COPACABANA and ISLA DEL SOL: Reunited with water

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September 5th 2008

Published: September 29th 2008

Travelling is partly about realising what you have taken for granted. And so for two little New Zealanders, being reunited with a beach after 1000's of kms of the dry rocky high country of central South America was such a gorgeous relief. Copacabana is nestled against Lake Titicaca - a massive body of frigid fresh water parked at 3850m. Imagine Lake Taupo on steroids - this lake is surrounded by ... Read Full Entry

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ArleneandBenj

Tearing asunder from a pleasant New Zealand urban environment, Benj and Arlene felt like a 'small' getaway, involving a bit of Tahiti (a few days), Easter Island (10 days), South America (6 months) and Mexico (2 months), visiting the Spanish/Iberian connection on route to the UK. Park or ride back to NZ via SE Asia, and work out how to get to Eastern Europe and Turkey in the process. Starting 20 June 2008, and not quite sure when to finish - probably when gripped either by poverty, or the need for familiarity - it´ll be the poverty. ... full info

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Cave virgen

This dodgy platform would have NZ´s DOC changing their underwear. We weren´t keen to try the overhang - it wobbled. When looking for this cave, Arlene´s quote, "there is supposed to be a virgin out here somewhere".