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Pucon, Chile to Coromandel Peninsula, NZ

December 8th 2007
Back tracking slightly...... it feels like we left South America months ago! From El Chalten we had a few days of travelling to take us back over the border and into Chile for the last time. Our destination was Pucon, in the Chilean lakes. The town has two claims to fame - one being an immense, perfectly conical, active volcano towering over the town, and the second being a beautifully blue lake. ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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Andy and Clare

Welcome to our blog. After a long and hard month off, we are almost ready to leave. We don't know how often we will update this blog, but we hope to add pictures every now and then to show you what we have been up to. Here is our current itinerary; mainly only flights at this stage and very general ideas on what we might be doing - but we will try and update it when we know more. Please come and meet us if you have the urge! 10th July - fly from Heathrow to Quito (Ecuador) Ecuador and Northern Peru 8th August - fly from Lima (Peru) to Cusco (Peru) Machu Picchu, the Amazon b... full info

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