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                    <title>Our Last Stop In Latin America  The Great Mexico City</title>
                    <description>Dec 21 2009As usual we had a very early flight for our trip from Cancun to Mexico City.  I was excited because I have always wanted to go to Mexico City a place where some of family has spent a lot of time.  However both of us knew that this was our last stop on our trip so we were both sad that the end came so quickly.  The one big thing we wanted to see was the great pyramids and if we had</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-461315.html</link>
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                    <title>Charging With Sun Energy On Top Of The Temple Of The Sun</title>
                    <description>Dec 22 2009After the church tour we left for the pyramids. Or so we thought.  As with a lot of our other tours the tour groups always get a special cut to hook up their buddies by taking us to gift shopsconvenience storesrestaurantsetc.  Well this was quite a stop  over an hour at a gift shop.  If the BelgiumMexican couple wouldnt have bought something I think they would have kept u</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Estado-de-Mexico/Teotihuac-n/blog-461316.html</link>
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                    <title>Chichen Itza Chicken Pizza Light Show At Night VS Hagglers By Day</title>
                    <description>Dec 18 2009The bus ride to Cancun was rather uneventful.  We stopped at Playa del Carmen before arriving to Cancun.  We both agreed it looked like a great place to stay away from the chaos of which is Cancun.  The bus station at Cancun was our first indication that this wasnt your typical Mexican town.  The mix of vacationers Spanish English fast food heavy traffic shopping skyscraper ho</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Yucatan/Chichen-Itza/blog-461313.html</link>
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                    <title>Tulum Ruins On The Beach</title>
                    <description>Dec 16 2009Today was the day we knew we were going to leave Guatemala and our short visit definitely didnt do this country justice. Guatemala had so much to offer but since time was of the essence Justin and I made Tikal our only Guatemalan visit. As for our next destination we werent too sure where we were going to be at the end of the day. This day proved to be just as adventurous as i</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-461312.html</link>
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                    <title>Sunrise with the Howler Monkeys at Tikal</title>
                    <description>Dec 15 2009We did arrive to Belize City in time to catch the early bus to Tikal 930AM.  However because the locals were trying to fill every seat on the bus we didnt depart until almost 1230PM.  Before we departed we knew money was an issue because Tikal does not have an ATM.  We decided to get some Belice Dollars to exchange at the border.  Later we would find out they offer horrible ex</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Peten-Region/Flores/blog-461311.html</link>
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                    <title>Sailing on the Caribbean</title>
                    <description>Dec 12 2009Very excited to start our sailing trip we dismissed the early cloudy sky thinking that it would go away.  Wellit didnt.  We were told to bring our bags to the boat around 0730 so they could begin loading.  Afterwards I traded my Bolivia guide book for a Clive Cussler novel appropriate because he writes about the sea.  Then we got breakfast where the rest of the group was meetin</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-Barrier-Reef/Rendezvous-Caye/blog-461310.html</link>
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                    <title>Go Slow You Better Belize It On Caye Caulker</title>
                    <description>Dec 9 2009Another early morning flight meant that we'd be waking up in the middle of the night to get to the airport. But we didnt care because we were on our way to Belize We usually have great success with having free wifi at the airport but this time we weren't as lucky. We flew from Managua Nicaragua with a layover in El Salvador to Belize City BelizeThe Belize currency was exactly </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Belize/Belize-Barrier-Reef/Caye-Caulker/blog-461307.html</link>
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                    <title>Volcano Boarding On Nicaraguan Halloween Day</title>
                    <description>Dec 6 2009When in Nicaragua an address of the destination should be sufficient enough for a taxi driver to figure out how to get there right Wrong. Taxi drivers here needed landmarks and pretty much exact directions to get there. If only we knew that before we arrived in Leon we wouldve found our hostel quicker. Despite our little set back on finding Big Foot hostel we toured around Leon </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Northern-Pacific-Coast/Leon/blog-458460.html</link>
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                    <title>Boating through the Islands of Lake Nicaragua and the City of Granada</title>
                    <description>Dec 4 2009Unlike the USACNDJPN times are far from being exact in Latin America.  In fact I dont even know why there is a bus schedule.  We kept missing the bus the day prior to our departure so we decided to get to the bus stop very early to not miss our transfer in Liberia.  Lucky for us the bus left about 30 min before its scheduled time usually in Latin America transporta</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Granada/blog-458298.html</link>
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                    <title>Splurging On The Pacific Of Costa Rica</title>
                    <description>Dec 2 2009Looking forward to a bit of sun and sand our next destination Tamarindo was a beach town on the Pacific side of Northern Costa Rica. From the Alfaro Station in San Jose we were able to take a cheap local bus to Tamarindo. During our 56 hour ride we noticed that the bus hadnt moved for a while. A little concerned that we were in yet another roadblock we quickly realized that th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-458059.html</link>
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                    <title>Our Version of Medicine Man Canopy Tour in Costa Rica</title>
                    <description>Nov 30 2009The bus to Costa Rica left a little before midnight so we were both able to sleep some before we arrived to the border around 515AM.  Unfortunately Customs didnt open until 600AM so 50 groggy bus riders stood in line waiting.  Ironically we waited longer for an exit stamp from Panama than an entry stamp to Costa Rica same for all Central American border crossings based on our </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/San-Jose/blog-457356.html</link>
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                    <title>Watching Ships Go Through the Panama Canal</title>
                    <description>Nov 27 2009We had breakfast at a cute restaurant before heading off to the airport. At the airport we got a stamp that would allow us to go through to Panama without paying a departure tax Yay. From Cartagena we flew to Bogota. We had about an hour to make our connecting flight to Panama City but we had a few concerns. We flew into Bogotas domestic airport and the shuttle bus between the </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Panama/Panama-City/blog-454658.html</link>
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                    <title>Getting Muddy and Partying with Sloths in Cartagena</title>
                    <description>Nov 24 2009On vacation you are not supposed to have early flights.  Well unfortunately when you are backpacking you take the absolute cheapest flight possible even if it has you waking up at 400 in the morning.  We had the hostel call for a taxi and he was there in less than five minutes.  When the taxi driver asked Domestic or International we replied International only because the airport of</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cartagena/blog-454639.html</link>
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                    <title>Bogota And The Salt Cathedral</title>
                    <description>Nov 22 2009When we checked in for our flight to Bogota Colombia we forgot that there was a departure tax. Usually it was somewhere between 1030US. However the departure tax out of Quito was 41 per person Our cheap flights were turning out to be a lot more expensive than we had hopedWe were pleasantly surprised to find out that the airport had free wifi therefore this gave us an excuse </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Bogota/blog-454638.html</link>
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                    <title>The Middle Of The World</title>
                    <description>Nov 19 2009We arranged a bus with CIFA from Mancora Peru to Quito Ecuador because they seemed like a pretty professional company and there wasnt much option leaving from the small beach town of Mancora.  On the day of departure they told us we would have to switch buses in Tumbes border town and then continue on to Quito.  We were used to having buses that took us through the border and on</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Quito/blog-454637.html</link>
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                    <title>A Well Deserved Beach Break After 40 Hours Of Bussing</title>
                    <description>Nov 15 2009We were leaving Cusco Peru for Lima at 530PM. Justin and I were mentally prepared for the long bus ride there since weve heard from many travelers that the bus ride usually took 24 hours. On the map the distance between Cusco and Lima seemed close but since we were crossing the Andes yet again we were going to be doing switchbacks up and down the mountains.Tepsa was a reputable</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-454318.html</link>
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                    <title>Cusco</title>
                    <description>Nov 14 2009We were completely prepared to ride a series of buses back to Cusco in order to save money over using a private taxi.  However as soon as we got off the train we were offered a shared taxi for 10 soles a person about 6 USD for the both of us.  If we took the buses we were looking at saving only a few dollars and gaining more grey hairsso we opted for the taxi.   In our taxi wer</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/Cusco/blog-452218.html</link>
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                    <title>Machu Picchu</title>
                    <description>Nov 14 2009The first buses didnt head up the mountain until 530AM and because breakfast wasnt available until 445AM we decided we would sleep in until 415.  The breakfast wasnt bad compared to other Peruvian hostels  it even included bananas.  We rushed through breakfast wanting to be the first in line for the buses.  Side Note  You can walk up the mountain and save 7USD but the w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-452219.html</link>
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                    <title>The Little Town Before Machu Picchu</title>
                    <description>Nov 12 2009Happy Birthday Dad It was too bad I couldnt be home to celebrate with you but I know you had a wonderful birthday with Mom We were still in Puno and our bus to Cusco was running very late and the English speaking man who was helping us was so calm and collected when he told us that wed be catching another bus. We were in Peru a place where they treat tourists very well and a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-453378.html</link>
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                    <title>Rafting on Lake Titicaca to the Uros Islands</title>
                    <description>Nov 11 2009Because the tourist bus was going to try a shady border crossing and didnt have a definite plan we thought it would actually be more secure to travel with a local charter bus.  As with all of our Bolivian bus rides the trip itself was eventful.  Thankfully it wasnt stressful on our account.  As we were crossing a usual but random Bolivian checkpoint the officials came on</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-452216.html</link>
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