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Photos: Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Barrington Tops

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 15 Mar 2014 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Norfolk Island

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 13 Mar 2014 | Photo Gallery


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Australia

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 13 Mar 2014 | Views [359]

Norfolk Island-a wonderful place to relax,stunning scenery,a brutal history


Getting ready

AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014 | Views [338]

Passports organised, bags all but packed!


Santiago

CHILE | Monday, 21 Jan 2008 | Views [630]

We are now back on foot and relying on our own instincts again. What a wonderful cruise we had with great excursions and lovely new friendships made. Arrived here this morning after docking at Port valpaiso.We shared a van with friends and Peter found ... Read more >

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Gallery: cruise

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 20 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery

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Ushuaia

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 13 Jan 2008 | Views [711] | Comments [1]

Hi folks from Ushuaia, in the very very south of South America! This morning we sailed around Cape Horn in fine weather, calm seas, a little bit of wind and cool temperatures. We could spot little penguins swimming and darting about, a lot of seals ... Read more >

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Cruising

ARGENTINA | Thursday, 10 Jan 2008 | Views [637] | Comments [2]

Today we are in puerto madryn, an appealing town in Patagonia.It is a glorious day and we have had really smooth sailing since we left Buenos Aires. We are pottering around here for a while and not taking an excursion which involved hours driving to ... Read more >

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Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 6 Jan 2008 | Views [903] | Comments [1]

The stop over in Buenos Aires has done us a lot of good. We have stayed at an older hotel, Tucuman Palace, right near the city centre.It is really clean and with a back room, it is very quiet, so we have had a good sleep at night.We were glad to have ... Read more >

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Iguassu Falls

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 6 Jan 2008 | Views [1055] | Comments [2]

Another dream come true! To see Iguassu Falls!And they were wonderful. :) AERU sur redeemed itself by flying on time and with our luggage, to Buenos Aires. This is a huge, busy city, but we had an ok feeling about it, considering we don't like cities ... Read more >

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Gallery: la paz- buenos aires

BOLIVIA | Sunday, 6 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery


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Christmas in Santa Cruz

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 2 Jan 2008 | Views [1096]

We have covered quite a bit of territory since the last blog entry. We had a treat and spent Christmas at a rather nice hotel in Santa Cruz,Bolivia.On 23rd from Sucre, AeroSur once again ran late, but our luggage turned up , so that was a relief.During ... Read more >

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Gallery: Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: various

ECUADOR | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery


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Sucre

BOLIVIA | Saturday, 22 Dec 2007 | Views [1128] | Comments [1]

What a nice surprise Sucre has been. We needed to spend an extra day here because flights were booked out and our first impressions,coupled with the travel warnings, had us a bit concerned.It didn´t take long to feel very comfortable and happy to be ... Read more >

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Gallery: trip

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 18 Dec 2007 | Photo Gallery


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La Paz

BOLIVIA | Monday, 17 Dec 2007 | Views [650]

Here we are in La Paz, the highest capital city in the world.It was quite an amazing view of the city as the bus arrived at the high outskirts and you looked down over the city spread over what once a crater and up the sides of the hills and mountains.... Read more >

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Copacabana,Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Saturday, 15 Dec 2007 | Views [1166]

Here we are at Copacabana! Not the one Peter Allen sang about, but an unusual place just the same. When we arrived it looked gorgeous, with the sun shining and the water of Lake Titicaca sparkling and blue.Along the lake side are tens of duck and swan ... Read more >

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the jungle

PERU | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2007 | Views [702] | Comments [1]

We have just returned from a wonderful time in the jungle on the Madre Dios River along from Puerto Maldonado.It is only a half hours flight from CUSCO and then about 2 hours in a boat.We decided to do a soft trip and stay at a good lodge, especially ... Read more >

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Cusco

PERU | Friday, 7 Dec 2007 | Views [901]

We had a smooth flight from Arequipa to Cusco.It was even better when the hotel picked us up . Unfortunately, Peter was crook and after organising the train tickets for Machu Picchu he went to bed and didn´t surface until the next morning, but well, ... Read more >

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