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Evan and I are off on our first round the world trip. This is something we have been planning for ages, but it still took a few twists and turns towards the end as we researched and came across other places to see and things to do. Like the inclusion of the trans-mongolian trip. Who would have thought?
We are starting in Africa on 1 July and plan to go from there to Eastern Europe and the UK to see family and then on to Central and South America.
Only 4 days till we take off.

PS. The strange name of our blog relates to our cat - Trax - whom we are leaaving with nanna for a year. Hopefully he will be around to welcome us home again, and any tracks we leave on our travels will be good ones.

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By Ev n Jo
April 19th 2008

Easter Island

South America » Chile » Easter Island

Sunset at Anakena Beach

You've seen the doco's, read the stories and seen the pictures - but nothing really prepares you for seeing the real thing on Easter Island (Isla de Pascua in Spanish, or Rapa Nui in the local tongue). We hope you enjoy this - our last blog for our round the world trip. We arrived on Easter Island about 8pm local time on 13 April - on time and in good shape for our last world travel adventure (for this trip anyway!). We were met by Paul, the owner of our self contained cottage. God - what a luxury after so many [View Full Entry]

By Ev n Jo
April 10th 2008

Evan's Salt Flat Tour

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

Evan train surfing
Uyuni Train Cemetary

Our next adventure. We took ANOTHER overnight bus (god how we hate them) to Uyuni from La Paz. It was the bus ride from hell. The first three or four hours were on bitumen but then we hit a gravel road - full of corrugations! The whole bus rattled and every tiny crack seeped dust into the interior of the bus choking us. By the time we finally arrived at 7:30am in the morning (surprisingly having slept some - thank you nurofen), with a new fine layer of dust, we were rattled to the bones and couldn´t wait to get off. [View Full Entry]

Go figure - an island in the middle of a salt flat

By Ev n Jo
April 6th 2008

La Paz and Extreme Mountain Biking!

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

Any way you can

La Paz - the highest capital city in the world - stuck in a deep crater like valley surrounded by mountains. There is a beautiful view when you finally get to the lip of the valley. You also get a glimpse of snow capped mountains in the distance when you are looking down a few streets. The city itself is pretty crazy - loads of traffic (mostly taxis and public mini vans with bus boys shouting out destinations) and loads of people. The sidewalks are a bit rough for walking, but you don´t really get to walk on them anyway because [View Full Entry]

By Ev n Jo
March 31st 2008

How Stupid are we?

South America » Peru

The path into the canyon
Now you know why we thought we were so stupid!

Obviously 3 days is long enough to forget the pain of doing the Inca Trail, as on arrival in Arequipa we quickly booked ourselves onto another trek! Man, were we kicking ourselves (or would have been if we had the energy) - but it was absolutely beautiful and we guess no pain no gain! We arrived in Arequipa on the overnight bus from Cusco and were lucky enough to be able to get straight into a room and sleep (still not much good at sleeping on buses). When we finally woke up we asked about heading out to Colca Canyon (the [View Full Entry]

By Ev n Jo
March 27th 2008

Pilgramage on the Inca Trail

South America » Peru » Cusco

Evan getting into the spirit of things
OMG - he was dancing with a man - again!

We arrived in Lima on 17 March just in time to start our one week tour. Our first morning we caught up with Aleisha and Dan, Aussie friends we met in Africa on our very first tour way back at the beginning of our world tour. Then we met some of the rest of our tour group and headed out for lunch and a city tour. Not much to see in Lima - and most of what you do see is covered in a thick layer of smog. We walked around a bit and then did a super quick tour through [View Full Entry]

By Ev n Jo
March 11th 2008

Up close and Personal

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

Land iguana
These guys were amongst my favourites!

The amazing Galapagos Islands... There are not really words to describe how absolutely awesome an experience it is being on the islands surrounded by (and so close to) its special wildlife. We arrived in Quito late afternoon and headed straight out to investigate last minute Galapagos deals - and we were lucky! We scored a room on a first class boat (the Sea Man II - no jokes about the name people) leaving the next day. Even better, we got about 35% off the normal price. The trip didn´t start off fantastically - our flight from Quito was delayed and shortly [View Full Entry]

By Ev n Jo
February 29th 2008

Torres Del Paine - how to really know if you´re as unfit as you think!

South America » Chile » Magallanes

Torres del Paine
On the way to Grey Glacier - the wind was mad and we were already feeling aches and pains

After the easy Moreno Glacier tour, it was time to really get into it. So we packed our gear up again and headed off on the bus to Puerto Natales, Chile. Another long bus journey - about 6 hours, and a painful border crossing into Chile. Somewhat like home, they have strict policies on agricultural products - basically you can´t bring them into the country, so they have a luggage search at the border. Time consuming but you can´t really complain. Finally we arrived in Puero Natales. A very bustling town on another beautiful lake, but we presume it gets pretty [View Full Entry]

Waterfall (still on way to Grey Glacier)

By Ev n Jo
February 23rd 2008

Finally! South America! Walking on Ice!

South America » Argentina

Moreno Glacier
How amazing is this!

Hi everyone. This entry is totally out of sequence, but it is current! Thought you all might like to know where Evan and I are actually are now and what we are up to. I am going to post the other entries soon - just have to find an internet cafe where I can upload some photos. Finally we have arrived in South America! We have wanted to visit here for so long and we are finally here. Unfortunately it also means we are on the last leg of our round the world trip. Two months here and then it is [View Full Entry]

By Ev n Jo
February 13th 2008

Relaxing like the Mexicans in Mexico

North America » Mexico

Chichen Itza

After the cold of Europe and New York, we finally arrived back in the sun - god it was good!! We arrived at Cancun airport and needed to start stripping off our clothes - it was so nice and warm. We got a bus to downtown and found our hostel and made arrangements to visit the famous ruins at Chichen Itza (or chicken pizza as our tour guide joked) the following day. The ruins really are amazing. Although the tour was a bit of a pain - the required stops at sheds full of souvenirs and the guide deciding that part [View Full Entry]

By Ev n Jo
February 4th 2008

New York New York

North America » United States » New York » New York

New York New York
The first sight of millions of immigrants - a good way to start the photo slide I think

What can you say? We were never too fussed on visiting the States, but New York was fun! We ended up extending our stay by a couple of days making it a full week. There is just way too much to do! A big highlight for me was going to the shows. We saw Stomp one night - getting half price tickets from the ticket booths is a definite plus - and then we saw Avenue Q another night. That was a real bonus as we got lottery tickets. You arrive at the venue about an hour before the show and [View Full Entry]

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