Page 3 of Paul and Emma Travel Blog Posts


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October 4th 2007

We took a bus from the border of Argentina to Campo Grande, the starting point for our trip to the Pantanal. We quickly realised that Brazil buses were no where near as good as Argentina, and as a result we got no sleep on the 16 hour overnight journey! When we arrived we signed up for a 4 day trip to the pantanal,and joined 6 other backpackers (plus 1 holiday maker - Analisa!) for an adventure into the worlds biggest wetlands http://www.pantanaltrekking.com... read more



Iguazu Falls

Published: October 13th 2007South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park
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Paul and Emma
October 1st 2007

Iguazu Falls is on the border of three countries Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. We visited the falls from Argentina...it was pretty spectacular We´ll let the pictures doing the talking....... read more



Tanghetto

Published: September 29th 2007South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires
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September 29th 2007

Spent a week in the Capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. The city itself is huge and much more european than boliva and peru, some parts paris some parts madrid? Although its huge its quite easy to get around with the metro and buses and cheap taxis, also we spent lots of time wandering around on foot. We have seen most areas of the city, the cemetary in recoletta (sadly no pictures of the tombs and morsoleams because both camera battaries were dead!...it was pretty impressive though!), La Boca, Palermo Parks, and bars (couple of late nights til 4/5am) and San Telmo We are now off to Igauzu falls, our last stop before Brazil. Enjoy the pics x ... read more



Snowboarding

Published: September 22nd 2007South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche
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Paul and Emma
September 22nd 2007

We found snow in Bariloche! Bariloche is a ski town, with the main ski resort 20km away - Cerro Catedral is one of South America´s biggest resorts. We stayed in and took the bus each morning to the resort. Even though it was end of season, the snow was still falling. We had a 2 hour lesson (mainly for Emma!) and then basically it was trial and error from then on. We both took a few falls but nothing major! Thanks for the Birthday messages....I celebrated my birthday by eating more steak, drinking wine and snowboarding! ... read more



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September 14th 2007

Arrived in Mendoza after a 18 hour bus drive south from Salta. The bus was comfortable and we got plently of sleep (it was good to have paved roads!). We were orginally heading to Mendoza for snowboarding, but unfortunatley the snow had melted! We stayed in a great hostel (www.laohostel.com) and met some really cool people...if it wasn´t for the hostel we don´t think Mendoza would have been as much fun! The hostel owners put FREE wine out every night and we had a fantastic BBQ. In Mendoza we also hired bikes from wine and bikes and visited a few vinyards...although not Napa Valley, we had fun. We are now about to head even further south in search of snow to a place called Bariloche.... read more



Salta

Published: September 9th 2007South America » Argentina » Salta
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Paul and Emma
September 9th 2007

We spent 4 days in Salta walking around, eating, drinking and soaking in the chilled out atmosphere. Salta is a great place and more importantly was HOT day and night! Argentina is so different from Peru and Bolivia, and we really like it here already....mainly down to the food - the steaks are hugh and are so cheap! ... read more



Tupiza

Published: September 9th 2007South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza
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Paul and Emma
September 7th 2007

Finished the 3 day salt flat tour and got straight on the train to Tupiza. Arrived in Tupiza at 4am extremley tired. Tupiza was a quiet town, and a good place to relax and catch up on some sleep. Apprentley, Tupiza was the set for "Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid", so we had to jump on a horse and go for a ride! I think Pauls expression was "My bollocks will never be the same!". ... read more



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Paul and Emma
September 4th 2007

We left La Paz for an overnight bus to Uyuni. We was hoping to get a good nights sleep as we were booked on a 3 day 2night jeep trip to the salt flats and lagunes of South West Bolivia the morning we arrived. Less than 2 hours into the journey, the paved roads disappeared and we hit dirt tracks for the rest of the 10 hour trip! We have never experienced a bus ride quite like it...bumpy is not the word! We suprisingly got more sleep than you would expected, and arrived in Uyuni ready to start our trip with 4 other backpackers. As we are still in Bolivia, photos are taking ages to download...but we can assure you that they are amazing. Not sure how to explain the trip, so you will have to ... read more



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Paul and Emma
September 1st 2007

After a 5 hour bumpy bus journey over the border to Bolivia we arrived in La Paz. We spent a few days exploring La Paz and having a few drinks with fellow backpackers in Loki Hostel (www.lokihostel.com). We also completed a mountain biking trip on the Worlds Most Dangerous Road. Check out www.gravitybolivia.com In Bolivia at the mo, and the internet is very slow...will download pics soon... read more



Lake Titicaca - Floating islands

Published: September 1st 2007South America » Peru » Puno
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Paul and Emma
August 28th 2007

We jumped on a bus and headed to south to Puno to visit Lake Titicaca - South America largest Lake. We took a boat trip to the floating islands - the islands are built using layers of reeds, and people actually still live on them!... read more






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