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Santiago

CHILE | Monday, 21 Jan 2008 | Views [601]

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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Ushuaia

ARGENTINA | Sunday, 13 Jan 2008 | Views [674] | 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 [613] | 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 [882] | 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 [1033] | 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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Christmas in Santa Cruz

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 2 Jan 2008 | Views [1065]

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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Sucre

BOLIVIA | Saturday, 22 Dec 2007 | Views [1102] | 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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La Paz

BOLIVIA | Monday, 17 Dec 2007 | Views [625]

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 [1137]

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 [677] | 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 [875]

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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Arequipa

PERU | Saturday, 1 Dec 2007 | Views [735] | Comments [3]

We arrived in AREQUIPA flying from Lima,where we had a 2 hour stopover. We did not leave the airport as reports about Lima are not good. Stunning scenery on the flight. Towards the coast, desert and snow topped mountains to the left at the same height ... Read more >

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made it to Peru

ECUADOR | Monday, 26 Nov 2007 | Views [677] | Comments [1]

We are now in Peru. Yesterday we had a day loaded with moments of oohing and aahing as we took a tour of the mud pyramids of Tucume and The Lords of Sipan and the museum of the artefacts of the tombs of Sipan at Lambayeque, all three at short distances ... Read more >

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cuenca highlights

ECUADOR | Monday, 19 Nov 2007 | Views [502] | Comments [1]

Yesterday we took the bus to the El Cajas National Park about 45 mins ride by bus to the west of Cuenca.It was a wonderful experience. The scenery is different with craggy mountain outcrops in  some parts,small lakes set among the mountains and clumps ... Read more >

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safe in Cuenca

ECUADOR | Saturday, 17 Nov 2007 | Views [583] | Comments [1]

Hola from Cuenca. Yes we did feel the quake the night before last, just as we were dozing off in our bed at Tren Dorado in Riobamba. The room shook for about 20 seconds and Peter was thinking he didn´t really know how many stories were above us and ... Read more >

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checking in from Banos

ECUADOR | Monday, 12 Nov 2007 | Views [1130] | Comments [1]

We arrived in Banos to find it a very appealing town. The bus trip from Quito was uneventful, but we continue to hear stories of people meeting with misfortune, so we really are aware of our belongings and the time of day we are about. Two Swiss women ... Read more >

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back in Quito

ECUADOR | Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007 | Views [534] | Comments [1]

Our trip back to Quito on the local bus went very smoothly. It was good to make the trip in daylight to appreciate the Andes and the construction of a road through them. Our hotel, San Francisco,in the odl part of the city, is really nice and in the ... Read more >

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Around Otavalo

ECUADOR | Monday, 5 Nov 2007 | Views [722] | Comments [2]

Today we explored the area north around Otavalo using the local bus.It was very easy as they run every 15 mins or so, and are very cheap. We stoppped off at Cotacachi and walked around the museum they have, the cultural centre where you can see the ... Read more >

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OTAVALO

ECUADOR | Saturday, 3 Nov 2007 | Views [754] | Comments [1]

Hola from Otavalo, in the mountains north of Quito. We had a huge day of travelling yesterday, leaving Galapagos on a delayed flight (by 1 hour) and then a further delay in the stopover at Guayaquil, while they changed a tyre on the plane....a little ... Read more >

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Cruises from Puerto Ayora

ECUADOR | Thursday, 1 Nov 2007 | Views [639] | Comments [2]

We have done two day cruises from here and both were great.At first we thought our plan of having a land based stay here was unusual, but we have met many people here doing the same. One local suggested that there were three places to really try and ... Read more >

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