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December 15th 2008
Published: January 13th 2009
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My goal of doing a complete circuit of South America had failed, but only to the tune of roughly half the continent. Distances had again proved to be my downfall. It takes less than a day to traverse England, a yardstick wholly inadequate for applying to most other non-European countries, let alone continents. Brazil was the stand-out omission (I'm not counting my couple of hours at Iguazu), wi... Read Full Entry



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15th January 2009

Epic journey!
I too underestimated south-america - the size and my own time consuming dallying. Will you be adding a top XYZ? - I'd be particularly interested in a top 20 undiscovered highlights - those that don't feature prominently in the guide books. Great blog as always.
16th January 2009

Re Ali's comment
Thanks for the comment! I'm leaving the lists until the end of my entire trip, which will occur (probably) somewhere in Africa in December of this year.

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