http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Poz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Poz en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:11:48 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:11:48 BST A few photos of Machu Pichu Cusco and Ollantaytambo... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-86114.html Pictures of our short hike up to Laguna 69 in Parque Nacional Huascaran. Great views of Huascaran the world's highest tropical mountain with a finale of the turquoise blue lake of Laguna 69 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-85878.html Some pictures of our 5day trek up the glaciated valley of Quebrada Quilcayhuanca up over a pass and down the valley of Cojup. So many glaciers... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-85673.html A few photos with more to come... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-84629.html Jen and I spent 3 days trekking around Isla del Sol on Lake Titicacaquite a beautiful island. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Isla-del-Sol/blog-82247.html Jen and I did a 5day trek in the Bolivian Cordillera Real between the Condoriri and Huayna Potosi base camps. The last day I woke up at midnight and climbed the heavilyglaciated Huayna Potosi 19974 feet with a guide. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Huayna-Potosi/blog-82228.html The Reserva Nacional PacayaSamiria of northern Peru is the largest seasonallyflooded lowland rainforest of the Amazon Basin. It is a massive wilderness area with large populations of rare wildlife. Our goal was to reach the reserve and view some wildlife from a canoe. Just getting there was an interesting trip in itself.To reach the reserve we started our Amazon journey at the Amazon port to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-82193.html More pictures coming soon http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos-Islands/blog-82188.html Pictures from my trek down to the bottom of one of the deepest canyons in the world. Then I continued up the other side and over a 5100 meter 16700 feet pass. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Arequipa/Colca-Canyon/blog-62478.html A few pictures of Salta and Mendoza. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-62056.html Some pictures of my 6day trek through Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Rio-Negro/San-Carlos-de-Bariloche/blog-59618.html Manor and I decided to head for Chile and the Carretera Austral. The Carretera Austral is a remote unpaved highway that runs over 1000 km from Villa O'Higgins in the south to Chaiten in the north. The terrain it passes through is considered to be some of the most dramatic in South Americamountains fiords volcanoes and temperate rainforests. Villa O'Higgins is a remote settlement at the sou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-54440.html Here are the pictures of my 5day backpacking trip through Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. Highlights included Monte Fitz Roy Cerro Torre and the Rio Electrico valley. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Chalten/blog-54430.html Just finished an eight day trek around the Paine Massif in the Torres del Paine National Park. Here are a few pictures. I'll put up more soon... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Magallanes/Torres-del-Paine/blog-49232.html Writeup coming soon of my travels to Medan the capitol of Sumatra Pulau Nias tsunamitorn island Danau Toba and Aceh a devout Muslim region stricken by a bloody civil war... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sumatra/blog-36356.html I just got back from an amazing journey My last post was about the trip from Miri on the coast to Long Lellang. It proved to be challenging but it was no where near as difficult as what I just finished. Here are my journal entries...112005 and 112105 Long Lellang to Long SabaiIn Long Lellang I met a Kelabit man who was known in the village as a great hunter. I went to him in order http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sarawak/blog-34978.html Pulau Sipadansome say the best dive site in the world. The island rises 2000 feet vertically out of the floor of the Celebes Sea. Sinking down the dropoff is certainly a humbling experience. Common sightings are sharks hammerhead leopard reef whale turtles Green and Hawksbill massive barracuda and tuna schools diverse corals and countless other strange fish eels and crustaceans http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-34412.html NOTE In order to save time these writings are straight out of my journal. This is Part 1 of 2 about a long overland trip from the coast of Sarawak deep into the interior highlands via foot longboat and 4x4. No tourists were seen during the whole 3week journey.111705 Miri to Long San to Long BakuYesterday Stuart a Welshman and I hired a man to bring us from Miri on the Coast to Long http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sarawak/blog-34047.html The Batang Rejang Rejang River is the longest river in Sarawak. The river system is home to many different indigenous people Dayaks in Bahasa Malay. The Iban Sea Dayaks are the notorious headhunters that regularly clashed with the Orang Ulus people of the interior before the peace in 1924. I'm not sure whether the Penan tribe is part of the Orang Ulu but they are the commonly known aro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sarawak/blog-26308.html Bako National Parkwhere Proboscis Monkeys swim in the ocean and guests are free to roam the jungle trails without guides. I figured that Bako might be a good introduction to Bornean rainforests before I get into the more remote regions. Bako is THE place to see the extremely rare Proboscis Monkey. There are only about a thousand left in the world. These monkeys are very large and have enorm http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sarawak/Kuching/blog-25681.html