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April 27th 2012

Published: May 3rd 2012

We didn’t get into Bolivia the first time we tried. Or, rather, on the day that we were supposed to try. Snow, in unseasonal quantities, had led to the closure of the Bolivian border and threatened the closure of the Paso de Jama back into Argentina, so we weren’t going anywhere. Quirky San Pedro de Atacama in north-eastern Chile would have to put up with us hanging around for another day. The... Read Full Entry

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Elizabeth Weir

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I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands. So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info

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3rd May 2012

Nicky
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Gotta love San Pedro
Glad you got to spend some time there, but I hope your cold/chest infection cleared up before La Paz, the altitude is brutal there and *everything* is uphill. I had bronchitus there and spent three days in bed :/

4th May 2012

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Love the blog
We are planning a trip to Chile in 2013 so this was very helpful. Looking forward to reading more. Love the spectacled ducks. Car trouble in the Andes can't be good. The star gazing sounds amazing.

5th May 2012

Bigindianwedding
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Awesome pics
These kind of post are always inspiring and I prefer to read quality content so I happy to find many good point here in the post

24th May 2012

Wedding Planners
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Wedding Planners
Good post man, just looking around some blogs, seems a pretty nice platform you are using.

26th June 2012

Ceds & Lyds Miller
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Great travel journalism
Thanks for a great blog. We are planning to cross Paso de Jama later this week and hope for clear skies and some good photo opportunities.

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