Well hello everybody! We're back. Having got the laptop fixed and pulled fingers out of places they probably shouldn't have been in the first place, here is the latest blog. We will have to play catch up over the next few months and load our adventures after Columbia (carrying on from where the lap top died). But I am sure you are probabaly more interested in what we are doing now and may choose to peruse our earlier adventures as they get posted. Having said goodbye to the family we hit the road at 8am on Monday morning. It was [View Full Entry]

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Hello folks Well the sad news is that my laptop caught a virus and is now dead. I am hoping that treatment in the States will get me my baby back! Since our last blog, we have left Colombia via Miami to reach Mexico. Lots of ruins, sun and adventures which will be posted once I can retrive them from the laptop. As this will reach you on Monday, I thought I would let you know we are staying on the beach at Tulum, on the Caribbean coast. It's hot and the water is warm and I can hear you cursing! [View Full Entry]

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Hello folks, we are in Mexico now, chilling out before venturing into the Yucatan and more temples! Its Thursday night here so hopefully you will get this on Friday. Apologies to those of you readng this on Monday morning. Leanny’s cold had cleared up enough for us to have a look around some of the local attractions to Santa Marta. Our first trip was a short bus ride to the fishing village of Taganga, about 5km north of Santa Marta. Whilst a laid back little place, it's pretty gringo and the beach was full of crap (rubbish, not sewerage). It is [View Full Entry]

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Good morning blog readers! Yes I know it's Monday morning about 8:30 for you guys, but honestly we do forget what day it is and it is purely a coincidence that we post our blogs on Sunday, honest. Well, perhaps not this one!!! This blog takes us from Venezuela, which we didn't like, to Santa Marta and the Lost City in Colombia, which was excellent. Hope you enjoy the trip! As usual, immigration at airports takes quite some time and our bags had seen a few laps of the conveyor by the time we arrived. We were soon approached by “changey [View Full Entry]

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Hello again. I trust you have all had time to read our last blog where we were just about to get on a bus in Puno. We had seats 1 and 2 at the front of the bus and above the driver, with the large windshield protecting us from oncoming bugs and wind. It was somewhat reminiscent of going to the cinema! The bus went via Juliaca, a town much larger than Puno. Our seats gave us a great view of Peruvian life and we were amused to see the bicycle rickshaws carrying people with large tyres. We were more surprised [View Full Entry]

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G´Day everyone, well here is another blog. We are a little behind due to lack of internet access, but should have a couple more over the next week or two. I won´t put them all up at once as I know most of you have better things to do all day than sit around reading my blogs. Puerto Maldonado is a short 40 minute flight from Cusco on the eastern edge of Peru. The weather is hot and humid, exactly as you would expect in the jungle. Upon our arrival at the airport we were met by what we thought to [View Full Entry]

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G'day y'all. Well we have finally gotten off our bums and done this blog, enjoy. Flying from Lima to Cusco was pretty uneventful, but looking out of the airplane window revealed a mountainous terrain with snow caps. Small villages could be seen, accessed by tracks zig-zagging up the mountain side. As the plane descended the mountains became closer offering a surprisingly clear view of the craggy outcrops that the wing could almost catch. With backpacks in hand, we headed for the exit and a vehicle to convey our bags to town (I am sure Leanny has sewn weights into mine). A [View Full Entry]

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After running into a couple of friends we had made in Rio and catching up over a few drinks, we headed up the street to Uyuni’s “bus station”. It isn’t a bus station, but a street where the buses depart. We had been shown a picture of our nice bright shiny red bus but the reality was it looked like that about 7 years ago. At 3.00am we were required to change buses to reach La Paz. Arrival to La Paz was at 7.00am and it had been light for about an hour on our approach. The city appears to be [View Full Entry]

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Hi folks, sorry for the delay, but we are on holiday! (and lack of internet access / electricity) Arrival in Corumba was surprising as it was still damn hot. We were expecting that further inland it would be cooler, so a few more pints of sweat were lost getting to the hostel. Our guide book suggests that Corumba is just a place to change between the Bolivian train and buses in to Brasil. As first this seems a reasonable assumption, but further investigation reveals a town that is waiting to happen. Corumba is set on a small hill overlooking the Paraguay [View Full Entry]

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Thankfully the remainder of our trip into the historical gold mining town of Ouro Preto was less eventful. The bus station is situated a short walk from the town square, Praça Tiradentes, which faces a beautiful old museum. Hopping off the bus we sought out the tourist information booth and a very helpful young man was only too willing to give us a hand selecting a suitable hotel. He went through many providing commentary as to price and whether he thought we should stay there. His advice was to stay at the Grande Hotel in the town centre which was “a [View Full Entry]

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