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Ali Baba - Alison Miley

Hate to leave you all in the lurch for the year...but you can follow my progress around the world....will try my best to keep it interesting. All emails welcome from home!!
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It was finally nice to touch-down after 3 days of traveling. I canīt say I was a happy bunny though.....having come from Ecuadorīs sunny smile to arrive in Argentinaīs winter I started to feel climate-related depression....& I think it reminded me of the days to come (& look forward to!?) at home!! Iīve been so lucky on my travels because Iīve had sunshine for most of the journey.....so finishing off my last 2 weeks in winter was a tough come-back to reality. I stayed in a hostel in Iguazu that comes highly recommended by lots of travelers. Itīs a massive place [View Full Entry]

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Fresh off the beach with a tan to go I thought that Iīd tell you about Monatņita before the memories slip away with the last grains of sand!! I arrived in Ecuador to a big busy city in the south called Guayquil. Itīs not somewhere you go to look at the architecture or marvel at anything in particular....just a pass-through to get you to the next place. I was sitting in a salad bar the day I arrived & a lady came up to me to tell me to be very careful & watch out......apparently itīs a dangerous enough city with [View Full Entry]

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By Ali Baba
May 30th 2008

Mancora

 South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Mancora, Peru. Beach. The first beach Iīd seen since Australia really.....first beach that had all the neccessary factors for a proper beach experience. Iīd forgotton how much I love the beach & was sorry that I didnīt get there earlier. Trekking is so over-rated!! Mancora is a small town where youīll hear the blow of the passing buses at regular intervals as they steam through on the main Panamerican highway. The sun was shining with not too many tourists littering the beach & with handfuls of people jumping, flipping & spinning as they kite-surfed their way out to sea. It was [View Full Entry]

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Huaraz is a city nestled in the Andes mountains from where a lot of travellers set out on various types of treks, from 3 to 10 days or more....depending on time & adventure! For me this was to be my last trek......the Santa Cruz trek over 4 days...although in retrospect I probably would have done it in 3 days because it isn't very hard...there is only one pass to cross & after that it is a walk in the park!! What I have found in Peru more than any other country is that the people are much more opportunistic & will [View Full Entry]

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By Ali Baba
May 20th 2008

Lima

 South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores
There isnīt a whole lot to say about Lima from my experience Iīm afraid.....not because it has nothing to offer but I was still on a go-slow after the trekking in Cusco & couldnīt bring myself to traipse around in search of the billion museums that are dotted about the city. After listening to the woes of other travellers I decided to fly there as apposed to the 25 or so hours it can take by bus.....the long bus-trips I can handle but living on my nerves for that length of time isnīt fun......all this finger-printing & smiling for photos before [View Full Entry]

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Around the city
Around the city
In between the popcorn & the chocolate cake.....a photo was taken
Like most bus trips in Peru, arriving into cities in the early hours of the morning is part & parcel. Usually I just go to the first hostel I see or with the people toting at the station....it doesnīt always work out though. On this occasion I ended up in a complete & utter s***hole....now it wasnīt expensive but you couldnīt pay me to sleep here. So after a few minutes I loaded up again in search of somewhere that would be less offensive to all the senses!! And I did find somewhere. The city of Cusco itself is a major [View Full Entry]

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Nithing but impressive buildings here
Salkantay begins
Burros.....donkeys in action

By Ali Baba
May 10th 2008

Arequipa

 South America » Peru » Arequipa » Arequipa
The cathedral on the Plaza de Armas
The cathedral on the Plaza de Armas
Nearly every Peruvian city has a Plaza de Armas
After just a night in Puņo I was on the early morning bus to Arequipa. Arequipa is a big city in the southern parts of Peru & is famous for the Colca Canyon that is located relatively nearby. It is one of the biggest canyons to be found in South America & apparently makes a great trek. But after day in Arequipa I realised that my uncharacteristic lack of appetite was indicative of dark days to come. I suppose I should know by now that a bout of the worms is always followed by a gastrointesinal infection.....thought I was getting quicker [View Full Entry]

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A band on the street
Cathedral
Plaza de Armas

Sun setting
Sun setting
Fantastic view while sitting waiting for my trucha & chips....garlic trout yum!!
After arriving in the early hours of the morning in La Paz I went about my business....first stop the market for a bite of brekky....the delicious fruit-salads & then Alexanders for the mega rich & big hot chocolate. Ready to face the world!! After Iīd things sorted in La Paz I headed to Copacabana. Itīs a small little tourist town about 4 hours from La Paz on the border of one of the largest lakes in South America....that is those that are at high altitude.....situated at about 3800m above sea-level. Lago Titicaca. It is absolutely massive.....like a sea & very blue. [View Full Entry]

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Traditional dress Bolivia
Copacabana Church
The road to Isla del Sol

Take 2.......had just finished the blog for this place & then kicked the off switch by accident & so lost it....so here I go again. So much for automatic saving!! Rurrenabaque is a town in the northern part of Bolivia with jungle & grasslands (known as the pampas) all around. It is also papaya & banana-growing country too......so even if there wasnīt a whole lot to do I was happy out sitting in the market slurping papaya shakes!!! Most travellers come here to do a pampa tour &/or jungle tour. I arranged to do a tour of the pampas & after [View Full Entry]

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Crocodile trouble
Turtles
Capyburra

La Paz
La Paz
On a cloudy day
Gringoes....as the South Americans call us tourists, stick out a mile. Not just by the colour of our skin but we are the people standing in various states of respiratory stress gasping for breath as we climb the hills. And La Paz is a city built on the hills so itīs not so easy to avoid the panting as it is set at over 3000m. You canīt help but be impressed by the scenery......itīs like the city is built in a canyon with the walls on either side stacked high with houses, with narrow streets, congestion & chaos lurking in between. [View Full Entry]

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La Paz
La Paz
La Plaza



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