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| 12th November 2007 Stephen Paul | One of my All Time Favorites - From: Patagonia: wind, steppe and mountains "lago Torre with Cerro Torre behind it, and Fitzroy on the right" is one of my favorites! What I wouldnt give to sit at that viewpoint all day, winter or summer. I saw it on the "travel photos" link, and deservedly so! |
| 24th October 2007 angelta | school project - From: Pucon to Puerto Montt Thanks for sharing your pictures..I have been able to use them for a school research project!!! The Steven School, Peacham Vt. |
| 28th August 2007 Pat & Pete | Goodbye South America - From: Lago Titicaca, goodbyes and hellos We think your journey was quite an achievement. Although we didn't feel the pain or choke on the dust, we did enjoy all the new sights and your great blogs. We are thankful for your safe return home. Pat & Pete |
| 25th August 2007 Dave's Mum | The end - From: Lago Titicaca, goodbyes and hellos Well, my Darlings, its been like reading a wonderful travel book this past year. I have enjoyed every minute of your travels, and wished a thousand times that I had been able to do the same. I'm sorry not to be able to greet you upon your return to Australia, but know that Claire's family will be there and you will rejoice in your reunion with them. Start saving your pennies and perhaps you will be able to come and see me in England once more. Bye Bye, bless you both, hope you settle down to a humdrum life without too much regret, Mum XX |
| 25th August 2007 Jules | It is over for me too - From: Lago Titicaca, goodbyes and hellos How sad. I have read your last entry with such a lump in my throat. thank you both for such an eventful and exciting year form my lounge room in Brisbane and may your bank balances swell radically to bring abut your next trip, post haste. It has been a pleasure and a treat to be part of such an epic journey. Love to you both and glad you have both returned safely. |
| 10th July 2007 Mark and Becky | OMG!!! - From: Climbing Huayna Potosí This is amazing - it reads like and adventure novel. I can't believe you've done it, it looks so dangerous. The glacier is melting and the ice bridges are still strong enough to hold your weight, how did you know they would be strong enough? I'm going to have to go for a lie down and recover after the worry you're causing me here :) Well done and congrats on the achievement. |
| 10th July 2007 Sharon Tomasi | Into Thin Air - From: Climbing Huayna Potosí Wow..looks spectacular! Not sure if us californians could handle that kind of cold, though. have you read the book "Into Thin Air"? It is about the disasterous trek to Everest, but is sooo good - I think you would both love it. |
| 4th July 2007 Adam R | Magical birthday! - From: Two treks in Perú I've been reading all of your blogs, and this one is definitely the highlight (so far!) for me. What an amazing place. And whoever has been taking the photos has a wonderful eye. Thanks for taking me here - possibly the highest on my list of places to visit. Truly magical. What a great place to have a birthday! Take care, and don't rush home! Adam |
| 2nd July 2007 Michelle | You are awesome!! - From: Climbing Huayna Potosí Wow ... I am just totally blown away - what an amazing experience - you are so awesome succeeding where so many others turned back. Congratulations!!! Looking forward to seeing you both soon!! love Michelle & Chris |
| 2nd July 2007 Jules....in awe | What can I say - From: Climbing Huayna Potosí You really have topped off your trip, literally. What an amazing read. I can't wait to hug you both. The photos reveal an amazing scenery that only the bravest of climbers ever get to witness and achieve. You two have entered another league altogether and to think it all started at good ol' down town K2 in the Valley of Brisbane town. I am having a glass of red right now in your honour. Well done!!!!!! Jules |
| 1st July 2007 Daves Mum | Wow, what a farewell to S.A. !! - From: Climbing Huayna Potosí Wow, Dave and Claire, what a farewel trip you made up that mountain! Talk about finishing something with a special finale, you certainly did that, although I must admit i felt for you Claire,with your Gastro !! Never mind you did it, 5thats the main thing Well done both. |
| 1st July 2007 Don Blesing | - From: Climbing Huayna Potosí Dramatic photos from two outstandingly fit and motivated trekkers. wow wow wow. |
| 1st July 2007 Sheila | Machu Picchu - From: Two treks in Perú So you made it after all, we have been watching keenly to see how you approached Machu Picchu, not sure if we'll follow in your footsteps though. If we do ever fulfill our dream of getting there I think it will have to be via the tourist route. Brilliant pictures and recall as always. Love Sheila xx |
| 1st July 2007 Sheila | What next? - From: Climbing Huayna Potosí Fantastic, next you'll be attempting Everest. Thanks for sharing the wonderful views via your photos and video. Oh well, I guess it's down to Earth with a bump now!! Sheila xx |
| 30th June 2007 Pat & Pete | Two Treks - From: Two treks in Perú Well, we don't quite know where to begin. This fabulous trip is a world away from our wet Welsh valley and we are only just beginning to realise what we have missed. The photographs and narrative give us a vivid picture and sensation of being there. Visual reality!. Thank you. Now, keep pedalling. (and, a belated Happy Birthday) |
| 22nd June 2007 Mark and Becky | Bolivia - From: Bolivian sketches Just on my way to work so only have time to jot a couple of lines. Bolivia? Surely that place only exists as a Martin Stevenson and the Daintees album name? What it's real? What wha'd'ya know! :)) I hear the beaches there are not up to very much. Aren't parts of it so elevated the very air itself begins to become scarce? Breathe! |
| 11th June 2007 Pat & Pete | Bolivia blog - From: Bolivian sketches I have just come in from cleaning out the gutters on the Barn; which had been overflowing in the sudden downpour this afternoon. So your Blog gave me a good excuse to sit down. It all sounds like a lot of miles covered. A real education. Each one gets better and makes us appreciate our rustic amenities. Sorry to hear the end is drawing nigh. But no doubt going home will give you another perspective on Aus. providing it hasn't been washed away. Safe journey P&P |
| 29th May 2007 Rob | - From: Bolivia: The best and worst roads Another fantastic chapter. Just love that lil' doggie. |
| 18th May 2007 Colleen | !! - From: Bolivia: The best and worst roads Hi Dave and Claire Now that IS one bizarre part of the world in every sense - even the dog was not 'just another dog'. If officially drought struck Briz stays this dry you may return to another salt desert. Take care over there for your last few weeks (how does that prospect feel i wonder) - it's even gone fast at this end. ciao Colleen |
| 16th May 2007 Barbara- Dave's mum | thirsty rding ? - From: Dust, salt and the search for shade Another area you have explored, looks awfully dry and thirsty travelling to me. You certainly have seen some different scenorios whilst cycling in this remarkable country, Australia will seem quite tame after all you have seen and done on your year out in S.A. All my love to you both mum XX |
| 16th May 2007 sheila | We live in Luxury! - From: Dust, salt and the search for shade Reading about how the local people live and work on the salt plains really makes me appreciate what we have here in England. Never again will I complain about being hard done to, especially as I jump on a jet plane to escape the British winter for a couple of weeks, or sit under the apple tree at the bottom of my garden when the going gets hot! not to mention sipping a cold beer! |
| 15th May 2007 Jannie | You are excelling your excellence! - From: Dust, salt and the search for shade Another brilliant Blog, Dave & Claire, & some quite incredible photos. Another very diverse part of the world to be enthralled about! Thankyou for sharing your adventures again. Still dry here (but not as bad as the salt plain yet!), have weaned calves, soon to preg test & register cows & have started a stock market course! Great to get some brain stimulation. Much Love & continued safe travels, Jannie xoxoxoxo |
| 14th May 2007 Pat & Pete | Sounds even drier than Aus. - From: Dust, salt and the search for shade As always we look forward to your blog and this one I think was one of the best. I've just asked for a second cup of tea to quench my thirst! |
| 8th May 2007 Helena | Yay cycling - From: Following ancient paths Great to hear that you are feeling so well (I've just read the last blog) --I was thinking several posts ago that it all sounded very very tough! I bet you're grateful for the fully enclosed hub gears on all these dirt roads! Big hugs, Helena |
| 6th May 2007 Margie Milgate | Thanks for the trip - From: Following ancient paths Hi Claire and Dave Just love reading and seeing where you have been on your travels - you make it come quite alive. Hope you get over the altitude sickness and continue a great trip. Cheers Margie |
| 30th April 2007 Rob | That blockade - From: Ruta Siete Lagos and points north I guess I'd be the only one of your readers who wished that the bus had smashed right through the teachers' blockade (with no injuries of course). What right do these people have to stop others enjoying their right to a peaceful holiday. Maybe Argentine teachers have to actually work for a living??? |
| 30th April 2007 Jannie | Great Read! - From: Following ancient paths Wonderful yet again to read of your travels, so well supported by the photos! Many thanks! So informative & a wonderful way for us to share your adventures as you educate us! Much Love & safe travels, Jannie xoxo |
| 29th April 2007 Dave's Mum | A bit warmer than down south - From: Following ancient paths Hello again, you two travellers, its sounds a bit warmer where you are than where you were at Christmas, what an amazing continent South America seems to be ! You tell us so much about the peoples, the culture and the land itself, it is making geography, ( my favourite subject after English) really come to life. I do envy you being able to do this, keep on with the good work, all my love, Mum x |
| 28th April 2007 Don Blesing | love your story - From: Tango town and the north-east Love the fascinating story you make out of 'mere' travel. Your story has a rich passion about people and their place, justice and injustice, real history, poverty and richness, glory and pain, joy and problems, solitude and the press of cities ... What joy for you Claire that Erin can be with you. Don |
| 25th April 2007 Bob Carnegie | Victory to the Teachers - From: Ruta Siete Lagos and points north I guess police are also the same evertywhere.Give them an anoymous uniform,deadly weapons and a working class struggle to supress and they are like pigs with their noses in a trough!!! The struggle for justice is a global one. Claire and Dave your epic adventure is getting me thinking about exercise aremarkable event in itself. Its been wonderful to follow you on your tour.Erin and Claire both look so well. Apart from the order of Zhukov 2nd class I hope to be able to award the Leon Trosky order of exercise when we meet again. your friend bob |
| 24th April 2007 Ellen and Pierre | Missing you - From: Tango town and the north-east Hello there in the southern end of the Americas. This travel with Erin sounds like a huge difference, but certainly a welcome one. Good to see you head up north to Bolivia as well. Take care with the visa as they sometimes want Australians to pay for the service. Take care, |
| 23rd April 2007 Barbara Levick, Dave's Mum | Now you know why I like Coach holidays ! - From: Ruta Siete Lagos and points north Hello, you two, glad you went some way by bus, what did you do with your bikes, ? trail the behind or tie them on top? Now you know what it feels like to go on a coach holiday, but nothing can beat my trip from Brissie to Melbourne=29 hours non stop. Am going to Croatia the same way soon. keep pedalling, love Mum |
| 20th April 2007 Sharon Tomasi | Same the world over... - From: Ruta Siete Lagos and points north I guess teachers are over-worked and under-paid the world over?! Just had to have my little gripe about that! Your trip is bringing back many happy memories of my time in South America. Isn't Iguassu awesome? Bariloche was beautiful too, and you can't pass up free chocolate! At least you two earned yours!!!Keep having fun! |
| 16th April 2007 Barbara- Dave's Mum | sounds like it was worth missing the Party for ! - From: On to the Lakes District Hi, my two wanderers, You seem to be going from strength to strength on this trip of yours, and reading your adventures makes me think it was worth missing my Birthday Party for ! We all drank a toast to you and wished you well on the next leg of your trip, luv Mum XX |
| 16th April 2007 Michelle | hello again! - From: Tango town and the north-east Yay!!! great to have a couple of blogs in quick succession - we are all caught up with you and your travels again. Loved the piccy's with Erin - that is a great one of the 3 of you - you all look so happy & healthy. Also loved the pics of the Iguazu Falls - they are magnificent!! Athol & I were only remarking this morning - how on earth are you going to come back to work after this adventure Claire - whoops sorry - shouldn't have mentioned that W word. love to you both. Michelle & Chris |
| 14th April 2007 Jannie | Thinking of you! - From: Tango town and the north-east Another great Blog of course, ever so grateful to hear news of you both & share in your experiences with such great detail, feeling, research & photos! Even better that this section was shared with Erin- made me emotional! It makes me sad there is so much intolerence & unfairness, that life is deemed cheap & people don't have a voice, & if they use it, they risk their life. Talk about real courage - those women defying injustice & authority to peacefully try to bring rightful change while risking their lifes. Many like this are the real heroes in this world to me & the irony is that the world would stand a chance of survival & sister/brotherhood if people like these the world over could be the ones running the countries....Love you heaps, you both look amazing! J |
| 12th April 2007 Pat & Pete | Tango town...... - From: Tango town and the north-east You sound a lot happier when you are out on the open road. Keep on treking. |
| 10th April 2007 monique | Heigh-ho for the beard and the cards! - From: On to the Lakes District Hi Dave and Claire, It seems impossible but the blog just gets more and more enthralling. Arm-chair travelling for us at its best. So glad that the card-playing with family experience got you more beer Dave and look forward to doing a Beard comparison with Graham and Francis. Love from Graham and Monique |
| 5th April 2007 Monique & Graham | Wow! - From: Up the Carretera Austral Hi Dave and Claire, We've just caught up on your last two blogs - Patagonia and Ruta 7. Glad to know that there are many wonderful bits as well as all the hard slog. Wonderful photos and some great descriptions and explanations.Thank you for sharing it with us. Much love from us both. G & M |
| 29th March 2007 Rob | - From: Up the Carretera Austral Great to get the next instalment. What a journey. And the blog is truly world class. |
| 27th March 2007 Mark and Becky | Chile - From: Up the Carretera Austral It's sounding like this leg of the journey is quite hard going in places. I'm glad you're finding the occasional oasis of rest amongst the days of hard riding. By the way, who is that beard-face you've picked up along the way and what's happened to Dave? Love, Mark and Becky |
| 26th March 2007 Pat and Pete | Up the Carretera Aus.... - From: Up the Carretera Austral Glad to hear you are still sauntering safely along the highways of the world. Didn't like the mention of the horseflies. I think we have only got one species and their bites takes ages to heal. But we did like the sculpture 'Leaning into the wind'. Just like home. We had 15 (60' +) Scots Pine blown down in the last gale and we haven't finnished clearing up yet. As always a great blog. All the effort you put into it is much appreciated. Regards from Pat & Pete |
| 7th March 2007 Daver | WOW - From: Patagonia: wind, steppe and mountains It's been ages since I looked at your blogs and I am awe struck. Great to see you are having such a great time. Nick and Kerry are over there now and they have just set up their blog. We all miss you. Cheers daver |
| 5th March 2007 Maxine | Back from Egypt - From: Trekking in South Patagonia thanks for the travel commentry - the photos are awesome. Just got back from Egypt - what a country - to sail down the Nile was the most wonderful experience - would not have been hard to get dressed up as Cleopatra - somebody peel me a grape !! The temples and pyramids are fantastic - felt as though I had been there for a month. Will be going back in 2009 for a bit longer. Hope your trip is still going well - hope to see you when you get back. love M |
| 3rd March 2007 Kimy | You are da man, or at least da photog - From: Exploring the Pucón area I just got back and am sick for Chile. Am looking at your pix, wow! So good. YOu caught the character of that damn vulcan! |
| 7th February 2007 Julianne | What a Christmas and New Year - From: Patagonia: wind, steppe and mountains What spectacular photos of Mt Fitzroy and the story of this Patagonian journey shows the stark reality of the hardships such a harsh environment offers. So much beauty dotted amongst an impossible landscape. Your rewards are very well earned and the true grit and sense of spirit you each possess is truly amazing. But then you are each there by choice and so many people are there is such an environment purely by accident of birth. I thought Dave was looking quite buff and muscular and Claire, you look wonderfully fit and athletic. It was nice to see you sitting on the jetty waiting for the boat together .....and resting. Take care and love you both. Jules |
| 29th January 2007 marilyn | US$130 from El Calafate to El Chalten - From: Patagonia: wind, steppe and mountains That's how much it cost me by private car (why? well that's another story) the windscreen was cracked, I couldn't open my door, the driver spoke No English At All and the dust was dreadful but but I still think it was worth it! And what will happen to the charm of El Chalten when it is bitumen all the way? Another El Calafate? Fantastic reading your adventures - makes me want to go back and do it all again. |
| 29th January 2007 Mark and Becky | Patagonia - From: Patagonia: wind, steppe and mountains About the only thing I know about Patagonia is that it's part of the Antarctic continent which may go some way to explain why it's so inhospitable. Your journey through it sounds like a constant struggle against nature and although there are some definite highlights to the trip I was wondering; how do you keep your spirits up? After many days in near freezing, wind buffeting conditions how does it feel to carry on? Another thing I was wondering is how to get cash out there. Are you relying on what you've taken with you or are there autobanks where you are able to draw more out? Have you ever run out of cash at any point? |
| 28th January 2007 Barbara Levick | Brrrrrr looks awfully windy - From: Patagonia: wind, steppe and mountains Hi, you two, what little devils you both are for punishment, I thought this was going to be a holiday! Your Father hated the wnd you must take after him, but he never met anything like you two are experiencing. Here we are complaing about a great wind here last week and yet it was nothing like yours. Glad you are getting a rest for a few days, look after each other, love mum xxxx |
| 28th January 2007 anonymous | Happy Belated New Year! - From: Patagonia: wind, steppe and mountains Hi Claire and Dave, It is always great to hear from you. I'm sure you will never forget the Christmas and the New Year's Day in Patagonia. We will keep praying for your safeness and good fortune. Love, Shoji and Junko |
