Perfecting Latin America: a lone control freak negotiates Central America, Peru and beyond

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Travelling overland from Cancun, Mexico to San Jose, Costa Rica, flying to Peru to work for an NGO that helps to educate poor children, then exploring South America on a free-range basis. Main aims of the trip are to become more relaxed/less high-maintenance, learn Spanish, and not die.

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  Miami, baby!   Miami, FL on Sep 14, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival   Playa del Carmen, Mexico on Sep 15, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Settling in   Playa del Carmen, Mexico on Sep 17, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Home life, and cleaning   Playa del Carmen, Mexico on Sep 17, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  My trusty steed   Playa del Carmen, Mexico on Sep 18, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Beach paradise   Tulum, Mexico on Sep 20, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  We see a tarantula and flee to Chichen Itza   Piste, Mexico on Sep 22, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Chichen Itza to Valladolid   Valladolid, Mexico on Sep 25, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Going solo   Merida, Mexico on Sep 27, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Pest control   Campeche, Mexico on Sep 29, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The highlands   San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico on Oct 1, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  In the jungle, the mighty jungle   Palenque, Mexico on Oct 3, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Passage to Guatemala   Flores, Guatemala on Oct 6, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Antigua   Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala on Oct 6, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Landslide!   Guatemala City, Guatemala on Oct 8, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  ... and relax   San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala on Oct 10, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  An alternative faux pas in San Marcos   Panajachel, Guatemala on Oct 12, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Market day in Chichicastenango   Chichicastenango, Guatemala on Oct 12, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Terror on the volcano   Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala on Oct 16, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Into Honduras   Copan, Honduras on Oct 19, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  In transit (via the world's nastiest hotel)   San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Oct 20, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Tegus (as the locals call it)   Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Oct 21, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Border crossing   Leon, Nicaragua on Oct 23, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Non-identical twins: learning to love Leon   Leon, Nicaragua on Oct 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Granada   Granada, Nicaragua on Oct 25, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  A bit of sea air   San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua on Oct 26, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Surfing!   San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua on Oct 28, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Into Costa Rica with Jesus and Britney   Santa Elena, Costa Rica on Oct 30, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Halloween: Goths, lesbians, & tears before bedtime   San Jose, Costa Rica on Nov 2, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Blanket coverage   Lima, Peru on Nov 3, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  First impressions of volunteering   Trujillo, Peru on Nov 4, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Fear   Trujillo, Peru on Nov 11, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the road again   Lima, Peru on Dec 22, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Heading south   Arequipa, Peru on Dec 26, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  My first trek   Colca Canyon, Peru on Dec 27, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to civilisation, and farewell to Chanelle   Arequipa, Peru on Dec 29, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Exhaustion   Cusco, Peru on Dec 29, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Serendipity   Cusco, Peru on Jan 1, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Salkantay trek - Day 1   Cusco, Peru on Jan 2, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Salkantay trek, Day 3 - Santa Teresa   Aguas Calientes, Peru on Jan 4, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  We complete our quest   Machu Picchu, Peru on Jan 7, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the road again   Puno, Peru on Jan 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Lake Titicaca   Puno, Peru on Jan 12, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  At the Copa....   Copacabana, Bolivia on Jan 13, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Island life   Copacabana, Bolivia on Jan 14, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Social rage in Copacabana, social whirl in La Paz   La Paz, Bolivia on Jan 15, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Knickerless in San Pedro jail   La Paz, Bolivia on Jan 18, 2009 1 picture 1 comment
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  Attempting Huayna Potosi   La Paz, Bolivia on Jan 22, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Bibliography   Uyuni, Bolivia on Jan 28, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Salt desert and flamingo lake   Uyuni, Bolivia on Jan 31, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Crash   Potosi, Bolivia on Jan 31, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Aftermath   Potosi, Bolivia on Feb 5, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Moving on   Sucre, Bolivia on Feb 6, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Last stop in Bolivia   Santa Cruz, Bolivia on Feb 6, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Bring on the BEEF - return to civilisation   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Feb 8, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Streetlife   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Feb 9, 2009 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Water water everywhere   Puerto Iguazu, Argentina on Feb 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Into Brazil   Foz do Iguacu, Brazil on Feb 12, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrival in Rio - something of an anticlimax   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 14, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Anybody out there?   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 16, 2009 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Holiday spirit   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 19, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Final destination   Salvador, Brazil on Feb 24, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to my roots   Salvador, Brazil on Feb 26, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments