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<description>Travel adventures in journals and photos from Alex and Sarah</description>
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                    <title>The Final Chapter and FAQs</title>
                    <description>Almost four months since arriving in Buenos Aires the first time we landed at the airport after a three and a half hour flight from Ushuaia.  We had considered getting the bus but with the clock ticking seemingly ever faster against us we didnt fancy forty eight hours on a bus even if the Argentinean buses are the most comfortable in the world.Buenos Aires seemed like a completely differe</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-458570.html</link>
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                    <title>From the Land of Ice to the Land of Fire</title>
                    <description>Given the aspect ratio of Chile it never takes long to leave the country with the destination more often than not being Argentina.  Leaving Puerto Natales bound for El Calafate was no exception to this rule and within an hour we were at the border.  A few hours later we arrived at our destination.  El Calafate is one of those places that exists solely to service the tourist industry specifical</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-458143.html</link>
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                    <title>It's Chile in Patagonia</title>
                    <description>Leaving Valparaiso we took a long bus journey south to another port Puerto Montt.  From here we had a ferry booked heading even further south leaving in a few days time.  Whilst there was nothing particularly wrong with Puerto Montt it didnt strike us as the sort of place worthy of several days of our time.  Therefore we took a short ferry journey across to the island of Chiloe.  Chiloe is</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Magallanes/Torres-del-Paine/blog-457679.html</link>
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                    <title>From Uyuni to Valparaiso</title>
                    <description>Our final stop in Bolivia was a more or less compulsory visit to the Salar de Uyuni and the surrounding area.  This salt flat which was once a giant lake is the largest in the world and roughly the size of Lebanon.  Admittedly Lebanon isnt perhaps the most impressive country for size comparison purposes but you get the picture its big.  As well as a tourist destination the area is als</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/blog-456517.html</link>
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                    <title>Getting High in Bolivia</title>
                    <description>On our previous visit to Bolivia we only travelled across the country from east to west and in doing so missed out on some of the more obvious tourist destinations.  Our plan for this our second visit to the country was to travel from north to south and take in a number of the countrys must sees.  With Lake Titicaca already ticked off our next destination was to be La Paz.La Paz is fam</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Huayna-Potosi/blog-454826.html</link>
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                    <title>Peruvian Highs and Lows</title>
                    <description>Our border crossing into Peru was notable only for our now customary confusion regarding changing time zones.  In our defence it seems inherently illogical to change your watch when travelling on a NorthSouth axis.  Although that said thinking about it we dont give it a second thought when visiting France.  Our arrival in Peru was also significant due to it being our final new country on </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-453190.html</link>
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                    <title>Sajama and Lauca National Parks</title>
                    <description>The next stop on our journey west through Bolivia was Sajama National Park home of the eponymous volcano Bolivias highest peak.  For some reason this beautiful area receives relatively few visitors and therefore has no public transport links.  Or perhaps more likely the lack of transport explains the lack of visitors.  Either way well be surprised if this situation continues for much lo</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/blog-452057.html</link>
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                    <title>From Brazil to Bolivia </title>
                    <description>Having said goodbye to Cassie and Dave we headed north to Rio de Janiero.  Despite having visited before being only six hours away our perception of time has certainly altered this year we couldnt resist the temptation of returning to one of our favourite cities in the world.  Especially as it would provide the perfect antidote to Sao Paulo which will go down as one of our least favourite.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/blog-450316.html</link>
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                    <title>In and Out of Argentina</title>
                    <description>Our flight from Sydney to Buenos Aires was notable for two reasons.  Firstly as we checked in we found out that we had been upgraded to Premium Economy which the attendant informed us had saved us around 3500.  For anyone thinking about spending the additional 3500 on such a flight dont bother.  However seeing as we werent paying we appreciated the slightly larger seats marginally mo</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-446469.html</link>
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                    <title>Australia  A Holiday from Travelling</title>
                    <description>More times than we care to remember in the past few months one or both of us have uttered the words I cant wait for Australia.  Be it while having our bones jarred on Ethiopian buses  banging our heads against the brick walls of embassies trying to stomach Uzbek cuisine or attempting to communicate in China.  Dont get us wrong weve had the time of our lives and we knew exactly</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-432240.html</link>
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                    <title>Hong Kong...... We Made it</title>
                    <description>After 14 countries 7 time zones 124 taxis 74 minibuses 61 buses 32 cars 28 metros 11 boats 10 trains 9 motorbikes 5 ferries 4 rickshaws 4 dugout canoes 1 truck 1 cable car 1 funicular 1 horse  1 donkey cart and frustratingly 1 plane not to mention 37 visits to embassies we have made it from Nairobi to Hong Kong.Well its certainly been quite a journey and we couldnt think </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-432127.html</link>
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                    <title>The Challenges of China</title>
                    <description>Our journey into China took us on a 24 hour bus from Almaty to Urumqi.  Upon boarding the Chinese owned bus we were greeted by quite a surprise. The bus contained no seats only beds.  Once the initial shock had worn off we realised that in a country where distances are long and people are short it makes perfect sense.  Fortunately we are sufficiently diminutive to be comfortable and  managed t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-431428.html</link>
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                    <title>Camping in Kazakhstan</title>
                    <description>We are ashamed to say that prior to visiting the sum total of our knowledge of Kazakhstan was based on having seen Borat.  This being an especially poor showing given that it is the seventh largest country in the world.  We always had a suspicion that Borat wasnt a documentary but we didnt fully appreciate how inaccurate a picture of the country it painted.  Admittedly we saw only small pe</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kazakhstan/blog-430234.html</link>
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                    <title>Onwards Through Uzbekistan</title>
                    <description>As we entered Uzbekistan we received the most thorough search we are ever likely to with everything being removed from our bags and inspected.  However unlike at most borders the guards werent looking for anything in the way of contraband but instead any indications that we were journalists.  This being due to a unilateral ban on journalism a measure essentially imposed in an attempt to r</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Uzbekistan/blog-429780.html</link>
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                    <title>Turkmenistan  From the Bazaar to the Down Right Ridiculous</title>
                    <description>Prior to researching our visit to the Stans we saw this part of world as little more than a homogenous mass sandwiched between Russia and China.  In general one of the highlights of this trip has been watching places change from a name on a map to a plan to living breathing experiences and finally memories this has especially been the case while travelling through a region about which we</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Turkmenistan/blog-428258.html</link>
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                    <title>From Syria to Iran Tourism in the Axis of Evil</title>
                    <description>As many of you will know our original plan had us heading from Syria into Turkey. Our intent was to then travel north to Moscow in order to get some serious miles under our belt by taking the TransSiberian Railway to Mongolia. Unfortunately failure to obtain Russian visas rendered this impossible. Therefore we needed an alternative plan. After a fair amount of research and deliberation we sett</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iran/blog-424460.html</link>
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                    <title>Seeing the Sights of Syria</title>
                    <description>Leaving our hotel in Amman bound for the Syrian border we were prepared for at the very least a protracted crossing.  We were aware that there was every chance we would face the inconvenience and ignominy of having to return a few hours later.  Our fears were exacerbated when we found that British and American citizens without visas were not allowed to board buses to Syria.  Fortunately we me</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Syria/blog-409308.html</link>
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                    <title>A Few Days in Jordan</title>
                    <description>Our time in Jordan will probably go down as one of the shortest yet sweetest stays of our trip.  It will be memorable for three incredible sites we visited some friendly people and a couple of mishaps.With all our necessary visas either in the bag in the pipeline or in our dreams and being in danger of actually being able to speak some Arabic it was high time we left Cairo.  The first leg of o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/blog-405422.html</link>
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                    <title>Egypt Part3  Temples and Tombs</title>
                    <description>On our next holiday from the embassies and language schools of Cairo we set out to break the world record for the number of temples and tombs visited in four days.  Our destinations for this was the area around Aswan and Luxor referred to here as Upper Egypt.Once again we opted for the time and money saving option of nocturnal transport this time a train.  Frustratingly tourists are only permit</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/blog-398014.html</link>
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                    <title>Egypt Part 2  More Cairo and Sinai</title>
                    <description>On our return to Cairo we picked up where we had left off with applying for visas.  We reached the conclusion that irrespective of our ability to get Russian visas we would need a Chinese visa if we wanted to see anything of the country other than Hong Kong.  Naively we assumed that few Egyptians would be applying for Chinese visas and therefore getting a visa would be a relatively straightforwa</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Sinai/Dahab/blog-391314.html</link>
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