Tearing asunder from a pleasant New Zealand urban environment, Benj and Arlene felt like a 'small' getaway, involving a bit of Tahiti (a few days), Easter Island (10 days), South America (6 months) and Mexico (2 months), visiting the Spanish/Iberian connection on route to the UK. Park or ride back to NZ via SE Asia, and work out how to get to Eastern Europe and Turkey in the process.
Starting 20 June 2008, and not quite sure when to finish - probably when gripped either by poverty, or the need for familiarity - it´ll be the poverty.
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Senor Local KnowledgeThis guy accompanied us in our pilgrimage around Capilla del monte. He ensured our safety from the other local dogs by submitting aggresively. He didnt manage to help us with our map problems though.
Derilict train systems everywhereThe military government terminated Argentinas extensive British built and operated rail system, leaving all sorts of decaying artifacts of recent times gone by.