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South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre December 1st 2007

arrived here just after the riots....so hopefully we stay behind them for a while....lot of broken windows and graffiti....not sure if they are about to have a revolution here or not...hopefully we will be out of the country b4 they do!!!!!! glad we r on a gap tour now!!!!! or not!!!! lol....all is fine....it is a nice place here....i did dirt bike riding and didnt fall off...j did mountain bike riding and had fun too...and he didnt fall off either....lol....off on a night bus now no to cochabamba so will let u know how it goes!!!!!lol....... read more
a nice park in sucre
a funky bus sucre
our hotel courtyard sucre

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi November 29th 2007

this was a nice quite town....was a little higher than the others places...i had trouble breathing but is was nice....j did a silver mine tours and welll what a tour...he said it was the most dangerous tour he had ever been on...the exploded tnt in the tunnel...while they were all in it!!!...then clambering over plankes....and huge holes...small tunnels to climb up....i stayed at home as i saw the pics and had ...ho chi min tunnels again...lol....glad i did........ read more
a bag of goodies - coca and dynamite
some crazy clambering in the mine
blowing up some dynamite

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni November 25th 2007

.....going up and up and up ....into bolivia from chile was fun....well untill my head started to get light(lighter than usual...lol) then i got a huge head ache and then started to breathe heavy then had bad chest pains....so when we started to go down from 4400m i was happy.....but the view made the sickness fine....lol....fine...ish!!!!!see pics....lol... read more
on way up to bolivia uyuni
at the border uyuni
at the green lake uyuni


over night bus was ok....arrived here freshish!!!! what a nice place so peaceful and cute....ian went hourse back riding and jason went mountain bike riding...see pics...was so much fun.....we r off to the salt flats next.....going the highest point yet....off into bolivia....... read more
church in san pedro
ian on the edge!!! san pedro
a valley san pedro

South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena November 21st 2007

well did a bus trip here for 6 hours and it took 6 hours was a nice trip....la serena was a nice place...had a nice hostel and i cooked for the group on one of the nights was so cool....off we go on an over night bus trip to san pedro....wooohoooo... read more
ian at the dam la serena
winery in la serena
winery in la serena2

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago November 18th 2007

oh my god....a 6 hour bus trip that turned into a 16 hour trip...all because...wait for it....the police were on strike in chile!!!! so we were late arriving (lol) into santiago....met our tour the next day....had an awsome indian meal for lunch had dinnner with the tour group...then had to get up early the next day to head to las serina....... read more
sculture in santiago
more wine santiago

South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza November 14th 2007

wine wine wine....met up with jim and went for wiine wine wine....have never drank(well almost never) as much wine as we did here....drivin in the taxi drinking champas (from the glasses i borrowed) between winerys lol......and going to so many winerys...also had the biggest and i mean the BIGGEST steak i have ever had here....... read more
wine mendoza
jim ian tasting wine mendoza
jim ian jason toasting in the taxi mendoza

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires November 11th 2007

well the flight on lan arg was late....spose they were just keeping up tradition that all flight in arg are late!!!lol....what a nice and cheap city....could have stayed lonoger there but had to move on.....went out on the town and had an awsome time....went out at midnight and came out at 7am monday morning and the night club was still going off....not bad .......... read more
the street market in ba
glass in ba
square in ba

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu November 8th 2007

wow this has to be the biggest ever engineering feat ever seen!!!!!... read more
ian nioce hat itapu dam
this side of the dam itapu dam
the hydro electric pipes...itapu dam


wow wow wow hard to describe the falls so look at the pics...wow....we did a power boat trip under the falls wowow........ read more
and the next view!
every time you see a rainbow... lots!
the brazilian walkway to heaven




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