PERU | Tuesday, 8 Jul 2014 | Views [182]
H and I were excited to be leaving Cuzco and making our way to the coast, we were on such a high. We were waiting in reception for a person from the tour (the 4 days tour stopping at a few places on the way to Lima we were about to begin) when I spotted ... Read more >
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PERU | Thursday, 1 May 2014 | Views [206]
It took 3 full days and nights of buses and trains to get from Rio back to La Paz for our new bartending careers. It was pretty hassle free except the border where we were dumped off the bus - we thought we were meant to be taken all the way to Puerto ... Read more >
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BRAZIL | Thursday, 13 Mar 2014 | Views [137]
Entering Brazil was so exciting, I didn’t realise before this how much I was looking forward to it. Especially when the bus stopped at buffets along the way where you pay for food by the kilo and the main food is RICE and BEANS! My favourite, woohoo.... Read more >
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ARGENTINA | Thursday, 27 Feb 2014 | Views [187]
Leaving Puerto Madryn for Buenos Aires was such a beautiful bus trip. There was one of the most stunning sunsets I´ve seen as the clouds almost met the horizon so the vast, sprawling plains of inland Patagonia were framed by this vivid pink-orange ... Read more >
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ARGENTINA | Saturday, 8 Feb 2014 | Views [219]
So after leaving the thieves behind in Santiago, we headed to Pucón and were lucky enough to meet an Aussie guy on the bus who was living and working at a small guesthouse there so he called ahead to book for us and the owner came and picked ... Read more >
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ARGENTINA | Monday, 20 Jan 2014 | Views [239]
We left off getting the bus to Sucre in Bolivia which was a pretty short (11 hours) however butt-hurting ride. Sucre is beautiful, meant to be the prettiest city in Bolivia and you can see why. It´s also a UNESCO world heritage site. Neon signs ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Friday, 3 Jan 2014 | Views [255]
After piling into one of the mini-vans that transport people around La Paz – with all of our luggage to much huffing and puffing and one Hail Mary – we arrived at the bus stand to take us to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca. We were confused ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 18 Dec 2013 | Views [215]
We arrived in Uyuni on board our smelly bus (no one even tucked us in….there weren’t even ANY BLANKETS ON BOARD!) and were followed by a strange Canadian girl who had latched onto our trio and found a hostel…$5 night for a private ... Read more >
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CHILE | Tuesday, 10 Dec 2013 | Views [165]
Hola Amigos!!!
Well, this has been a long time coming.
Hopefully everyone is well and 2014 is going great so far. I was just saying today it definitely doesn’t feel like 4 months since I left! The girls (Hailey – I met in Africa, and ... Read more >
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