JohnPaulUngar

90,000+ kilometres 10,000 photos 20 countries 15ish months 5 continents 4 laptop chargers 3 cameras 2 gallons of bug spray 1 fantastic trip My last entry: So, my original plan was Guatemala and then Belize. Well that changed to Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. If you are dying to know what I did in these countries, read on! Guatemala featured volcano, historic towns, Mayan jungle ruins, caves, rivers and thousands of bats flying around me as they left a cave at dusk. Guatemala is probably my favourite central American country. Once you look beyond all the guns and McDonalds, there is a fun, friendly, interesting country to explore. Mexico featured amazing beaches, waiting for kite worthy wind that never came, Mayan ruins, trying to avoid hoards of tourists, and some of the most amazing diving experiences you ... read more

Bolivia is an extreme place. Extremes of weather, landscapes, poverty and adventures. This is my last stop before leaving South America and heading up to Central America. There were 3 themes to the Bolivia I saw. These where; Jungle When you think of South America you generally think of rain-forests. I haven't really seen that much of the jungles till now, so I saw the Bolivian jungle and pampas (big flat bit next to the jungles) in style. Stayed at some eco-lodges and hacked my way through the undergrowth in search of wildlife (okay that is a lie, there was no hacking, but I did see a fair bit of wildlife from the comfort of boats and well laid paths). Also met Jen in the Pampas, who was my travel buddy for most of Bolivia, thanks ... read more

Hola Amegos! It has been a little while since I last filled you in on what I have been up to, and I have been up to a fair bit. Here is the quick version; Travelled up to Peru through Argentina and Chile, met up with friends from home, saw some stuff, said good bye to friends, heading further north. If that was enough detail for you go follow the link at the bottom of this page to look at the pretty pictures, if not here is a slightly longer version: After returning from Easter Island I needed to work my way north to Peru to meet up with friends from home who were coming out to meet me for a couple of weeks. On the way I stopped at a few places and did a ... read more

Patagonia is a funny kind of a place, for the most part it is empty, flat and dry. You can go for 30 hours through flat arid landscapes with nothing but the odd boarder checkpoint (as I did), but when you do get to something it is always something truly amazing. It is as if mother nature is making up for the boring bits by giving you some of the most extreme eye candy you will ever see. As you can see from the map I went from the top to the bottom of Patagonia and then back up again. For those interested I visited; Baraloche, El Calafate, El Chilten, Puerto Natales, Urshaia (the end of the world) and Puerto Madryn. I landed in South America in Santiago and spent a week learning a bit of ... read more

NZ South Island, sun, showers, wind, heat, cold, rain, hail and sheep One of the first things I realised on landing in New Zealand was that I needed some warmer clothes. Luckily I had a few days in Christchurch to get these and other supplies while I also looked for a car. The plan is buy a car drive it for a couple of months and then sell it before leaving for about the same as I paid, hopefully this will work out this way. After a lot of searching, kicking tyres and looking at many what can only be termed as 'clamped out bangers' I found the one. A 92 Subaru Legacy GT 4WD, that right a station wagon, and a 4 wheel drive one at that, how cool. (as a note Kiwi's don't seem ... read more