Damien O Halloran

Butsey and Sorchas World Tour

Damien O Halloran

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South America May 25th 2009

On our way to Bolivia with the 6Irish Una, Eileen, Purcell, John, Fiona and Ian all from waterford we stopped off at Copacabana for a couple nights!! Its a little village off Lake Titticaca. Her we wento off to an island to see the Inca Ruins and to see the floating islands which people live on!! These island are man made and the people who live on them have to move every so often for when the water level rises and fall in order not to get caught in the ground below!! Quite amazing! Have a look at the pics!! Pretty cool! Isla del Sol was the name of the island where we seen the Inca ruins! Pics of this island actually turned out good!! 2days we only had in Copacabana and then it was off ... read more
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South America » Peru » Cusco May 15th 2009

We decided to get a bus from Lima to the north of Peru to Chiclayo and trujillo but then changed our mind and so decided to go straight to Cusco. Bit of a waisted journey but we did get to see the countryside and so we bumped into a few irish on the bus!! 6irish to be exact and they ended up booking in to the same hostel as us! Una almost won a free bus ticket but some stupid peruvian guy ended up wnning instead!! Bingo on a bus is pretty cool!!! At first we stayed in Southern Comfort Hostel which was pretty cool and had comfy beds!We decided to book the Inca Jungle Trek with the other 6irish who were from waterford bai!!! The Inca Jungle Trek was a trek for 3nghts/4days and involved ... read more
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South America » Colombia » Taganga May 7th 2009

After getting back from the jungle we decided to hang around Quito for a night and then catch the flight from Quito to Medellion on the 6th!!! We stayed in Medellion for 1 night in Black Sheep hostel which was really nice and so we sat down to watch Anchorman and The kite Runner. The next day we decided to take a look around the city and so when we stepped of the train we saw a student protest. As we had to go through the protest we decided to hurry and so when we were in the middle of the students they all scattered and so wat we saw was riot police comin up the road in an army tank spraying all the students. There was nowhere for us to go and so we had ... read more
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South America » Ecuador » East » Cuyabeno Reserve April 30th 2009

So on the way to the Tour Agents with Collie and Darlene we decided to look up trips into the jungle. We saw a trip to the Cuyobeno Reserve for 4nights/5days. It only cost 240 dollars which we thought was a bargain as it included meals, accommodation and your tours each day. Off we went paying for it and again we decided to change our mind and go to columbia on a flight. This was a flight from Quito to Medellion and stay for 2wks in Columbia and return to Lima and total cost was 109euro. First stop was the Amazon Jungle. The trip to the jungle was 9hrs on a local bus that was roastin and the fact that we decided to drink on the way didnt help at all!! It was an overnight bus ... read more
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South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores April 25th 2009

So we are talkin with collie and Darlene and they wanna go to Columbia and they said that the diving course is really cheap in columbia so they convince us to go there! Not that we needed much convincing we did want to do the course so we have it for NZ and Australia!! So i decided to convince that we would be better off goin to columbia as soon as possible nd make our way towards Santiago from there!! After all d talkin we were due a pint so we just got locked that night!! We headed off the next day for Quito from Lima which would take us 5days on buses constantly and boy were we tired after that trip!! we stayed in Secret Garden in Quito which was overly expensive but we did ... read more
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South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines April 21st 2009

Went here with Collie nd Darlene, wanted to do the Nasca Lines fly over but was talkin to a couple people in the Hostel nd they said that the airplane was too small and the flight was v jumpy and well get sick everywhere so we decided to give it a miss and go drinking all day instead. The hostel had a swimming pool so we just drink poolside nd got woken up early in the morning by the roosters across the road! There were about 20 of them and they woke us up both mornings at 6!! So annoying. We decided to head to Paracas which was an overnight bus from Nasca and is supposedly a "Poor Mans Galapagos Islands". That was right up our street so we decided to go here!!. As you can ... read more
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South America » Peru » Arequipa » Arequipa April 16th 2009

1st part of Peru and boy was it good!!! Tried a local delicasy Guinea Pig!! Tasted just like Chicken... read more
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South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique April 12th 2009

We went here with Collie and Darlene and ended up staying for 9days! Stayed in Backpackers Hostel which was overlooking the beach!! Surfers beach aswell, waves were massive!!! I got battered a couple times by the waves when i got stuck under a wave and it ended up smashing me against the sand and i got a bruised chin nd jaw!! Was afraid after that!! We were there for Darlenes bday and the place was full of surfers so the party was class!! Met a lovely couple called Dave and Linda!! Linda ended up making us a roast dinner and it was delicious!!! Plenty of drinking had at this spot!! Mostly ate in for ourselves.... We wrecked the place on the last night!! Owner wasnt happy!!... read more
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South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta April 4th 2009

Nothing really done here except drinking and visiting the city. Did the cable car up to the top of the mountain and seen some great views of the city!!!... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza April 1st 2009

Wine Wine and more Wine!!! Stayed in Hostal Independencia and this city was one of the nicest Ive seen. Lots of plazas and places to drink Wine!! Activities; Did the wine tour on the last day here!! Me and Sorcha ended up gettin lost on the bikes while we were bonkers!! Ended up 2 towns over and had to cycle for an hour to get back!! Sorcha started freaking out but i didnt give a bollix cos we were bonkers. Bought a bottle of wine for 20euro and we are keepin it til we get home!! Bottle No.436, hope its nice!!!... read more
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