http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Beaney/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Beaney en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:10:44 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:10:44 +0000 Yes we're back and a little bit knackeredLook forward to catching up with you all soon. xx http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/West-Yorkshire/Leeds/blog-329650.html Hi allWe are coming to the final day of our trip booooLas Vegas was cool we are probably about even on the money up a bit on Roulette and Dave finally sussed out the black jack which I could not get to grips with All winnings were put to good use on new shoesWe also managed to take in a show Mamma Mia fantastic well I thought so Dave is not really an ABBA fanAnyway just a quick n http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/LAX/blog-328801.html Hello everyoneWe made it to Vegas in one piece and just about still talking to each other. Vegas is a bit mad and I'm taking a little while to adjust I've gotten used to sleepy towns and cities over the last 8 weeks and this is a definate culture shock.Lau seems ok though she's already located the nearest hair salon and clothes shops. Anyway I'll update you on what we've been up to over the l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-327234.html Hi Sorry have not 'blogged' in a while finding Internet access is a pain in north US plus we have been hectic driving from state to state and even a small detour into Canada wasn't plannedAnyway arrived in New York on time after a 12 hr flight and did a bit of shopping visit to Broadway to see Wicked and a few drinks in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Marriott. Dave remembere http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Badlands/blog-324070.html Hello all Dave here. Since our last update we've been to Paraty which were our last few days as part of the Drago tour. It was a lovely little fishing village with friendly people but not so friendly dogs. We were camping again and cooking for ourselves.......my group's turn unfortunately but our braised pork chops went down a treat. Voted best of the tour by our official judge. The day after we http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Leblon/blog-321288.html Good morning afternoon evening to you allHope you are all well and enjoying what looks on the BBC website to be the usual british summerYou have me again as Dave spends all of his internet time catching up on facebook and checking up on how his X11 teams are doing Also sorry for bad spelling etc you have to pay by the minute so I am not going back and you cannot do spell check We are stil http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Sao-Paulo/blog-319029.html Hola.......Sorry it has been a while we have been busy and camping a lot so not as much access to internet as before anyway we are now in Brazil and spent the last few days in Argentina so I will update you on that whilst Dave is asleep by the side of the poolokay so I think we left you in Tupiza Bolivia where we had a long and boring 2 day drive bush camps and then boarder crossing to Argent http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/Igua-u-National-Park/blog-315703.html First of all Lau says thanks for all her birthday messages......Ill come on to how we celebrated in a secondIts been really eventful since our last blog and weve started to find warmer weather. The salt flats at Uyuni were amazing and we had a full day checking them out. The whole group jeeped out onto the flats and weve some unbelieveable photos. Managed to borrow a camara from our group http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Tupiza/blog-312951.html It only snowed for one day The next day it was bright sunshine and nice temperatures. We had quite a few days in La Paz due to the Bolivian voting.......basically everything stops and theyre not allowed to sell alcohol for 48 hours.....rubbish.Anyway the vote went ok and Evo Mendez won which is good......it could have got quite nasty if it had gone the other way.Were getting into the local gr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-311878.html Sorry we havent been in touch for a while weve been mountain climbing camping in romote villages and going out on team meals as soon as we arrive anywhere new.Just arrived in La Paz Boliva and its snowing outside.......can you believe it.....some summer holiday. Only joking weve been really lucky with the weather up until now and Lau managed to get sun stroke in 30 degree heat on Machu Pich http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-309847.html .....so hopefully we can attached a few photos. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/Cusco/blog-306097.html Hi there everyoneYou can stop the charity drive to send us over clothing parcels as we have our bags Only two days after we arrivedWe have had an exciting day spending time actually choosing an outfit and not having to use the hotel toiletries well more important for me than Dave as you can imagine Dave only had to go commando for 3 hours so mom no chaffingWe have just sampled our first b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/Cusco/blog-305684.html Yes weve made it in one piece Unfortunately with no bags thanks to AA Airlines. Everything else has gone to plan and Cusco is truely amazing. Not much else to say other than were wearing the same clothes we had on yesterday and the day before Laus washed her undies.....Im going for the reversal method to start with at least. Todays a national holiday so it doesnt look like well g http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/Cusco/blog-305148.html We're off. Love you all see you soon.xxSpeak to you in Peru. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/West-Yorkshire/Leeds/blog-304281.html Day 1 25th July Train to HeathrowFly to New YorkFly to Lima PeruFly to Cusco Peru26th to 28th July Aclimatising29th July Start our Overland Tour. 'Wilds of the Altiplano Pantanal'Week 1 29th to 5th Aug. Peru Inca heartland. Trecking the Inca trail plus community project.Potentially white water rafting down the Urubamba river.Week 2 6th to 13th Bolivia Peru. Lake Titicaca La Paz http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/West-Yorkshire/Leeds/blog-302850.html