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By andrewandkim
July 27th 2008

Peru

 South America » Peru
Puno
Puno
Locals paddling between the floating islands
Hello, we´ve been in Brazil for 10 days now so time for a quick update of our two weeks in Peru. We spent the time in southern Peru visiting the main tourist spots. The first stop was Puno on Lake Titicaca. The city is only 3 hours from the Bolivian border and we didn´t notice too many differences except that it became immediately obvious that Peru is a mass tourist destination. Puno itself was fairly attractive and we spent an afternoon visiting the unique floating islands a short boat ride from town. This trip has become pretty commercialized - the only [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 28th 2008 | 46 Views | [diary=305263]

Puno
Puno
Puno

By andrewandkim
July 2nd 2008

Bolivia

 South America » Bolivia
Chile -San Pedro
Chile -San Pedro
View over San Pedro from the fort
Hi everyone, its us again, hope you´re all ok. We´re both really well and have had a great time in Bolivia for the past month or so. Our last destination in Argentina was Salta and from here we caught an early morning bus to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. At the bus terminal, we had a lucky escape as a thief grabbed Andrew´s bag and did a runner. Fortunately another traveller (who was more on the ball than us) spotted him and alerted us. Andrew set off in hot pursuit (with help from another lad), although by this stage the [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 3rd 2008 | 68 Views | [diary=294470]

Chile - San Pedro
Chile - San Pedro
Chile - San Pedro

Santiago
Santiago
Kim in the Plaza de Armas
Hello everyone, we´ve now been in South America for over a month, so this is an update of our time in Chile and Argentina. So far we´ve had a brilliant time and have met loads of friendly travellers. We arrived in Santiago and it was a gentle introduction to the new continent. It feels very european, both architecturally and culturally. Chile´s status as South Americas richest country was evident from the numerous shopping malls and parades in the city centre and there are lots of bars and cafes. We were thrown into the deep end with the new language, luckily Kim [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 19th 2008 | 107 Views | [diary=285943]

Santiago
Santiago
Valparaiso

Auckland
Auckland
The beautiful Auckland skyline
Hey everyone, we are running a bit behind on our updates. We´ve been in S. America for nearly 3 weeks now so before we forget, its about time we did a report on our time in New Zealand. Unfortunately we only had two weeks in NZ (in hindsight it definitely warranted more) due to financial constraints - Australia rinsed us! Although in our last blog we moaned a lot about our campervan, we decided that the best way to travel round NZ was to hire another one! As it turned out, we made the right decision because it was cheap, reliable [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 24th 2008 | 50 Views | [diary=279069]

Rotorua
Rotorua
Taupo

Sydney
Sydney
Picking up our lairy hippie camper
Hey everyone, here is the second instalment of our Australian journey. This one covers our trip up the east coast from Sydney to Cairns in a “hippie” camper van. Prepare to see a lot of photos of us by the sea! By the way if you’re still reading our blogs - thank you. You’ve got the patience of a saint! We picked up our blue “hippie” camper from Sydney where Dee waved us off. It was reasonably spacious and was a familiar looking Ford Transit which included everything we needed like a fridge, utensils, linen, etc. The colour scheme was quite [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 2nd 2008 | 72 Views | [diary=272024]

Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains

Sydney
Sydney
Coastal walk from Coogee to Bondi
Hello everyone, hope you're all well and enjoying the snow in April!? We've spent the last few weeks in a van travelling up the east coast which means that we've been a bit lax on keeping our blog up to date. However we've arrived in a town called Bowen, unfortunately its too windy to snorkel and our only alternative entertainment is bingo at the church hall, so we've decided to do an update. After leaving India, we arrived at Sydney airport looking forward to cleanliness, western food and anonymity. Dee picked us up with a packet of wine gums in hand [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 14th 2008 | 87 Views | [diary=263822]

Sydney
Sydney
Sydney

Kochi
Kochi
Kim showing off her new "rock!"
Hello everybody I hope that you are all well, thanks again for all your wonderful congratulation emails, we have really enjoyed reading them. Since arriving in Sydney a week ago, we have had a great time hanging out with Dee & Dave in Coogee, Sydney. It has been a very welcome change to the chaos of India and there has already been many highlights including an aussie barbie, a homecooked roast dinner, crunchy nut cornflakes and cheddar cheese! Before we begin on our Australian adventure we will just write a short update on how we spent our last few weeks in [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 3rd 2008 | 185 Views | [diary=252073]

Kochi
Alleppey
Alleppey

Jaipur
Jaipur
Camel & its driver transporting goods along the road
Hello everybody, the last few weeks of our Indian journey have differed somewhat. The first two weeks comprised frenetic travelling across the incredible state of Rajasthan and then onto Goa via Mumbai. The last two weeks have involved chilling out on a beautiful, palm fringed Goan beach, the latter being a great antidote to the former. After leaving Rishikesh, we had a nine hour bus journey back to Delhi which gave us a taste of things to come. We stopped in Delhi for the night before catching the early train to Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Fortunately we had arranged a [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 10th 2008 | 411 Views | [diary=242007]

Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur

Varanasi
Varanasi
Shopkeepers taking their early morning wash
Hello all, we trust you had a very happy Christmas and New Year! We did miss everyone. Andrew is still in recovery after missing out on his "favourite meal of the whole year," his mum has promised to cook a Christmas dinner especially when we get back in September! Gifts from each other were a bit disappointing and very fleeting, on Christmas Eve we exchanged mini-toblerones then sat in our hotel and ate them in 2 seconds flat. After this we started to dream of cheese and biscuits, rose's chocolates, pigs in blankets and brussel sprouts (actually on second thoughts!) all [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 10th 2008 | 390 Views | [diary=232520]

Varanasi
Varanasi
Varanasi

By andrewandkim
December 14th 2007

Nepal

 Asia » Nepal
Kathmandu
Kathmandu
Andrew in Durbar Sq
Hello all, we have just arrived in Varanasi, India after spending 3 chilled-out weeks in Nepal. We really enjoyed our time in Nepal because it gave us the chance to do lots of new activities. Its a really easy country to travel around and we have been doing lots of touristy stuff. When we arrived in Kathmandu (after being driven by the 17 year old who had just passed his test!) we were surprised at how manic it was. There are little alley ways like in Brighton but they are not pedestrianised, instead they are jam packed with traffic including cars, [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 15th 2007 | 176 Views | [diary=227511]

Kathmandu
Kathmandu
Kathmandu



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