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GlobetrekkerChic - Christine Rodriguez

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending” - Carl Bard

2008 has been a year of personal discovery and has given me the chance to re-write my story.

Thus my story begins!!...To set the scene I am in my mid 30’s and come from Sydney, Australia. I am embarking on a year long career break to explore the world and see how much mischief I can get up to. I have since sold the house and all my worldly possessions; converted my frequent flyer miles to a RTW ticket and packed my bags…………

The Philippines - London - Middle East - USA - Central & South America……….Here I come!!!

Thank you for visiting my travel page!! To my fiends & family - Enjoy my stories, I’ll see you all soon - somewhere?…..And don’t worry, I’ll tell you where to mail the travellers cheques!!!!

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By GlobetrekkerChic
June 4th 2009

Startlingly beautiful landscapes.......The Salar de Uyuni (Part 1) South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

The Salar at sunset

Salar de Uyuni - Part 1 So far so good. We managed to avoid yet another strike in Uyuni which would have resulted in us potentially having to reduce our time on the salt flats or ´Salar´. Thankfully the strike was resolved on the day we were due to leave Potosi, so we set off mid-afternoon in our 4x4 jeeps (the only mode of transport that you can use to travel through the flats & surrounding terrain) to reach the town of Uyuni, the closest town to the flats. The start of the journey invovled a mad scramble to get [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
June 2nd 2009

The Devil's Miners South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi

Yes I am holding a stick of dynamite...

Bolivia is the land of the "Worlds Highest ........". The world’s highest airport; The world’s highest ski-field (although it hasn’t actually had any snow for the last few years...); The world’s highest golf course and now the world’s highest city.......Welcome to Potosi - altitude 4,200 m.s.l.! We left mid afternoon the following day from Sucre, but not before my early morning stint at the Joyride cafe for more pancakes and the biggest cup of coffee I think I have ever had, so much coffee that I walked away with the coffee shakes at the end of it...Ouch! P [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 31st 2009

Car rallys & maple syrup margaritas South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

Codasur Sucre rally

The travelling refrigerator After saying my goodbyes to those in my group who were leaving us in La Paz, I set off together with the rest of the group and some new additions to Sucre, the Legislative capital of Bolivia. It was going to be my first overnight bus experience in Bolivia and not one that I was looking forward too, for two reasons. Firstly, I hate overnight buses and Secondly, because I really hate over night buses. We boarded the bus, settled in and waited for the ordeal to start. I had learned from previous experience, with lice infested blankets, [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 26th 2009

Witches, hills & llama foetuses South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

Bolivian women
The streets of La paz

Copacabana is not the place Barry Manilow was singing about I celebrated our last night in Peru by treating myself to my last ever Peruvian pisco sour in Puno before heading of to the ‘Rock & Reggae’ bar for a few games of jenga and cuba libres with the rest of the group. What with cheap drinks and not much else to do, it was no wonder that the night disintegrated after one too many strong cuba libres. Giant teddy bears, bean bags and many hands became the theme of what was left of that night! The next day we were [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 23rd 2009

Lake Titicaca Homestay South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca
A traditional boat on the island of Uros

Goodbye Cusco We had a full day in Cusco after the trek to rest up. I didn’t do very much that day. Was there any surprise in that? I spent some time wandering around the city, looking around before going back to the hotel for some R&R. After four days of hard slog, we deserved a party. And party we did. We participated in a pub quiz and won (although, really we had to split our group up and so in reality only half of our group won that night). The prize? A very large bottle of rum and a [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 18th 2009

The Inca Trail is my bitch!!! South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail

Machu Picchu
Day 4: What I had been waiting to see......

The Inca Trail is my bitch This was the one part of my trip that I had dreaded the most, feared the most. The Inca Trail. For months before, I had contemplated chickening out and getting the train up to Machu Picchu on the last day, just so I could avoid the trail itself - but I didn’t want to regret it later on. Eventually ‘D-Day’ rolled around and it was time to do it. Time to walk the trail - 45kms in 4 days, highest elevation of 4200m. How hard can it be? Day 1: 11 kms - Walking [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 12th 2009

Guinea Pigs beware! Its time for dinner! South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

View from
The highest point of the Colca Canyon at 4800m

The never-ending journey A miners strike at 3am in the morning! Could this day possibly get any worse? After being on the bus for 5 hours, we were woken up at 3am to be told that we would be forced to sit on the side of a road, along with dozens of other trucks, buses, & cars waiting for the local miners to remove the boulders & loose stones they had put on the road to block the way. By 9am - there was still no resolution with the miners, who, by this stage were blind drunk and threatening to [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 9th 2009

Desert drawings with an astronomical twist??? South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines

Nazca Lines Geolyphs
The whale

Pisco & The Ballestas Islands What can be said about the town of Pisco? Weeelllll!!! Not much really (Granted the town had been heavily destroyed by an earthquake in 2007). Nevertheless, we were only using it as our overnight base to visit the nearby Ballestas Islands, otherwise known as the ‘Poor Man’s Galapagos’. We caught our early morning boat from the port of Paracas and we subsequently herded into 24-seat speed boats that would cover the journey across to the Islands in super fast speeds. Our first visit en-route was to see the three-pronged candelabra, etc [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 7th 2009

Grand Old Colonial City South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores

The Cathedral
Plaza Mayor

I never envisioned that the landscape of Peru would be so arid, so desert like. As we left Trujillo to make our way to Lima on our 12 hour bus ride, I saw nothing but stretches of sand, broken every now and again by glimpses of the coast in the distance & a very nice pepsi sign or two. We got to the suburb town of Miraflores in Lima late in the evening, leaving us with only enough time and energy to grab a bite of Pizza along Pizza St and of course, a drink or two of pisco sours to [View Full Entry]

By GlobetrekkerChic
May 3rd 2009

Ceviche & Pisco Sours on the beach South America » Peru » Trujillo

Beachfront views of Huanchacho

Peru was the next destination on my South American jaunt and our first stop was a few days along the coast to appreciate some Peruvian beaches. It was going to be a relaxing 4-day start to our intensive few weeks in Peru, culminating of course in The Inca trail - something that I was both highly excited and extremely nervous about. But to get anywhere on this continent - You have to travel vast distances. This is something I am slowly starting to appreciate (and that is saying a lot given my home country), but needs must and I am getting [View Full Entry]

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