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 [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! My last blog entry from Santa Cruz seemed like it was written lightyears ago. Mainly because of the things that have happened since then..until now. Pretty much right after I posted the last blog, I was off to get ready for a little excursion to Vallagrande and then La Higuera, where the Ernesto "El Che" Guevara festival was being held. By 8 oclock on the morning of the 5th, I was heading towards the bus station with some new friends (Son, my Korean friend, Ken, my new Japanese friend, Nathan, my new American friend and Erika, my new Brazilian [View Full Entry]

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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 y [View Full Entry]

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Gone are 3 weeks of my travelling...out of the entire 6 months.... I just made it into Potosi this morning. Finally at an Internet place where I can upload some photos. So...since Cuzco I´ve pretty much been on the move everyday. Cuzco: It was pretty sad for me to leave the volunteer place on my last day, the kids made me feel like a superstar - all of them came to shake my hand, asked for my autograph, and danced goodbye dances with me..... needless to day, the volunteer program was great!!! I have made some great friends and as much [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone!I just got back from my trip to Machu Pichu on Monday. The trip itself was quite spectacular! Right now I am missing all my trecking mates already! I am also very glad with the tour itself. I have to say I didn´t do the Inca trail, since it is fully booked until the end of October. So, instead, I did the 5 day-4 night Salkantay trail for just under $200 with my Korean friends. It was a steal, in comparion to what other agencies were charging ($300 - $400 US), and I have to say I think that I [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Howdy everyone!! I made it into Cuzo in one piece...arrived this morning at 10, got settled, showered (my first HOT shower in days!) I will begin my volunteer work tomorrow, so I am pretty excited. So far I am getting by just fine with my portunhol (portuguese and spanish combined) and some English... it´s fun trying to talk to people here in Spanish...I just can´t stop doing it! I just took a Spanish placement test, I was told that I am in the intermediate level...yet I have to ask people to repeat themselves when I talk to them, I guess that [View Full Entry]

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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... [View Full Entry]

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