Drink some wine for me too... in Santiago and go to Kilkennys bar in Buenos Aires... great place!!! I hope you'll have nice weather in Argentina :) The horseriding sounded great! Take care.
Great Bolivian Adventures. Hope you've escaped the rain in Chile. For better weather (and cheaper wine), you can try your luck on the other side of the border...
Wahib.
Nice One...... Aaaah, that takes me back to the time when I lived with Oly. Our Toilet was never that clean....!! Keep up the blogging big guy, we need more filth. See you in July!!
Do you want to die, Ian? Are you crazy? I have met you, so I didn't have to ask you that question actually. Mountain biking? It seems like you decided to live a bit longer after doing this though. Thats good Ian. Hang in there! And I have one question: Did they make a drink of the donkey "milk" and alcohol, like a cocktail?
Could you buy me a brain? I would really like a brain. Can you buy one for me? I enjoyed the picture(the fat between the gut is nice, huh?), but I'm sick by the way. The gut looks quite big, obstruction maybe?
Did you have to? Hey, did you have to tell the whole world about my drinking problem. I am trying to quit anyway. But, Ian, your blog is really great!!
I am going in July ice break down of the trip. Sounds like a blast. I'm a New Yorker here and me and my wife are going to Bogota in July for my brother's wedding. I can't wait. Any must sees or restaurants i have to hit in Bogota? That's the stuff I like...food and drink of different countries. Drop me an email if you ever get this
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Again..nice blog very informative
Brendan Curtin
Next giant spider shot could you include a 50 pence piece to give us the scale? Would also be good if you do see the anacondas (although we might get an idea of the scale from the Ian shaped lump in it's middle).
if you look closely you can tell the pictures of ian and myself have been super imposed on the backgrounds and the pictures of wild life come from National geographic - we were really in Vegas for two weeks
wally Ian - are you sure you didn't teach Wally that trick about emptying the bin, throwing bananas and then soiling yourself? If memory serves, you did exactly the same thing in 2000 when you volunteered to help me move house.
of burger bondage Ian - excellent summary of the trip. Although you should have mentioned the time at the burger restaurant when Jon started whining because there was a tomato on his plate (nowhere near his burger) but still its presence "offended" him
very drole I dont know you and came upon your blog by chance, but your observations made me laugh out loud! It is a cold grey snowy day here in liverpool so thank you.
Hyphens Mm. You've tried sky diving twice and, coincidentally, fallen asleep on bar stools twice. Are you not dreaming the whole thing? Also, it's a shame I didn't mention the NZ Hicking contingent (Auckland), they'd have really shown you how to go toe-to-toe, ex-pat style. Good luck in S America mate.
Sea cucumber Ah, Ian, just think. While you were communing with baby seals, I was doing my impression of a certain sea cucumber, in the bogs of 50 story office block. I'm sure we were both at peace with the world.
I thought we took it as read that every night involved Ian falling asleep in pubs (casinos, stip clubs) at 2am after several shots of sambucca (gin, vodka, rum, ethanol)? He can't write this down in his blog every time.
sambucca g'day mate! Noticed you didn't mention anything about your alcoholic state whilst in Sydney, falling asleep on pub stools at 2am after several shots of sambucca... Or that they sent out a search party to rescue us whilst kayaking... We had a great time in Fraser Island, certainly recommend it if you can fit it in. See you back in Oz / UK.
Hi, I'm Ian, 30 years old and travelling to get in touch with my inner self and to learn about different cultures. Actually, that's not strictly true - I just wanted a long holiday and to get drunk in new and interesting locations. Click through for insightful commentary on my travels around the world, with sometimes detailed exposition on my gastric situation. Oh, and pictures too.
Portait by Skye, aged 4.5 (Chaiten, Chilean Lake District, April 2006).
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We too thought Argentina nice, what we saw of it. Have you eaten cojones? How's your basic conversational Spanish?