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June 7th 2012

Published: June 7th 2012

To spend 24 hours on a bus and not lose it completely is a painstakingly acquired skill, nurtured over time. Lots of time. We have acquired it. Slowly. Gradually, with every ride longer than the next. Passing time is a skill. Switching off. Waiting for as long as you can before picking up that book just to put it down after a couple of pages as the road is just too bumpy. And now you feel ... Read Full Entry

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Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Chris and Amy

We are Amy and Chris. After completing our first attempt at a round the world trip in 2012, we are currently fitting in careers around our enduring need to see the world. Our blog is primarily for family and friends, but we are always flattered to learn that others have read (and on occasion even enjoyed) our writing and photographs. With that said... Afoot and light hearted, I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose...you road I enter upon and look around! I beli... full info

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7th June 2012

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

Wow!
What a great photo :-)

12th June 2012

Chris and Amy
Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Thanks Jo, we were pretty giddy we we saw how it had come out... couldn´t wait to get our blog up and share it!

8th June 2012

Michelle and Jon do Latin America
Michelle and Jon Gammidge

Amazing photos
Just seen you guys at the top of the featured blogs, you should definitely be up there for top photos, the place looks amazing

12th June 2012

Chris and Amy
Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Hi Michelle and Jon!
Thanks so much! By chance, were you in La Paz last week? We feel like we sat next to you in a pizza place; we had just read your message and felt like it was too much of a coincidence so didn´t say anything... but then we looked at your picture...?!

8th June 2012

Melissa
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Love your blog
Hi from a random Canadian and fellow travel junkie! You are currently on my favourite continent---I have been to SA three times and am planning my fourth trip. Love your words and your pictures!! I hope to read about your travels around Lake Titicaca soon? An amazing experience for me!!

8th June 2012

The Travel Camel
Shane Dallas

Spectacular!
Glad that you were able to capture this beautiful image as seen through the telescope with your camera. That 24 hour bus journey seems worth the effort in order to gaze upon something as glorious as this.

12th June 2012

Chris and Amy
Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Hi Shane!
We´d travel twice as far for something as amazing as that! Hope you´re well!

8th June 2012

B and Fozzy
Barbara and Fozzy

Star gazing
I was watching Brian Cox on Wonders of the Solar system last night on the TV before bed . He was looking at the Milky Way in South Americas clear night sky's .It was very interesting , but give me Amy and Chris's blog any time .They've been to more places in the world and smile more than Brian . Lots of love Dad xxx

12th June 2012

Chris and Amy
Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Smiling more than Brian?!
That´s an achievement :) Thanks for your message dad, it had us smiling all the more...

8th June 2012

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Wow!
That is an amazing photo! :)

12th June 2012

Chris and Amy
Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Thanks Mell
We were amazed to be able to capture it. Wish we could do it all over again!

8th June 2012

RJT
Rachael

Amazing photos!
Your photos are amazing! I am very envious. San Pedro and the Atacama desert is somewhere I've wanted to go for ages. Looks like you had an amazing experience.

12th June 2012

Chris and Amy
Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Hi Rachael!
Thank you!! We hope you get to visit sometime soon, sure you´ll love it as much as we did. Make sure to go star gazing!!

8th June 2012

GRACIELA
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amazing Chile
I recommend Chile. Lovely people and lovely place. Graciela from Argentina.

10th June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

ATACAMA
Planned our 4WD drive through the Atacama Desert many times only to divert to Africa or elsewhere...still at the top of our "To Do" list. I saw the Southern Cross in the Northern Hemisphere when having an early morning leak on the Niger River in Mali...a great surprise. Went to a field at 4am near Coonabarabran in New South Wales to view Halleys Comet one year...blew me away when a heap of tourist buses pulled up to join us. I've even seen a reported UFO...and a meteorite crash just near our home. But to go to exotic locales and lie on my back and watch the starry sky...always special...makes one realise we are just microscopic specks in time & space. Guess I'll make sure I do it when we finally get to Atacama. Keep safe Chris & Amy...what a trip!

12th June 2012

Chris and Amy
Amy Foster & Christopher Ashton

Hi there Dave!
You´ve got quite a few interesting star stories of your own eh?! ha ha! We´re getting achey necks, can´t stop looking up at them! You´ll love the Atacama when you get there! Thanks for the message, take care!!

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