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August 20th 2006

Published: August 25th 2006

The plane touched down in BA thursday morning, 16 hours after leaving the sniffer dogs and scary policemen with big black guns at Heathrow. Trust me to fly on the day people were planning on blowing up all the planes from london! Still I made it to Argentina without incident, nicely full after 3 (surprisingly tasty) British Airways meals. And I'm proud to say my backpack weighed just 14.6kg! Go... Read Full Entry

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Vicky C

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So... finished uni, saved some money, and now I'm off on more or less a year's travel. The plan is 4 1/2months in Argentina working on a ranch (as a cowgirl!), back home for christmas, then off to China end of feb for 6months teaching english followed by a little backpacking, ending in Thailand. I've finished the first half and had an amazing time, and am now back in England catching up with friends and getting organised for China. Little bit scared about this second bit - mainly cos I have to teach (eek!) but also cos once I finally come home I've got to actually find a proper job - booo!... full info

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Argentina, in living statue form!

colourful Caminito

Argentinian police

These guys were just sitting around in El Caminito...so why the riot gear?

Recoleta Cemetary

...city of the dead

The cemetary was truly like a city, it was laid out in a grid with paved streets and lamposts and everything...eerie!

Jesus

This statue of Jesus stood at the centre of the cemetary at the junction on the 2 biggest streets, like a little religious roundabout

angel

30th August 2006

Jen
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nice dancing
Hello Good to see you got there safe and sound. I’m liking the pictures, looks amazing. Glad to see your getting to know the locals and the not the bad looking ones at that, I might pop over for a tango dance myself! Have fun, take care Jen xx

13th September 2006

Sarah B
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you know when you've been tangoed
The place looks amazing Vicky! It's awesome to see that you're really chucking yourself into the history and culture. Good luck with the tango! (i expect lessons when you get back!)

17th September 2006

Gill
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glad all is going well and you seem to be enjoying urself. look forward to more pics and hearing all the stories from ur adventures, im extremely jealous as you know!! take care of yourself hun, loads of love x x x

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