Round The World (with a stop at Rosie's)

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Having finally decided to quit work (we're not getting any younger) a long journey seems in order. We're planning to spend time in South East Asia (including some diving). Then having a stopover in Oz with Rosie and Steve (and their new baby, Beatrix) before spending time in South America. Improving our Spanish and seeing some new sights are on the cards...

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  Countdown!   Leeds, United Kingdom on Apr 24, 2009 1 picture 2 comments
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  Packing furiously   Leeds, United Kingdom on Jun 4, 2009 1 picture 7 comments
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  Arrived in Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Jun 17, 2009 45 pictures 5 comments
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  Travelling to spend time with temples, Ayutthaya   Ayutthaya, Thailand on Jun 21, 2009 52 pictures 4 comments
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  Sukhothai - more temples   Sukhothai, Thailand on Jun 25, 2009 68 pictures 4 comments
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  Lopburi; monkey business around the temples.   Lop Buri, Thailand on Jun 25, 2009 39 pictures 1 comment
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  Bangkok 'Wot, again?'   Bangkok, Thailand on Jun 26, 2009 41 pictures 1 comment
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  Last day in Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Jun 28, 2009 31 pictures 2 comments
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  Koh Nang Yuan - paradise or prison?   Koh Tao, Thailand on Jul 1, 2009 37 pictures 3 comments
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  Nang Yuan diving   Koh Tao, Thailand on Jul 3, 2009 34 pictures 4 comments
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  Koh Samui - a home from home?   Mae Nam, Koh Samui, Thailand on Jul 6, 2009 8 pictures 2 comments
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  What are we doing with our time in Koh Samui?   Mae Nam, Koh Samui, Thailand on Jul 18, 2009 16 pictures 2 comments
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  Ko Tao - a diving diversion for TP   Ko Tao, Thailand on Jul 24, 2009 20 pictures 1 comment
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  Jen goes back to school   Ban Mae Nam, Thailand on Jul 30, 2009 22 pictures 3 comments
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  Big Buddha, Koh Samui   Ban Mae Nam, Thailand on Aug 1, 2009 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Ko Samui Reflections   Ban Mae Nam, Thailand on Aug 5, 2009 55 pictures 0 comments
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  Georgetown: shophouses and trading   Georgetown, Malaysia on Aug 8, 2009 47 pictures 1 comment
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  More Georgetown; a touch of incense in the air!   Georgetown, Malaysia on Aug 9, 2009 36 pictures 2 comments
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  Ipoh. Where???   Ipoh, Malaysia on Aug 10, 2009 23 pictures 3 comments
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  Melaka, Home of the Baba-Nonyas   Melaka, Malaysia on Aug 13, 2009 78 pictures 6 comments
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  Singapore; are you sure we're still in Asia?   Singapore, Singapore on Aug 15, 2009 52 pictures 1 comment
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  Arrival in Oz; it's a family affair...   Brisbane, Australia on Aug 24, 2009 46 pictures 2 comments
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  Another week in Brisbane   Brisbane, Australia on Aug 28, 2009 10 pictures 2 comments
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  A Mountain Excursion   Beechmont, Australia on Aug 29, 2009 63 pictures 2 comments
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  Brisbane to Hervey Bay   Torquay, Australia on Sep 2, 2009 49 pictures 2 comments
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  Hervey Bay to Benaraby   Benaraby, Australia on Sep 4, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Benaraby to Rubyvale; a gem of a journey   Rubyvale, Australia on Sep 5, 2009 25 pictures 0 comments
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  Rubyvale to Calen; back towards the coast   Calen, Australia on Sep 6, 2009 19 pictures 3 comments
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  Calen to Townsville   Townsville, Australia on Sep 7, 2009 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Townsville to Cardwell and Tully and on to Cairns   Cairns, Australia on Sep 8, 2009 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Cairns to Cape Tribulation: we got here!!!   Cape Tribulation, Australia on Sep 12, 2009 68 pictures 0 comments
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  Diving the Ribbon Reefs; into the Cod Hole!   Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Australia on Sep 16, 2009 26 pictures 3 comments
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  Lizard Island and a low flight down the QLD coast   Lizard Island, Australia on Sep 17, 2009 26 pictures 2 comments
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  Mission Beach   Mission Beach, Australia on Sep 19, 2009 24 pictures 3 comments
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  Mission Beach to Townsville (and some more diving)   Townsville, Australia on Sep 21, 2009 22 pictures 2 comments
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  Townsville to Giru (or just outside anyway)   Giru, Australia on Sep 22, 2009 21 pictures 2 comments
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  Giru to Sarina   Sarina, Australia on Sep 23, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Sarina to Kinka Beach (no, that was KinkA Beach!)   Kinka Beach, Australia on Sep 24, 2009 16 pictures 2 comments
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  Kinka Beach to 1770; that's a place, not a number!   1770, Australia on Sep 25, 2009 48 pictures 1 comment
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  1770 to Rainbow Beach (but no pot of gold!)   Rainbow Beach, Australia on Sep 26, 2009 33 pictures 0 comments
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  Beaches Wars! From Rainbow to Dicky!   Dicky Beach, Australia on Sep 29, 2009 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Dicky Beach to Brisbane: we made it!   Deagon, Brisbane, Australia on Sep 30, 2009 6 pictures 2 comments
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  Brisbane: revisited and departed   Deagon, Brisbane, Australia on Oct 17, 2009 79 pictures 1 comment
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  Buenos Aires: faded elegance   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Oct 28, 2009 32 pictures 4 comments
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  Out and about in Buenos Aires   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 1, 2009 66 pictures 1 comment
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  Carlinhos Brown in Buenos Aires   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 2, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Rainy Days in Buenos Aires   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 3, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
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  La Boca: Colour, life and tourist tat   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 5, 2009 45 pictures 1 comment
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  Madness, music and Las Madres   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 6, 2009 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Buenos Aires cafes and bars   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 8, 2009 27 pictures 2 comments
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  A very wet day in San Antonio de Areco   San Antonio de Areco, Argentina on Nov 13, 2009 36 pictures 2 comments
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  Final days in Buenos Aires   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 18, 2009 90 pictures 4 comments
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  Montevideo - it's not yet changed to Monte-DVD!   Montevideo, Uruguay on Nov 20, 2009 59 pictures 1 comment
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  Salto; hot springs, wet rain   Salto, Uruguay on Nov 23, 2009 49 pictures 0 comments
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  Fray Bentos; that sounds familiar!   Fray Bentos, Uruguay on Nov 25, 2009 48 pictures 0 comments
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  Colonia; every house a museum?   Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on Nov 28, 2009 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Buenos Aires - Slight Return   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov 30, 2009 33 pictures 2 comments
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  Hot News! Uruguay election results!   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Dec 1, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  What makes Rosario such a good place to live?   Rosario, Argentina on Dec 3, 2009 60 pictures 0 comments
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  Mercedes; final resting place of Gauchito Gil   Mercedes, Argentina on Dec 6, 2009 33 pictures 0 comments
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  Pellegrini; floating islands, crocs and big rats!   Colonia Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina on Dec 8, 2009 73 pictures 0 comments
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  Your mission, if you choose to accept it...   San Ignacio, Argentina on Dec 11, 2009 37 pictures 0 comments
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  Iguazu falls: so that's where all the rain went!   Puerto Iguazú, Argentina on Dec 15, 2009 47 pictures 2 comments
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  Out of Iguazu with a bang; on to Ciudad del Este   Ciudad del Este, Paraguay on Dec 16, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Encarnación - and we manage to see Jesús!   Encarnación, Paraguay on Dec 18, 2009 55 pictures 0 comments
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  Asunción; we're travellers, get us out of here!   Asuncion, Paraguay on Dec 20, 2009 11 pictures 2 comments
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  Xmas greetings!   Resistencia, Argentina on Dec 21, 2009 1 picture 7 comments
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  Resistencia: city of sculpture   Resistencia, Argentina on Dec 22, 2009 41 pictures 0 comments
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  Our 'current' location   Corrientes, Argentina on Dec 23, 2009 24 pictures 1 comment
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  Salta: our first sight of the Andes and our Xmas!   Salta, Argentina on Dec 25, 2009 35 pictures 3 comments
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  Multicoloured mountains and angels with guns!   Humahuaca, Argentina on Dec 27, 2009 53 pictures 1 comment
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  Following the Train To The Clouds   San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina on Dec 29, 2009 81 pictures 0 comments
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  Cafayate; days of wine, icecream and waterways   Cafayate, Argentina on Jan 2, 2010 42 pictures 2 comments
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  Tucumán; chilling out and getting heated!   San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina on Jan 5, 2010 26 pictures 1 comment
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  Like Birmingham but better!   Córdoba, Argentina on Jan 10, 2010 64 pictures 2 comments
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  Wines, Bikes, Barnsley and Bernard O'Higgins   Mendoza, Argentina on Jan 16, 2010 45 pictures 1 comment
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  Over the Andes to Santiago   Santiago, Chile on Jan 23, 2010 95 pictures 6 comments
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  Carnival Time in Paradise Valley!   Valparaíso, Chile on Jan 27, 2010 89 pictures 2 comments
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  City of churches, craft stalls and penguins!   La Serena, Chile on Jan 31, 2010 55 pictures 1 comment
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  More Marys than you can shake a skull stick at.   San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Feb 6, 2010 91 pictures 1 comment
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  Mountains, lakes, salt plains & altitude sickness   Uyuni, Bolivia on Feb 8, 2010 82 pictures 5 comments
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  Dead people, dead trains and dead electrics!   Uyuni, Bolivia on Feb 10, 2010 30 pictures 3 comments
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  Let the festivities begin (but not in the convent)   Potosi, Bolivia on Feb 13, 2010 78 pictures 0 comments
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  No sugar but lots of water and... dinosaurs!   Sucre, Bolivia on Feb 19, 2010 61 pictures 5 comments
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  Possibly the highest capital city in the world...   La Paz, Bolivia on Feb 23, 2010 89 pictures 2 comments
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  Shining Lake Titicaca (when it isn't raining).   Copacabana, Bolivia on Feb 26, 2010 47 pictures 2 comments
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  Despite the name, it's not always sunny here!   Isla del Sol, Bolivia on Feb 28, 2010 51 pictures 0 comments
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  Incas, Pre-incas and a load of willies.   Puno, Peru on Mar 5, 2010 113 pictures 0 comments
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  Road blocks, demos and a scenic journey to Cusco   Cusco, Peru on Mar 6, 2010 76 pictures 2 comments
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  Touring the Sacred Valley   Ollantaytambo, Peru on Mar 7, 2010 50 pictures 4 comments
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  Visiting the Inca sites around the city.   Cusco, Peru on Mar 9, 2010 46 pictures 3 comments
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  The White City   Arequipa, Peru on Mar 16, 2010 92 pictures 2 comments
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  Strange markings at Dead Bull!   Toro Muerto, Peru on Mar 23, 2010 32 pictures 0 comments
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  Colca Canyon 1: Snow and the Ice Maiden   Chivay, Peru on Mar 25, 2010 17 pictures 2 comments
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  Colca Canyon 2: Watch out, condors about!   Cabanaconde, Peru on Mar 27, 2010 56 pictures 0 comments
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  Colca Canyon 3: Hot and Passionate   Arequipa, Peru on Mar 28, 2010 21 pictures 0 comments
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  More lines and symbols but this time they're BIG!   Nazca, Peru on Mar 31, 2010 41 pictures 0 comments
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  Sun worshipping through the years   Trujillo, Peru on Apr 4, 2010 62 pictures 2 comments
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  We go in search of GOLD!   Chiclayo, Peru on Apr 7, 2010 58 pictures 4 comments
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  Sun, surf and a very loud children's fairground   Máncora, Peru on Apr 11, 2010 22 pictures 2 comments
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  In search of exotic animals: we find iguanas   Guayaquil, Ecuador on Apr 13, 2010 21 pictures 1 comment
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  We arrive and dive.   Puerto Ayora, Ecuador on Apr 16, 2010 64 pictures 1 comment
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  We set sail, eventually.   Bartoleme, Ecuador on Apr 17, 2010 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Iguanas in all their many forms.   Santa Fe Island, Ecuador on Apr 18, 2010 32 pictures 1 comment
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  Not all the animals here are friendly.   San Cristobal, Ecuador on Apr 19, 2010 8 pictures 1 comment
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  Albatross, fresh albatross!   Espanola, Ecuador on Apr 20, 2010 29 pictures 0 comments
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  Jen has mixed feelings about stingrays!   Floreana, Ecuador on Apr 21, 2010 11 pictures 1 comment
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  That's the way, A-a A-a, I like it!   Isabela, Ecuador on Apr 22, 2010 25 pictures 0 comments
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  Big Boy Diego struts his stuff and we fly out.   Puerto Ayora, Ecuador on Apr 23, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  In the dangerous city we have too many cocktails   Quito, Ecuador on Apr 25, 2010 31 pictures 0 comments
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  We look for the Virgin on the Rocks.   Ipiales, Colombia on Apr 26, 2010 22 pictures 0 comments
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  A bright white city with a great dark bar.   Popayan, Colombia on Apr 29, 2010 31 pictures 0 comments
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  We avoid hot spots and enjoy suburban life.   Medellin, Colombia on May 2, 2010 34 pictures 0 comments
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  Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...   Cartagena, Colombia on May 5, 2010 26 pictures 1 comment
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  Traditional fishing village or party-goers heaven?   Taganga, Colombia on May 10, 2010 16 pictures 4 comments
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  Hotel of the Snows in another white city   Girón, Colombia on May 12, 2010 19 pictures 0 comments
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  We like the houses but not the pizza...   Tunja, Colombia on May 14, 2010 52 pictures 0 comments
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  Fossils, dinosaurs &, surprisingly, more willies!   Villa De Leyva, Colombia on May 17, 2010 47 pictures 0 comments
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  Gold, art, violence and the hunt for a drug baron   Bogota, Colombia on May 20, 2010 55 pictures 2 comments
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  Strange statues in the wilds of nowhere.   San Agustin, Colombia on May 23, 2010 71 pictures 1 comment
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  An eventful trip to see some old decorating   Tierradentro, Colombia on May 25, 2010 53 pictures 0 comments
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  Is travelling hopefully better than arriving?   Popayan, Colombia on May 27, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Colombia chooses; bulldog or guinea-pig?   Pasto, Colombia on May 28, 2010 12 pictures 2 comments
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  Fun and games at the middle of the world   Quito, Ecuador on May 31, 2010 32 pictures 1 comment
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  If you want to get ahead, get a hat...   Cuenca, Ecuador on Jun 3, 2010 35 pictures 1 comment
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  Not a lot to do here...   Loja, Ecuador on Jun 6, 2010 13 pictures 1 comment
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  Sad news about Janet.   Piura, Peru on Jun 6, 2010 3 pictures 4 comments
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  If in doubt, beep!   Piura, Peru on Jun 7, 2010 11 pictures 0 comments
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  A heap of mud and a load of old bones   Lima, Peru on Jun 10, 2010 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Back in the Land of Processions   Cusco, Peru on Jun 11, 2010 18 pictures 1 comment
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  A bus, a convoy, a train...nearly there   Aguas Calientes, Peru on Jun 12, 2010 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Machu Picchu: The Inka city in the sky   Lima, Peru on Jun 14, 2010 51 pictures 0 comments
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  Around the world and almost home!   Leeds, United Kingdom on Jun 15, 2010 7 pictures 2 comments