http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Royals/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Royals en-us Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:25:55 +0000 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:25:55 +0000 We left South America almost a week ago now and it's taken me all that time to think up the best way to describe the Inca Trail experience and our last few days in Peru.I'll have a go but bear in mind that it's one of those things that you really should do for yourself it's hard to put into words the mixture of feelings and emotions that four days of walking and three nights of camping can cre http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Louisiana/New-Orleans/blog-7803.html Thought some of you might appreciate an entry of piccies from when we went back to BA as there wasnt much space on any of the other entries.So here it is in all its drunken glory.AC http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-7477.html When was the last time that you got caught up in a political demonstration visited an island made from reeds had lunch with an Inca family bathed in hot springs watched condors flying and got woken up by an earthquake all in the space of 6 daysAs you can tell we've had an action packed week which began with the bus trip from Cuzco to Puno closest town to Lake Titicaca last Friday. The b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-7471.html Welcome to our first entry. Well I say our but at this stage the other 3 don't even know we're doing this.If you're reading this hopefully you've logged on to find out what we're up to where we're going and if we're all still alive.I hope this is the first of many entries over the next 4 months and you enjoy reading about our experiences in outr whistle stop tour of South America plus a bi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-3444.html A snow covered New York might look really nice in the movies but nothing could prepare us for how cold it's been.We got in on Wednesday evening and spent a few hours sampling the local Irish bars. We were all pretty tired and had a big day of sightseeing planned for Thursday so had a relatively early night. The night will be remembered purely for a full speed pelt through the streets of New York http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-3640.html Sitting in a hostel in Rio typing this marvelling at the extreme weather change between NY and Rio.Since we caught up with you all last we bummed around NY for a few more days and killed time yesterday Sat going to watch Meet The Fockers in a cinema which seemed to have a fairly easy going attitude to admitting homeless bums and total weirdos. Film was pretty amusing but were put off slightly http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-3711.html For those of you expecting every entry in this journal to be tales of drunken escapades Im afraid were going to have to disappoint because weve actually being doing other things over the last few days. Admittedly most do involve alcoholSo where did we leave you The heat of Rio on Sunday and plans for a tourist adventure on Monday...We had a bit of a wander on Sunday night along Copacabana be http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-3856.html Evening allFriday night and I imagine a lot of you are getting ready for a night out. Well were getting over a big one last night so have had a very quiet day.We left you all on Wednesday having spent the afternoon on Copacabana beach. Well Wednesday night was relatively tame by standards so far and we just had a few beers at a hostel around the corner. One amusing event was quite possibly the m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-3916.html Evening all 9pm Sunday evening here and a lots happened since we mailed you last.Before getting into it a quick bit of admin. If any of you dont want to receive these regular updates feel free to unsubscribe yourself. We wont be upset I promise Anyway rest assured things will be a bit quieter for a while once we leave Rio on Thursday.Anyway Friday night was something of a write off after T http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-3975.html Afternoon everyone how is everything with you We seem to spend so much time talking about ourselves whats going on in your livesHmmm....sounds interesting. Anyway....Photos will hopefully be making their way onto this site at some point as prompted by Andys Dad. However Im afraid he and the rest of you will need to wait until we find an internet cafe that lets us do that and work out how http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-4056.html Hi EveryoneThe lack of an update the last few days proves how much there was to tell you all about Rio and how we were short of news since we did all the main touristy things. This is a bit of a long one though...Anyway after the excitement of Mondays trip to Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf we spent the rest of our time in Rio chilling out. Tuesday was a day for completing two missions. The f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/blog-4230.html NEWS FLASH....Weve worked out how to get piccies onto the site well Andys anyway so check out the pictures and how happy we look. Just to make you all that little bit more jealous.Anyway we celebrated Jamies birthday on Monday with a romantic little cruise around Ilha Grande. Just the 4 of us plus about 50 others...After the excitement of getting a cake from the Swedes and a beach tennis se http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Santa-Catarina/Florian-polis/blog-4403.html Crikey how are you all It039s been a while since we last spoke. What039s new with youAm writing this update in a cybercafe in Buenos Aires after an 18 hour bus ride from Foz do Iguau. Before carrying on let me jump back a few days to the last time we spoke.Santa Catarina was pretty cool and we stayed there for about 4 days. The one downside was that there really wasn039t a lot to d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-4681.html Has anyone seen a short fat Argentinian recently No well we have.Went to watch Boca Juniors on Sunday and who should be there but El Diego himself Diego Maradona. But I039ll come back to that in a minute.Friday night039s trip to a nightclub was interesting to say the least. All of Buenos Aires nightclubs have been closed for about a month since a big fire in one of the clubs. Since then http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-4874.html Hi EveryoneBet you thought you039d got rid of us eh Well no such luck we039ve just been having far too good a time in Buenos Aires to bother with Internet cafes. Interesting internet point there are a very low number of home internet connections in South America and most people have to go to public places to use the net hence there are internet cafes everywhere.So after a cultural e http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-5236.html Just a quickie as we039re running late for a bus. We039ve loaded up some new photos for your enjoyment and hope to add a few more on our next stop.These include some pretty awesome piccies from our day on Peninsula Valdes yesterday more of which will be revealed soon.AC http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-5305.html I039m sure that I039ve read somewhere that there are very few life events that stick in the memory into old age. If this is the case then the four of us filled up one of the few slots on Thursday when we visited Peninsula Valdes.When you last heard from us we039d arrived in Puerto Madryn hoping to see some marine wildlife. The area is most famous for whale watching but we were told that http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/El-Calafate/blog-5351.html Brace yourselves this is gonna be a long oneSince seeing sealions be cut off in their prime we've been up to all sorts not least trekking fishing drinking travelling and more drinking. Today is a bad day hence the title and if you're patient enough to read to the end of this entry you'll know why.From Puerto Madryn we went to a place called El Calafate where the last diary entry was writt http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Neuquen/San-Martin-de-Los-Andes/blog-5814.html Hi everyone hope you all had a nice Easter weekend.Our mood has lightened considerably since you last heard from us not least because we've finally got into Chile at about the 3rd time of asking.As expected San Martin de los Andes was quiet really quiet. We spent the best part of two days doing absolutely nothing until our bus to Mendoza on Friday morning. The two day stay was memorable only http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Santiago-Region/Santiago/blog-6002.html Good afternoon everyoneThe four amigos are warming ourselves up for an afternoon riding horses in the mountains of Mendoza which will be challenging enough given that none of us speak horse and we don't know the words in Spanish for the various commands.Let me jump back a few days to another country. After the initial excitement upon arrival in Santiago Chile we had a pretty busy few days ther http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Mendoza/blog-6290.html