Hola mis chicos! Umm...sorry its been such a long time, i kinda forgot to write on the blog for the last 2 months :( But im now gonna update on all that in a few posts and try and keep it a bit more up to date. So...the rest of the season! In August be had a lot of snowfall, which meant lots of powder riding. It was snowing at least every week, if not twice a week. And the great thing about El Colorado is that when it snows, itll snow a lot all day, and you wake up the [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday is not usually altogether much different than any other day of the week. Sometime around 7 carly gets up. She is understandably not happy about this, so I am considerate and stay in bed til 8ish so as not to get in her way. Often I wake to the sound of cell-fon bull frogs. On occasion, I discover a freshly ground and brewed french press of strong dark coffee, which is surely a sign of the gods’ benevolence. Whether bull frogs or café, there are a few peculiar variations. Some days, it is the gas man. He pedals about the [View Full Entry]

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OK, I made it to Chile alive...had quite an adventure getting here. I already like Chile. I started being well disposed to it on the drive over, beautiful andes, and when we crossed to the chile side, things started getting more green, it was awesome. The other side is more dry, I guess cause all the clouds drop their rain on the Andes before. So, this ends my latin american epic, I think. There is still plenty I haven't seen, but you'll never see it all, you always only see a small portion of the world or wherever. But on the [View Full Entry]

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Day 571 (20.10.08) It's 2pm on the 20th October 2008 are we: a) Waiting in a queue in the post office in Auckland, NZ b) Sitting on a bus on the way to our hostel in Santiago, Chile c) Both of the above? Due to the wonders of the International Date Line the answer is c. After spending the morning finishing off little jobs in Auckland we caught the bus out to the airport and at 6.35pm took off and waved goodbye to the land of the long white cloud. 11 or so hours later after an uneventful flight we arrived [View Full Entry]

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last stop in south america! we spent a few days in santiago and then went to beach resort called vina del mar just up the coast. did some sunbathing and swimming in the sea - good laugh all round! [View Full Entry]

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Just spent an amazing 5 days in Santiago, its a lovely city. So day 1 I arrived, completed spaced out, thought about spending the first day relaxing at the hostel. But got talking to a couple of Irish girls and decided to go with them into the city. Walked to the main square and then up to the Japanese garden, from the top gives amazing views over the city with the Andes as the back drop. Drifted back to the hostel, and sat in the garden and had a couple of beers. But it wasn’t long before I was feeling very [View Full Entry]

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That last posting wasn´t meant to go through. I thought I could write it and come back and edit it later on and then post it. Anyway...... Like I said before, the second week has been good, I can´t believe I only have 1 more week left at the Orphanage. I think when I come back from Machu Picchu I am going to do one more day there. My plan is to go to Cusco on Sunday and then come back on the thursday. i haven´t booked anything yet but that´s the plan. I will hopefully book it this weekend. I [View Full Entry]

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.....is schee, is groß...de konn scho wos. Und trotzdem, ich sogs eich, ziag i aus, aus meim vierzwasiebndreißga-Haus Gonz nah zur Uni ziag i um ..des Verkehrssystem in Santiago is nämli ehrli dumm! Oba wos hoid föht, suwui do ois a duat ..eigentli an jedem Uat.. Des seids ihr, meine Freind und liabn Leit ..hob ma docht des muass i eich sogn HEIT. Hob i ma a docht, des konn jo net sein.. hiats hob i deshoib a klans BITTELEIN! Wö mein Wond is och, soo leer.. do wünsch i ma GONZ VÜLE Erinnerungen her! Ob Fotos, Zeichungen, G'schichtln oder Schmuck.. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Auckland airport 6 hours early, after giving back the motorhome, as the process went very smoothly and quickly. We killed time, as you do in airports, and headed for the check in desk when it finally opened, 30 mins late, to be told there was a delay and come back in an hour. Softening the blow with some food vouchers. This made us suspicious that something was not right. On return to the desk we found that our LAN air flight to Chile (12 hours duration) was cancelled. Arghhh! was the first response. Then they told us that [View Full Entry]

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Hola! So have arrived safely, feeling a little spaced as it was quite a long journey, think I finally landed around 16h00 Lux time, and then another 2 hours probably to get through immigration etc, and get into town. So I think Im going to chill out for today, get to sleep early (i know - wild first day!) and then get going tomorrow. But from what I have seen of Santiago so far it seems a nice city, looking forward to exploring further :) [View Full Entry]

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