From the green green grass of home, to even greener faraway hills. Our round-the-world travelogue

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About this blog

Hi Everyone,

This is the diary of our trip taking us through South America, New Zealand and Australia and beyond. So while you are all missing us terribly at home, we hope this helps to keep in touch with us on our tour through wild and wonderful places!

Enjoy,

Aoife and Tadgh

• 1

  1 week to go   Cork, Ireland on Feb 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 2

  Rio de Janeiro.....carnival time   Rio de janeiro, Brazil on Feb 20, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
• 3

  Pit stop in Sao Paulo   Sao Paulo, Brazil on Feb 21, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 4

  Sun Sea and all the beaches   Florianapolis, Brazil on Feb 22, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  Washed out in the The Iguazu Falls....   Puerto de iguazu, Argentina on Mar 1, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
• 6

  Buenos Aires.....and more rain   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Mar 3, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 7

  Colonia - A little Gem   Colonia, Uruguay on Mar 5, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
• 8

  Montevideo and beyond   Montevideo, Uruguay on Mar 7, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  Back to Colonia   Colonia, Uruguay on Mar 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  Buenos Aires - Beefest   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Mar 10, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
• 11

  Ushuia - As south as it goes!   Ushuia, Argentina on Mar 15, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  Paddys Day in El Calafate   El Calafate, Argentina on Mar 17, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  Torres del Paine...pain being the word!   Peurto Natales, Chile on Mar 21, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
• 14

  Bariloche and the Chilean Border   Bariloche, Argentina on Mar 29, 2006 31 pictures 0 comments
• 15

  Volcano Climbing in Pucon   Pucon, Chile on Apr 6, 2006 25 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Spainish lessons and Vineyards   Mendoza, Argentina on Apr 7, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Salta - quick and painful!   Salta, Argentina on Apr 15, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  Tilcara to La Quiaca, bye bye Argentina   Tilcara, Argentina on Apr 19, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  The salt planes   Uyuni, Bolivia on Apr 21, 2006 39 pictures 0 comments
• 20

  Tupiza and our first stay in Bolivia   Tupiza, Bolivia on Apr 21, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 21

  Potosi and the mines   Potosi, Bolivia on Apr 25, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  Sucre   Sucre, Bolivia on Apr 29, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  La Paz....and the hospital saga   La Paz, Bolivia on May 2, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  Tropical Paradise   Coroico, Bolivia on May 6, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Rurrenabaque....Pampas and Jungle   Rurrenabaque, Bolivia on May 9, 2006 33 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  La Paz to Peru   Puno, Peru on May 16, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Inca-Land   Cusco, Peru on May 20, 2006 40 pictures 0 comments
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  Lima   Lima, Peru on Jun 2, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Huaraz...conquering the altitude   Huaraz, Peru on Jun 4, 2006 26 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Back to the heat at last !!!!   Mancora, Peru on Jun 9, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Quito for Columbian Visas   Quito, Ecuador on Jun 14, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
• 32

  The forbidden Land!   Bogota, Colombia on Jun 22, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 33

  Sun, sea and scuba diving!   Santa Marta, Colombia on Jun 25, 2006 12 pictures 1 comment
• 34

  Cartagena, lifestyles of the rich and famous   Cartagena, Colombia on Jul 14, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Medellin, party Capital   Medellin, Colombia on Jul 14, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 36

  Perreira to Popayan and the coffee farms   Pereira, Colombia on Jul 17, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Popayan and out of Colombia   Popayan, Colombia on Jul 19, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Out of Columbia, back to Quito   Quito, Ecuador on Jul 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Whale watching   Puerto Lopez, Ecuador on Jul 24, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 40

  Mancora revisited   Mancora, Peru on Jul 26, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Mancora revisited   Mancora, Ecuador on Jul 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  Lima for holiday weekend in Peru   Lima, Peru on Jul 29, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sandboarding and some lines   Huachachina and Nazca, Peru on Jul 30, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  Scaling 6000m mountains   Arequipa, Peru on Aug 2, 2006 21 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  Day at the cop shop   Arica, Chile on Aug 8, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Arrival to a snow storm   Bariloche, Argentina on Aug 11, 2006 22 pictures 0 comments
• 47

  Santiago, Good Bye South America   Santiago, Chile on Aug 23, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 48

  Down Under - the next frontier   Auckland, New Zealand on Aug 26, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 49

  Auckland to Kawakawa   Langs beach, New Zealand on Aug 29, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 50

  Kawakawa to wangerei   Wangerei, New Zealand on Aug 29, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  Whangerei to Haihei   Haihei, New Zealand on Aug 30, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
• 52

  Haihei to Rotorua.....a smelly journey   Rotorua, New Zealand on Sep 2, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 53

  Rotorua to Taupo - skydive mania   Taupo, New Zealand on Sep 5, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 54

  Taupo to Wanganui   Wanganui, New Zealand on Sep 5, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 55

  The capital   Wellington, New Zealand on Sep 6, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 56

  South Island begins   Blenheim, New Zealand on Sep 8, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  Blenheim to Abel Tasman   Nelson, New Zealand on Sep 10, 2006 13 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  The West Coast   Marahau to Whataroa, New Zealand on Sep 13, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Fox and Franz Joe Glaciers   Fox, New Zealand on Sep 14, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  Wanaka   Wanaka, New Zealand on Sep 15, 2006 15 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Fjiordland   Fjiordland Te Anau, New Zealand on Sep 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Glenorchy   Glenorchy, New Zealand on Sep 18, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 63

  Mount Cook   Cook Village, New Zealand on Sep 30, 2006 19 pictures 0 comments
• 64

  Christchurch   Christchurch, New Zealand on Oct 2, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  Our 5 star camper to Auckland   Aucland, New Zealand on Oct 6, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 66

  Welcome to OZ   Sydney, Australia on Oct 8, 2006 22 pictures 0 comments
• 67

  On the road again   Cairns, Australia on Nov 15, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 68

  Cape Tribulation   Cape Tribulation, Australia on Nov 21, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 69

  Atherton Table   Mareeba, Australia on Nov 23, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 70

  Inisfail, Mission Beach to Wallaman falls   Inisfail, Australia on Nov 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 71

  Townsville and Maggie   Townsville, Australia on Nov 27, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Townsville to Airlie Beach and Whitsundays   Airlie Beach, Australia on Nov 29, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Town of 1770, a little Gem   Town of 1770, Australia on Dec 2, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 74

  Hervey Bay Fraser Island   Hervey Bay, Australia on Dec 8, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
• 75

  To Brisbane   Brisbane, Australia on Dec 12, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments
• 76

  Driving home for Christmas   Gold Coast to Sydney, Australia on Dec 15, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 77

  Xmas in Sydney   Sydney part 2, Australia on Dec 21, 2006 10 pictures 0 comments
• 78

  Off to meet old friends   Perth, Australia on Jan 10, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
• 79

  Back to the madness   Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 14, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
• 80

  The floating Markets   Damoan Saduak, Thailand on Jan 16, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
• 81

  Gatecrashing the honeymooners!   Hua HIn, Thailand on Jan 17, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 83

  Another Border crossing nightmare   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Jan 20, 2007 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Phnom Pehn   Phnom Pehn, Cambodia on Jan 22, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
• 85

  Into the Nam   Chau Doc, Vietnam on Jan 26, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Saigon City   Saigon, Vietnam on Jan 27, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Mui Ne for some Chillaxing   Mui Ne, Vietnam on Feb 6, 2007 15 pictures 0 comments
• 88

  The ass breaking moto tour   Dalat, Vietnam on Feb 6, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Nha Trang   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Feb 7, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 90

  Suits and dresses Galore   Hoi An, Vietnam on Feb 10, 2007 13 pictures 0 comments
• 91

  Hue for a quick stop   Hue, Vietnam on Feb 15, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
• 92

  Happy New Year from Hanoi   Hanoi, Vietnam on Feb 16, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Sapa   Sapa, Vietnam on Feb 17, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Hanoi Bia Hoa and Halong Bay   Hanoi, Vietnam on Feb 20, 2007 19 pictures 0 comments
• 95

  What a change   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 24, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Tubing   Vang Vien, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 28, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
• 97

  Slow boat to Thailand   Huay Xai, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Mar 7, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 98

  Chang Mai   Chang Mai, Thailand on Mar 8, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 99

  Sun, Sand and the Islands   Ko Phanang, Thailand on Mar 9, 2007 8 pictures 0 comments
• 100

  Our final Hours...   Bangkok, Thailand on Mar 16, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
• 101

  Home Again   Cork, Ireland on Mar 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments