 hours late, have 5 or 6 giant bags strapped to the roof 3 or 4 full gas canisters in under the passengers, no air conditioning, and no bathroom. Oh, and did ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Monday, 8 Oct 2007 | Views [875]
So the plan was to get up at 5ish to go sit in the boat and look for morning animals... oh, believe me I was thrilled about this idea… get up early? Yea! Sit in a hard dug out wooden canoe for a few more hours? Fantastic! Not having anything to ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Sunday, 7 Oct 2007 | Views [13063]
Breakfast, then anaconda hunting. Translation: three hours of wandering thru the pampas (read grass and swamp) in “wellies” looking for a snake. Heather, part of the hard drinking couple from England (they’d both have a beer around 10am) ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Friday, 5 Oct 2007 | Views [763]
So… Bolivia is apparently on fire. It seems that this is the time of year to burn all the land for crops, and by the look of the air they really are burning ALL the land. In La Paz it is practically impossible to see the other side of the city. The ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 | Views [3126]
Yes, Death Road. Doesn´t that sound nice... And some how this morning I found myself being driven to the top of this road (the most dangerous road in the world) put on a mountain bike (oh, not any mountain bike... one that didn´t fit me and whose back ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 3 Oct 2007 | Views [786]
I’ve made it to Bolivia. It only required I: a) Get a cab from my hotel... Stupidly, I thought my hotel might call me a cab (silly me, where would I ever get this idea) With my broken Spanish the guy behind the desk was aware that a ¨taxi¨ was ... Read more >
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PERU | Monday, 1 Oct 2007 | Views [595]
So... then there was one. Carlyn took off back to the states this afternoon. While heading home from our two day trip to the islands of lake Titicaca we were chatting with the man across from us on the boat (his wife being the woman who, when we ... Read more >
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PERU | Monday, 1 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Saturday, 29 Sep 2007 | Views [2345]
So, although by the end of our treck all three of us were smelling pretty ripe, Dave gets the blue ribbon. First, a little background info. For 7 days we had our bigger backpacks carried by porters (or horses in the case of the first 3 days) These ... Read more >
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PERU | Friday, 28 Sep 2007 | Views [1156]
Just the high lights on one of the worlds highest lakes. After ariving back from Machu Picchu Wednesday night at 8pm we boarded a train the next morning at 7:15am to beautiful Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. About 11 hours and half of "... Read more >
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PERU | Wednesday, 19 Sep 2007 | Views [514]
Day 1 We were told that this would be and easy stroll thru the mountains, going at our own pace, and easy 10km or so. It was all a lie. After waking up at 3:45am or so to get into a van and drive 3 hours we had a very nice breakfast at a really cute ... Read more >
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PERU | Tuesday, 18 Sep 2007 | Views [604]
So, it’s day three in Peru... I think, they’re all merging into one big blur of colorful people harassing us (well, mainly Carlyn) to buy useless trinkets (not to say that we haven’t bought way too many alpaca items as is, but you know what, hats are ... Read more >
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PERU | Monday, 17 Sep 2007 | Views [562]
I'll just hit the big points here. Day one, Sept 14, drove to the airport at 8:30 am with Donal (who by the way was an angel for not killing me durring the 10 or so days we spent together) Dropped off the car, had breakfast, got on a plane... 2h 55m ... Read more >
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