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Howdy everyone! I am in Taganga right now, it is a small town outside of Santa Marta at the northern tips of Columbia. I figure I should do a short update, since I haven´t updated for a long time... well, a lot of things have happened, I would love to feed you on every single little one of them, but it would take me days to put it into writing. I promise though that at a later date I will do a detailed update..... as the Internet here is actually rather expensive. My rough itinerary is to head to Ecuador next after Columbia and then start my Amazon river travel to Brazil...then settle down for a bit in Brazil (I am really tired of dragging my 30 kg luggage everywhere I go...especially when I am looking ... read more

Howdy everyone!!! I've spent the past 5 days chilling here at the end of the world - Ushuaia, that is.... Well, for those of you who haven't heard of it, it is the Southern most CITY of the world. Technically, Puerto Williams is the southern most city...but I was told that its mostly just a Chilean naval base, hence is "discounted"?? Anyways, let me catch up with where I left you all last time. So I was in Bariloche when I posted the last blog and trying to upload some fotos, but it didn't happen until I got into Ushuaia a couple days ago actually. My impression of Bariloche was okay... I mean it is impressive to be in front of a very windy lake, and immediately across from the lake you see snowcapped mountains! Behind ... read more

Howdy everyone!!! I made it into Santa Cruz this morning! And I discovered exactly what lonely planet said...this city is the most Brazilian city I have encountered so far!!! Aaaaaah, I miss Brazil sooo much. I have met so many Brazilians ....but each time when I am trying to talk to them, I find myself tongue tied....since I am getting myself accostumed to speaking Spanish.. I find myself speaking a mix of both, they are just like...huh?? well, I still really prefer Portugese and love Brazil...anyways....... So basically, I left Potosi the day after the update, and arrived in Sucre yesterday and the same afternoon I took off for Santa Cruz. I have to say that I wasn´t really impressed with Potosi... nothing against it, the only thing unique about it is that it is the ... read more

Hello everyone I can´t really upload any pictures at this moment. I will at a later date though. I just wanted to post a short update for everyone to know that I am in La Paz right now, and met up with my Korean friends - it´s a pleasant surprise indeed. On my way here the scenery was great! I felt like I could almost touch the clouds (since La Paz is 4 km above sea level). In La Paz it is a lot colder than in Cusco, and Puno and Copacabana. What makes it more fun is that they don´t use heaters here...the good thing is I finally was able to shower with hotwater - when I was in Puno and Copacabana, the hostels claimed to have hot shower, but it was just lukewarm. Another ... read more

Until now do I realize that the Incas, perhaps, really have a thing about stones!!! I just got back from dinner with my Korean friends! We had Chicharróns, what it was was deep fried pork and some rice, with some potatoes...and man, did it feel like I was eating stones...the "inca stones" that is...just kidding. Anyways, let me just update a little about Nazca and my bus ride from Nazca to Cuzco.... So I was in Nazca, and I did the one thing that all tourists do.....that is to fly over the Nazca desert and watch the Nazca lines. The flight was pretty fun, I got the co-pilot seat, at times the pilot was flying the plane at an angle almost perpendicular to the ground, I felt a bit sick, and almost threw up, luckily the ... read more

Hello everyone! I have been absent for the past 3 days, that´s because it´s a bit hard for me to get access to Internet here in Peru. I will do a quick and short update with you all.... and because of some hardware problems, the pictures will have to wait a little - hopefully when I get into Cusco tomorrow I can upload some pictures. My experience here in Peru has been wonderful so far!!! I have met some very hospitable and very helpful Peruvians. All the anxieties I had prior to boarding the plane turned out to be really nothing... I am doing well here so far, but I am really heart broken at the sights of the post-earthquake situation here in Pisco and Ica...I have seen houses without roofs, and kids running after buses ... read more