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The Big Trip. Stephen, Laura, James and Sinead head for an epic adventure: 17 weeks in South America 8 weeks in New Zealand 2 weeks in Fiji 11 weeks in Australia 14 weeks in South East Asia.

Trip: Our Gap Year Travels

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The Kiwi Experence... North Island

NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [1733] | Comments [1]

We arrived in New Zealand after a long flight from Chile where we not only lost a day due to crossing the international time line but Stephen also lost his birthday…! After catching up on some much needed sleep we spent a couple of days seeing ... Read more >

Tags: all blacks..., caving, new zealand, north island, sky dive, zorb


Gallery: New Zealand North Island, Part 2.

NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery

Wellington, Caving in Watimo, AllBlacks Game.
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Gallery: New Zealand, North Island part 1.

NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery

Auckland, far North, East Coast and hot water beach, Routarua,
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Gallery: Skydive, New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 3 Sep 2009 | Photo Gallery

Amazing...
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Chile

CHILE | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [1277]

Arica So after a few exciting days in Huacachina we got yet another overnight bus to the border town of Tacna, Peru. When we got off the bus we had two options for crossing the border into Chile , wait four hours and get the train to Arica, ... Read more >

Tags: arica, chile, iquique, paraglding, santiago


Gallery: Paragliding in Chile

CHILE | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Chile

CHILE | Monday, 17 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Peru...Partying in Arequipa and sandboarding in Huacachina

PERU | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Views [5406] | Comments [7]

This entry is written by Laura and not Stephen, for a change! After another bus breakdown and a very long bus ride we arrived in the city of Arequipa from Cusco. We got a taxi from the bus station to our hostel and as has been the case with so many ... Read more >

Tags: arequipa, huacachina, peru, sandboarding


Gallery: Peru

PERU | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Machu Picchu

PERU | Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Ascending Machu Picchu

PERU | Tuesday, 21 Jul 2009 | Views [2446]

Friday morning we left Bolivia behind and boarded a bus for Cusco. We were delighted to get going after being held up by the strikes. We arrived at the Point Hostel Cusco late in the evening. Next day we explored the city. Cusco is a colonial city ... Read more >

Tags: cusco, machu picchu, peru, sacred valley


Monkeys on the death road.

BOLIVIA | Sunday, 19 Jul 2009 | Views [1921]

We returned to La Paz from the jungle and decided to spend a few days chilling out. We checked back into the Wild Rover for four more nights of good food and drink. That Thursday myself and James done the Worlds Most Dangerous Road (WMDR) cycle. ... Read more >

Tags: bolivia, la paz, la sende verde, lake titicaca, worlds most dangerous road


Gallery: Monkeys on the worlds most dangerous road

BOLIVIA | Friday, 17 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: The Amazon

BOLIVIA | Friday, 3 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery

Our Jungle and Pampas trips
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Into the Jungle...

BOLIVIA | Friday, 3 Jul 2009 | Views [1758] | Comments [3]

On Monday we flew to Rurrenabaque (Rurre), a small town at the edge of the Amazon. The flight from La Paz was an experience… The plane was a turbo prop plane and it was tiny. There were only 19 seats in single row on the plane. It was so small ... Read more >

Tags: amazon, pampas, wildlife


Gallery: Bolivia

BOLIVIA | Thursday, 2 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery

Potosi to La Paz
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Higher and higher....

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 1 Jul 2009 | Views [1186]

After the awful bus trip from Uyuni we were all wrecked after our Salt Flats trip. We decided to spend a few days in Potosi which is the highest city in the world at 4060ft above sea level. The altitude at this level was a killer and just doing simple ... Read more >

Tags: bolivia, la paz, potosi, sucre


Tupiza to the Salta flats.

BOLIVIA | Friday, 19 Jun 2009 | Views [4120] | Comments [3]

After crossing from Bolivia at 7am we had a eight hour wait for the train to Tupiza. The Bolivian border town is a dirty, dusty and very basic town. The wait was long and cold; the food was bad and we were wrecked. We eventually got the train ... Read more >

Tags: bolivia, salt flats


Salta

ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Jun 2009 | Views [1068]

From Valle Fertile we got the overnight bus to Salta, a city in the north of Argentina. The city at first appears rough around the edges but after some exploring its attractive features showed, especially the beautiful European style plaza with a pink ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, salta


Gallery: Salar de Uyuni tour.

BOLIVIA | Monday, 15 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery

Four days and three nights in the most isolated part of Bolivia.
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