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Another quick blog. First I am trying to use a "statistics tracking" program for my photos. The program shows number of hits, what site visitors came from and what city, state, country they came from. Now the last blog i sent out showed 0 hits from Illinois. Now for you that don't know it i am from Illinois and if this is correct it means that even my mom isnt looking at my photos. So just in case there is any confusion I only put a few of my photos on travelblog but instead include a link to my photos [View Full Entry]

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what do you do when you travel to a country basically to take photos at a festival and it is raining all day long the day of the festival? That is correct, you send out a new blog. Well I arrived to Bolivia almost a week ago after stopping in Arequipa and Puno in Peru on the way here. I am currently back in Sucre, Bolivia and I have already been many times to my favorite restaurant in south america and had their world famous $4 fillet Mignon stuffed with olives and cheese. i came here to take some photos, [View Full Entry]

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i finally got out of Lima! I was stuck there partly becuase I was lazy and partly because I was waiting for "camera parts". I have only been gone one day and I do miss something - the internet. I could upload 50 photos and hour there and here in Ariquipa peru i can only upload about 4 or 5 photos an hour and when i get back to Bolivia it will be even slower! Therefore, i will only be uploading a few photos. Well isn´t that nice, speaking of photos I just accidently erased 2 gigs of photos. Hopefully I [View Full Entry]

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being robbed and my 15 minutes of fame As some of you know I was robbed about a month ago in Ecuador on my way to Peru, what you didn´t know was that I would get my 15 minutes of fame as a result of it. I was robbed of my computer, Ipod, my cameras and the little cash i had on me on the 29th of December. I arrived to Lima on the 31st of December and I was looking on lonely planet´s thorn tree to see if i could find a replacement camera in the duty free town of [View Full Entry]

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Holiday greetings to all I am currently in Cartagena, Colombia and I'm still not sure where I will be going from here. The small area of Cartagena that I have seen, the old walled city, is a nice area. It is a touristy upscale area with lots of "expensive" restaurants and boutiques. It can be quite hot and humid in Cartagena so I don't know how long I will be staying . One thing is for sure, i will be Either heading North or South fairly soon. Oh, one thing about Cartagena, the "C" word. What is the C word? Well [View Full Entry]

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Happy Holidays!! I wish you and yours a happy holiday season Hopefully I will get this posted before the holidays are over. I am currently in Santa Marta, Colombia. It is a town on the coast about 4 hours north east of cartagena. I am trying to go to cartagena but there is a problem since it is the height of the tourist season in Colombia and it is difficult finding a place to stay there. Santa Marta is a cheap enough place to stay, I have a small private room with cable TV for $4.25 a night. There are [View Full Entry]

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Well I am back in South America, Ecuador to be exact (I was in Ecuador, now i am in Medellin, Colombia). The two weeks in the states flew by and can be summed up with two words. 24 and pizza. I ended up watching 3 seasons of the TV program 24 which probably equates to 60 hours of TV and ate I don't know how many pizzas. The highlights, however was visiting with everyone (well those of you that I saw) and the "annual" reunion at the Bally Muck (a bar for you non Waukeganites). I was also blessed to see [View Full Entry]

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hey everyone, hope all is well. just a quick update to let you all know where I am. I flew out of Iquitos on Saturday, took a bus from Lima for 26 hours to Guayaquil and then another bus for 9 hours to Quito, Ecuador. And now ... I am at my moms in Chicago, Illinois, USA. I found a cheap flight, it was her birthday and i needed to pick something up so here I am. I will be here for two weeks and then I will fly back to Quito, Ecuador and then head up to Colombia (I think). [View Full Entry]

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Hey what´s new, I am way behind on my travelblogs - As always I hope you and yours are doing well. For the few of you who read them, sorry. I guess I will start where I am currently and when I have time make up for the past. Sorry, but this is a long one. Just in case any of you are reading this with your kids - don´t let them read this. Currently I am in iquitos, Peru - in the jungle. This is a big city, about 400k in the Amazon, it is a river town where [View Full Entry]

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