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Mountains, beaches, cities and deserts: 8 months from Nepal to Brazil

• 1

  Getting started   Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct 30, 2008 0 pictures 6 comments
• 2

  Lost and found   Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct 31, 2008 2 pictures 6 comments
• 3

  The incredible "Jomosom Trek"   Pokhara, Nepal on Nov 10, 2008 26 pictures 1 comment
• 4

  Goodbye to Nepal   Bhaktapur, Nepal on Nov 18, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  Dust, Dirt, Sweat and Smoke   Delhi, India on Nov 19, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 6

  The Ministry of Funny Walks   Amritsar, India on Nov 20, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 7

  Booking a train ticket in India..PART I   Amritsar, India on Nov 21, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 8

  The Dalai Lama's residence   McLeod Ganj, India on Nov 26, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 9

  A giant sandcastle in the desert   Jaisalmer, India on Nov 29, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
• 10

  The Blue City   Jodhpur, India on Dec 2, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Small village, huge temple   Ranakpur, India on Dec 2, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  A lake, a palace and some serious bone cracking   Udaipur, India on Dec 6, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  The Pink City   Jaipur, India on Dec 6, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
• 14

  Anger in Ajmer   Ajmer, India on Dec 11, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 15

  Seventh Heaven   Pushkar, India on Dec 11, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
• 16

  Booking a train in India - PART II   Pushkar, India on Dec 12, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Watching wildlife   Keolade National Park, India on Dec 15, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  Taj and the baby Taj   Agra, India on Dec 16, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 19

  Making a bank Transfer in India   Delhi, India on Dec 17, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 20

  Sending a postal order in India   Kochi, India on Dec 18, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 21

  Cooking in Kochi   Kochi, India on Dec 22, 2008 0 pictures 6 comments
• 22

  Mad for Munnar   Munnar, India on Dec 22, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
• 23

  Tropical Festivities   Varkala, India on Dec 27, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  Beautiful backwaters   Alleppey, India on Jan 1, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Goodbye Fort Kochin   Kochi, India on Jan 2, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Portugese Panaji   Panaji, India on Jan 3, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 27

  Back to the beach   Paolem, India on Jan 5, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 28

  Happy in Hampi   Hampi, India on Jan 8, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 29

  Muggy Mumbai   Mumbai, India on Jan 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  INDIA: summary of the funniest & bizarrest moments   General, India on Jan 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  INDIA : summary of the best and worst   General, India on Jan 12, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Slick, sanitised and seriously expensive   Singapore, Singapore on Jan 13, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 33

  Mouthwatering Melacca   Melaka, Malaysia on Jan 16, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 34

  Coaches, Keys and Kuala Lumpur   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Jan 18, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Amazing Angkor   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Jan 23, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Amazing Angkor   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Jan 23, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 37

  Colonialism, currency chaos and cheerful children   Battambang, Cambodia on Feb 1, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Glimpses from a tuk tuk   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb 1, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  Backstreets of Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 3, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 40

  Hot in the city   Melbourne, Australia on Feb 10, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  Kicking back relaxing in St Kilda   Melbourne, Australia on Feb 10, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  Penguin Parade   Phillip Island, Australia on Feb 10, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 43

  Alluring Uluru   Alice Springs, Australia on Feb 14, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 44

  Crystal waters and the Great Barrer Reef   Cairns, Australia on Feb 18, 2009 5 pictures 2 comments
• 45

  Fraser Island   Fraser Island, Australia on Feb 24, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Kangaroos, Koalas and Catching up   Brisbane, Australia on Feb 26, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 47

  Living the good life in Newcastle   Newcastle, Australia on Mar 2, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 48

  The big smoke   Sydney, Australia on Mar 4, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 49

  Blue Mountains   Katoomba, Australia on Mar 5, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 50

  The Garden City   Christchurch, New Zealand on Mar 7, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  Greymouth   Greymouth, New Zealand on Mar 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 52

  Walking on Ice   Fox Glacier, New Zealand on Mar 12, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 53

  On the way to Queenstown   Queenstown, New Zealand on Mar 13, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 54

  Skydiving.......fight the fear!   Queenstown, New Zealand on Mar 14, 2009 9 pictures 2 comments
• 55

  360 degree spins in the Shotover river canyon   Queenstown, New Zealand on Mar 16, 2009 1 picture 4 comments
• 56

  Happy Trampers   Milford Sound, New Zealand on Mar 16, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  Magical Milford   Milford Sound, New Zealand on Mar 18, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  Who ate all the pies?   Te Anau, New Zealand on Mar 19, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Games for grown-ups   Queenstown, New Zealand on Mar 20, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  On your bike   Wanaka, New Zealand on Mar 21, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Elm Wildlife Tour   Dunedin, New Zealand on Mar 23, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  NZ's very own version of Edinburgh   Dunedin, New Zealand on Mar 24, 2009 3 pictures 1 comment
• 63

  Old-world charm   Christchurch, New Zealand on Mar 27, 2009 3 pictures 1 comment
• 64

  Having a whale of a time   Kaikoura, New Zealand on Mar 28, 2009 9 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  Windy Welly   Wellington, New Zealand on Mar 31, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 66

  Hot Springs & the Huka Falls   Taupo, New Zealand on Apr 1, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
• 67

  The April Fools   Tongariro National Park, New Zealand on Apr 2, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 68

  Hangi Feast   Rotorua, New Zealand on Apr 3, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
• 69

  Mountain Biking   Rotorua, New Zealand on Apr 3, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
• 70

  The hills are alive with the sound of...hot mud!   Rotorua, New Zealand on Apr 4, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 71

  The hills are alive... (part II)   Rotorua, New Zealand on Apr 5, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Floating under a million lights   Waitomo Caves, New Zealand on Apr 5, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 73

  Polynesian Spa   Auckland, New Zealand on Apr 7, 2009 0 pictures 2 comments
• 74

  Groundhog day   Santiago, Chile on Apr 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Gringo - mind the gap!   Mendoza, Argentina on Apr 10, 2009 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Bodegas   Maipu, Argentina on Apr 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  San Pedro de Atacama   San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Apr 16, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Star gazing   San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Apr 18, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Valle de la Luna   San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Apr 18, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 80

  Arequipa   Arequipa, Peru on Apr 19, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Flight of the Condors   Chivay, Peru on Apr 22, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Machu Picchu   Aguas Calientes, Peru on Apr 25, 2009 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Tranquility on Taquille   Puno, Peru on May 3, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 84

  From Tranquille to Surreal!!   Copacabana, Bolivia on May 4, 2009 0 pictures 3 comments
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  The highest capital city in the world   La Paz, Bolivia on May 6, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 86

  Chilling out in Cochabamba   Cochabamba, Bolivia on May 13, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Things to do and see in and around Cochabamba   Cochabamba, Bolivia on May 13, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Our planned route for rest of trip   Cochabamba, Bolivia on May 14, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The White City   Sucre, Bolivia on May 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  An experience not to be repeated!   Tupiza, Bolivia on May 17, 2009 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Too good to be true   La Paz, Bolivia on May 27, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The patient patient   La Paz, Bolivia on May 31, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 93

  Freezing Butts and Clever Trucks   Tupiza, Bolivia on Jun 4, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  The Boot and the Bus Ride   Cochabamba, Bolivia on Jun 7, 2009 0 pictures 2 comments
• 95

  Cochabambini Convalescence   Cochabamba, Bolivia on Jun 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 96

  Caiman and capibara   Corumba, Brazil on Jun 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 97

  Bonito really is bonito   Bonito, Brazil on Jun 13, 2009 2 pictures 1 comment
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  Herculean Hydropower   Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil on Jun 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Worlds Largest Waterfalls - Brazilian Side   Foz de Iguacu, Brazil on Jun 17, 2009 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Talking with Toucans   Foz de Iguacu, Brazil on Jun 17, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
• 101

  The Turnstile Incident   Sao Paulo, Brazil on Jun 18, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 102

  Sun, sea, samba & seriously strong caprinhas!   Paraty, Brazil on Jun 21, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  A little piece of paradise   Trinidad, Bolivia on Jun 25, 2009 6 pictures 3 comments
• 104

  Hearing about life in a Cambodian orphanage   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jun 26, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Groovey graffiti   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jun 27, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Flavellas and football   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jun 28, 2009 3 pictures 2 comments
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  The iconic "Christ the Redeemer"   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jun 29, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments