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December 26th 2012
Published: February 14th 2013
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We felt very excited to be out of the gringo-land when we landed in Terapoto, little town and the closest airport for starting the Amazon River experience. Yes, we could have flown directly to Iquitos but what is the fun in that? We wanted to spend a few fine and quiet days on a barca (cargo/passenger boat) to get to our final destination, Colombia. The moment we exited the plane, humid and hot ai... Read Full Entry



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Our RTW lasted 583 days = 1 year, 7 months, 5 days. That means 83 weeks/13,992 hours/839,520 minutes/50,371,200 seconds of LIVING THE DREAM We love to travel. It is as simple as that ;-) 30.09.2011 we embarked on the trip of our lives ;-) in 2007 we got inspired by our friends (Monique and Nigel who constantly travel and have been on the RTW) and since then we have been thinking about it all the time. We finally set up a date, started to save up and focused only on preparation ;-) We could not just stay at home all the time so we traveled a bit in between but ... full info
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15th February 2013
pink dolphin catching a fish

liliram
liliram

Wow
And I had to join a long line in Sentosa Island to see one! (In captivity)
15th February 2013
pink dolphin catching a fish

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

hi Liliram
yeah these pink dolphins similarly to those in the Mekong river are abundant;-) we could see them swimming around everywhere...but again it is just because local people believe in a legend that they transform into handsome men and kidnapped their daughters if disturbed;-) cheers, B&T
8th March 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Changing perspectives
Travel teaches you not to sweat the small stuff. Don't worry about the things you cannot change. Sorry you didn't see more animals.
9th January 2014

Sophie
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Just wanted to say
Just wanted to say what a great blog you have here. Some great tips. My computer just died and I was worried I wouldn't find it again... But here it is... Many thanks for sharing, I am heading to SA in May and some of your advice is priceless!

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