World Backpacking Trip (Part 1) - South America & USA 2005 / 2006

24th December 2005 I met Gabriela for lunch and after we went Christmas shopping which was easier than yesterday because she knew somewhere that was less busy so of course less people begging. I find this side of things very difficult. By the ti...

 

Des & Tom´s Latino Adventures!

Saturday 8th April// Sunday 9th April//...

 

South America 2004/5

6 Countries 50 Day 7 Friends ...

 

um-die-welt 2007

Mit etwas Verspaetung komme ich endlich dazu hier ueber meine Erlebnisse auf dieser Reise zu berichten. Also Argentinien die Erste: Meine erste Station ist Buenos Aires. Eine Stadt mit Charme der Alten Welt vermischt mit einem kraeftigen Schuss Modern...

 

Round the World Trip 2006/07

We arrived in La Paz on Thursday afternoon. It is absolute mayhem here! Buses, taxis, combis and people everywhere. Crossing the road is a challenge in itself. We went to an Asian restaurant for our farewell meal on Thursday night. Having not had a cur...

 

Our Big Around the World Adventure

We arrived in San Pedro de Atacama after 3 days touring through the Bolivian salt flats and deserts, rather the worse for wear and very grubby! Thrilled to be in a place that was a bit more upmarket and tourist friendly, we treated ourselves to our mos...

 

South America 2006

arrived in Puerto Madryn after a very luxurious over night bus ride (they give you sweeties,whisky,wine and everything it was ace). its a funny little town which has been built i think purely as a tourist gateway to the penninsula valdes and feels a bi...

 

Argentina 2004/05

New year's day was dead, and we were off on a 17 hour bus trip to the north of Patagonia to a town called Bariloche, which lies in the heart of the Argentine lake district. To the veteran travellers of Europe in our group (Tanith and Rich), Bariloche w...

 

Me & My 20 Kilo Backpack in South America 2006

The start of our trip through Argentina's Patagonia. The first stop was at SANTA ROSA. Santa Rosa is the capital of La Pampa, it is relatively new city as it was only founded in 1892. (So the Lonely Planet guide says) It was a very quiet chilled...

 

flying north for summer

We've been reading more about the history of this place, and yesteray went to a film about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, so we're slowly managing to understand a bit more of the dismal past of Cambodia - although the more you learn about it the less it ...

 

Goodbye Edinburgh, Hello World

Well, apparently our time is nearly up and we're having to return to dear old Blighty very soon. Life's a beach, isn't it? Well it has been for us recently, anyway. We've been in Thailand for around two months now. It's the kind of place where nothi...

 

Latin America From Start to End,Lots of plans with No Plans,November 2006 until it Finishes

Nothing prepares you quite like flying in over the highest mountain outside of asia(Aconcagua) for the start of a trip. To see the andes from the air as my first view of South America is pretty mind blowing,you cant really put it into words.... then to...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

Weltreise 2006

In Darwin checken wir in Chillis Backpacker Hostel ein. Unser Plan, die Westkueste entlang zu reisen, platzt innerhalb einer Minute, da zwischen Darwin und Broome alle Strassen ueberschwemmt sind und es auch zwischen Broome und Perth sieben Zyklone gab...

 

South America 2006

This bit is on it´s way......

 

London 1995

After a night in the upstairs room of a pub with an Australian girl called Corrina and a bottle of tequila I am smitten. She leaves a few days later to work in a pub in the Gambia. I book a ticket and fly back to Africa for the first time since leaving...

 

Southern Hemisphere Safari

Came down to Floriano for a weeks relaxation on the beatiful brazilian beaches! Checked into the only hostel recommended in the "book" to find we were in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of hippies in a room stinking of damp with no money! ...

 

South America 2007

We arrived in Arequipa early afternoon in time for lunch and a tour of the city. The city is also known as White City due to the white volcanic rock used to make the colonial buildings. One of the highlights in the city is the Santa Catalina Covent ...

 

South & Central America 2005-2006

My travels 2005- 2006...

 

Argentina Jan./Feb., 2004

Jan 26...Monday This was a relatively uneventful day by our standards...we hopped a plane in BA and four hours later we were at el fin de mundo (Ushuaia, aka - the southernmost city in the world, or at least that´s what the postcards say)...we...

 

Around the world in 86 days

_Julia_ Tuesday (8th May 2007). Sam & Jenni had arrived, so the dangerous drinking stakes had just got higher for Craigles. We went to meet Ani, the wedding coordinator at Manuia Beach hotel, who I had months emailing and organising with. We fin...

 

Inca42

Ok so I haven't written an update for quite a long time so I've forgotten a lot of the details of what's happened. Nonetheless I will try to give a brief overview of what I've done in the last couple of months. The last entry covered up until I arri...

 

3 weeks to go in London

Starting this off 9 months into the trip probably seems a bit strange but I've decided that I would like to have some type of memory like this that is official rather than lots of bits and pieces and scribbled bits of paper all over the place when I do...

 

Argentina & Chile

Ushuaia was our last destination on our tour of South America before heading to Santiago and out. We were quite tired from all the walking so took it pretty easy whilst we were there. After only a couple of hours in our hostel, a familiar face walk...

 

ROUND THE WORLD

Spent only 2 days in Arequipa, leaving us too little time to visit the nearby Colca canyon. Instead we rested and visited the charming Santa Catalina monastery....

 

Round the World Trip

I know when you see the pictures of what we are wearing you will think to yourselves where can I get these outfits from? Well, I hate to dissapoint you it is not easy looking this good - Tights and shorts - gifts. boots and coats $90. Looking like comp...

 

Grand ol' world tour

The Navimag cargo ferry, our home for five nights and the best fun you can have on a ship loaded with cargo trucks, cows and sea-sick passengers. Travelling on the first trip of the high season meant that the boat was only a third full. Which was exc...

 

Brazil - Caipirinha anyone?

South America -been there done that ;) Its been a couple of weeks since being back and the skin has just stopped from peeling. Yes l got me a tan after 3 years living in London. It was my biggest achievement on this trip. I really enjoyed it - 2...

 

Argentina and Chile 2005/06

Oh what a holiday...again! (summary at the bottom for the time constrained, but once again you'll miss out on my budding literary genius!) I love Argentina, one of the best kept secrets in budget travel. Hordes of South Africans flock to the east b...

 

Feels like home

I arrived yesterday in Buenos Aires. When I first saw the river La Plata, I was shocked. This is not a river! It's a sea! Only that the color of the water is brown rather than blue. I've only seen such wide river at the river mouth of the Yang-Tze in C...