Zoe V M

Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa and Salar de Uyuni. It was a rather uneventful birthday, I was doing precisely what I'd proclaimed not to do... 'to spend it on a bus going into Bolivia'. Cecilia and I had boarded the bus from Humahuaca in Argentina, after an epic one week journey to a small mountain town called Iruya. On the bus were a handful of Argentine tourists, entertaining all on board with hours of uninterrupted singing. I requested my very own birthday song, sung in Spanish, which I then recorded on my MP3 player for fun. We crossed into Bolivia for a couple of hours (without getting our passports stamped) in order to purchase our train tickets in advance. It turned out we had to wait a couple of days for the next train ... read more

I continued North from Parque Nacional Torres del Paine to El Calafate for some views of the Perito Moreno glaciar. Although such a touristic destination, it was worth the stop..... Coming face to face with a wall of ice as tall as a 17 storey building is impressive. From Calafate I took the typical tourist route to El Chalten, located near Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. I found a nice hostel and settled in for the rest of day. At this point it hadn´t stopped raining for 5 days. I hoped the sun would come out the next morning, as I had big plans to continue with some trekking in the area. In the morning we set out, a South African girl from the hostel and I started on the trail to Mt Fitzroy.... We had to ... read more

Hola Amigos! What can I say, it was the Carribean........... Absolutely gorgeous! The water was pure, turquois and very very warm........The sand was a pure white....... and the sunrises were brilliant! My tan happened by itself, I took it slow and put plenty of sunscreen on every day... just to be on the safe side. Just a couple of hundred meters away from my beach cabana there was an old Mayan city in ruins, perched on the cliff, overlooking the ocean. I shared this beatiful spot with very few tourists and spent the entire time contemplating life and beauty......... and reading lots. I think the pictures tell the tale better than I can. I met the odd tourist passing through for a day or so, but definitely I became part of the furniture here...... I spent ... read more

Salaam-Ah-lee-koom, Firstly I'd like to say how amazing Egypt is. The people are really friendly... though you can expect to get hassled in the tourist areas. I was walking down the street when a friendly Egyptian man offered his quirky explanation as to the meaning of the expression 'to walk like an Egyptian'.... He told me that it comes from riding camels, due to the strange way they move, rocking their rider back and forth, while they're holding onto the reins with one hand stretched out forward and the other backwards for support from the saddle. Once the rider disembarks the camel, after several hours in this position, the after effects from the journey cause the strange walk to continue on ground level, manifested in human form. Travelling through this country requires concentration... You can get ... read more

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