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Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin - Jurgen Ketel & Yvonne Nelson

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Point 0 = London, UKPoint 1 = Madrid, SpainPoint 2 = Buenos Aires, Argentina (City tour)Point 3 = Colonia Del Sacramento, UruguayPoint 4 = Montevideo, UruguayPont 5 = Buenos Aires, Argentina (quick stop before Iguazu)Point 6 = Puerto Iguazu, Argentina (Waterfalls)Point 7 = Pinamar (beach), Argentina. Via Buenos AiresPoint 8 = Mar del Plata (beach), Argentina Point 9 = Puerto Madryn, Argentina (whales, penguins and sea lions)Point 10 = Bariloche, Argentina (water rafting and trekking)Point 11 = Valdivia, Chile (stop over before Pucon)Point 12 = Pucon, Chile (Volcano climb)Point 13 = Concepcion and Dichato, Chile (visiting family of friend)Point 14 = Santiago, Chile ¿few days before Brazil)Point 15 = Sao Paolo airport, BrazilPoint 16 = San Bernardo, Brazil (family house of friends)Point 17 = Guaruja, Brazil (beach)Point 18 = Maresias, Brazil (beach)Point 19 = Sao Paolo airport via San Bernardo, BrazilPoint 20 = Santiag, ChilePoint 21 = Puerto Montt, Chile (stop over for Navimag ferry)Point 22 = Puerto Natales, Chile (Torres del Paine and Glacier Grey)Point 23 = El Calafate, Argentina (Perito Moreno Glacier)Point 24, Rio Gallegos, Argentina (few hrs stop over to Bariloche)Point 25 = Bariloche, Argentina (2 nights stop over before Mendoza)Point 26 = Mendoza, Argentina (Jurgen and language classes, tango, wine tasting class and tour, horse back riding, rafting, cookery lesson and trekking?

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By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
May 12th 2008

Taganga - the unexpected ending......

South America » Colombia » Taganga

Playa Grande

We were looking forward to chilling out on the beach of the Caribean coastline of Colombia. BUT..... Yvonne's coughing got so bad that we had to go to hospital again. It turned out to be pneumonia. She was hospitalized straight away! 48 hours of anti biotics through a drip, loads of pain and difficult communications later she checked herself out of the hospital. This tough cookie was not having it anymore. The medical treatment was excellent, but the staff varied in quality and internal communication non existent!!! The specialist gave her the thumbs up to go, but staff nurse wanted to [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 24th 2008

Cartagena, the Colonial city

South America » Colombia » Cartagena

fruit seller...

CARTAGENA Yvonne was still not feeling well, and the busride didn´t help. The airconditioning made us feel freezing cold again. We had sleep with our coats covering our heads. We stayed in Casa Viena, a basic hostel in somewhat rough street near the colonial old center of Cartagena (10 mi walk). It is a beautiful city, but very touristy. Loads of (American) cruise boats stop here, so no it´s a lot more expensive than the rest of Colombia. The high humidity didn´t do Yvonne´s cough and breathing much good. We made the best of it though and explored the streets as [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 24th 2008

Medellin, didn´t see much of it.....

South America » Colombia » Medellin

MEDELLIN Our 5 hour busride was not very comfortable, due to the blasting airconditioning. This must have pushed Yvonne over the edge towards her illnes (massive flue). She felt terrible upon arrival in Kiwi run hostel ¨The black sheep. We arrived on Friday the 18th of April. What we can tell you about Medellin is that it is a very modern city with a very efficient metro system. It tries to shake off it´s image of drugs trafficking capital of the world (thanks to the late Pablo ¨El Patron¨Escobar, who died in 1993). We paid the centre e very quick visit. [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 24th 2008

Zona Cafetera (Villa Martha) and Medellin

South America » Colombia » Medellin

Kitted out for bean picking!

Early morning on the 17th of April we arrived at Pereira bus station. We were picked up by Rafael, Martha´s husband. First impression was that he was not a morning person. Probabaly did´t have enough coffee by the time he picked us up (8AM)..... Upon arrival we immediately likes the place. Tranquil, a very nice room, swimming pool and an impressive colinal house surrounded by hammocks. Martha was a lovely warm person, who served fantastic free coffee. Even Yvonne enjoyed it without milk and sugar. The colombians don´t use sugar anyway. They use panela. A very pure and natural form of [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 24th 2008

City of extremes Bogota, Colombia

South America » Colombia » Bogota

Candelaria streets...

After a 10 hour daytime busride from Cali we arrived around 8 PM in Bogota. Our Footprint travelguide recommended a good hostel in the Candelaria area, called Platypus. What a shithole this was!!! We got put up in a house next door which is best described as a hangout for squatters. No door to the patio, a cat following us around everywhere and a room full of dust and that smelled awful because of the dampness and the cat. To finish it off, outside there plenty of glue sniffing junkies hanging around.... To make us feel even more welcome the hostel [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 24th 2008

Last country stop - Colombia!!!!

South America » Colombia » Ipiales

relaxing on the balcony...

The crossing from Otavalo (Ecuador) to Ipiales (Colombia) went very well; 20 min taxi journey to Ibarra (Ecuador), 3 hour bus ride from Ibarra to Tulcan (Ecuador) then a 5 min taxi ride to the Ecuadorian border. No queues whatsoever so we were stamped out of the country within 5 mins. A short walk then over the bridge where the Colombian flag and sign welcomed us. Again, no queues so we were stamped in and ready to get into a taxi within minutes. This is where it started to go a bit pear shaped. The "legitimate" looking taxi driver was willing [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 12th 2008

Cusco - Machu Piccu

South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail

The trail begins...

CUSCO We stayed in Cusco for almost 6 days in order to climatise to 3,400 metres above sea level. We figured that at low season, we should find something fairly easy and at a good price, so we didn´t book anything beforehand. Instead, we spent 2+ hrs walking around the city trying to find something with a bit of light and at a good price. At last, a charity run hostel owned by a dutch woman who has helped and transformed various villages in the mountains with her charity work. It was quite pricey but at least our money was going [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 12th 2008

Surfing in Mancora!

South America » Peru » Tumbes » Tumbes

Surfing lesson
Me and Ted taking it all in...

REUNION IN MANCORA Mancora is located at the Pacific coastline of Peru and is renown for being one of the best surfing spots of Peru. We booked in to a very exotic cabaña for 3 nights. The swimming pool and delicious tropical fruit juices served at this place made it a fantastic hang out! We used facebook to get in touch with our Machu Picchu friends Debra, Chris, Ted and Paula. It turned out they were all staying in Mancora!Debra and Chris were staying at the same place as us! Debra and Chris have got a friend who runs a bar [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 12th 2008

Voluntary work in Trujillo

South America » Peru » La Libertad » Trujillo » Chan Chan

A nice welcome from the local children and friends of the family!!

TRUJILLO Our reason for going to Trujillo was to do voluntary work in an orphanage. Jurgen had made contacts many months ago in the States with an American guy who knew of voluntary work needed in the area of Esperanza, Trujillo. So for months, we had been mailing 'Darlin' (the owner) re how our services could be of need. We spent our first couple of nights in a fabulous family run hostel “Residencial Munay Wasi”. The Dueña was slightly neurotic and wanted to practice her English with us at all times. She welcomed us to Trujillo by making us a few [View Full Entry]

By Anglo Dutch connection goes Latin
April 12th 2008

New country: Ecuador

South America » Ecuador » Guayaquil

Otavalo animal market....
"apple sauce with that?"

GUAYAQUIL Together with Ted and Paula we took a nightbus from Mancora (Peru) to Guayaquil (Ecuador). This included two boarder crossings. The boarders in South America are sometimes a few kms apart as it was in this case. Luckily our bus waited for us at both boarder crossings, what saved us carrying around our 45 or so kilos and looking for another bus to take us further. Not a great activity around midnight! This time the agency, who we bought the bus tickets from, actually told us the truth..... After arriving in Ecuador we all had to leave the bus for [View Full Entry]

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Blogs & Travel Journals

Taganga - the unexpected ending......

Cartagena, the Colonial city

Medellin, didn´t see much of it.....

Zona Cafetera (Villa Martha) and Medellin

City of extremes Bogota, Colombia

Last country stop - Colombia!!!!

Cusco - Machu Piccu

Surfing in Mancora!

Voluntary work in Trujillo

New country: Ecuador