Making friends with the locals

January 12th 2014
Having spent a relaxing and very hot festive period in Mendoza, sampling the wine, barbecuing Christmas dinner and celebrating New Year's Eve with a gluttonous seven course meal, we decided it was about time we got a new stamp in our passports. So, early on the 2nd January we decided to cross the border to Chile, which involved scaling the Andes (in bus of course) and being searched for contraband ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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Liz & Ross

Around the world eventually

Hello. We are Ross and Liz and on the 20th November 2013 (a wet and grey British winter's day) we finally set off on our long planned trip around the globe. We started our adventure in Buenos Aires, Argentina and have since made our way around South America, South East Asia, Sri Lanka and overland from the UK to Hong Kong, where we hopped over to Japan and then down to New Zealand. After five fantastic months camper vanning around NZ we are heading over to Australia for three months before finally heading home (via Thailand and Frankfurt). We travel at a nice slow pace, visiting all the s... full info

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