David Andersen

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David Andersen

I am taking a gap year before attending Tulane University to travel in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil

Futbol in La Paz

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz October 18th 2012

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Today, I crossed the border from Bolivia into Peru once again. But while in La Paz, Bolivia, I got to see two world cup eliminating soccer games. The first one was Bolivia versus Peru, and it was a tie. The stadium was full because so many Peruvians came to watch the game as well. I was rooting for Bolivia of course! The second game was Bolivia versus Uruguay and Bolivia won 4 to 1! This could have been partially becuase of the fact that the Bolivian national stadium in La Paz is the highest stadium in the world!... read more

Time in Peru coming to an end

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Arequipa October 1st 2012

Bus Problems

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Yesterday I arrived here in Arequipa, Peru, which is the second largest city in Peru and is surrounded by 3 huge volcanoes. I took a bus from Cusco yestersay morning which should have been a 9 hour trip. However, about halfway to Arequipa one of the tires exploded and started burning and the bus started rocking. We pulled over and it took them almost 2 hours to put on the spare, then we had to drive slowly. So the 9 hour bus trip turned into an 11 hour bus trip. While in Cusco, I did a 5 day trek called the Salkantay Trek, (because it is a trek around the Slakantay mountain) with the final destination at Machu Picchu. The trek was beautiful and quite a workout but was definitely worth it. We left on monday ... read more

Kasane

Africa » Botswana » North-West » Chobe National Park June 25th 2012

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On Friday we traveled north to Kasane for the weekend where we went on a game drive in Chobe Natiobal Park and boat cruises on the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers. We saw the point where Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe meet. We also got to see a bunch of wildlife!... read more

Victoria Falls

Africa » Zimbabwe » Victoria Falls June 23rd 2012

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On saturday we took a bus from Kasane to Vic Falls, in Zimbabwe. It was about 70 km into Zimbabwe, and we had to get a visa. The falls were amazing though and defintely worth the trip.... read more

First day in Botswana

Africa » Botswana June 10th 2012

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I arrived yesterday at noon in Gaborone, Botswana and am now at the Maru a Pula School. Classes start tomorrow!... read more

Preparing For Travel

North America » United States » Ohio » Cleveland May 17th 2012

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Just figuring out how to use this blog... read more

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