From Coca to Communism - Around the World with Max in Mind

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Hello from Liza and Geoff.

We waited a long time for this. Not just the 6 months it took us to actually leave Wales from the time of booking, but also the 6 years of thinking and wanting to do it. So why did we wait so long?

Because, like so many people, we had the best dog in the world. Max, an Alsatian cross, had been our companion for all those years. Unfortunately this was his last year. For all the love and loyalty he showed us this trip is in his memory.

Ecuador, Peru, Chile,(and Chilean Patagonia), Australia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia. That's the plan. And for a couple of old hippies who don't do plans, it ain't a bad one.

With Max in mind. Here we go.

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  Space   London, United Kingdom on Sep 17, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 2

  2C Dave   Brighton, United Kingdom on Sep 26, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Birthday boy   London, United Kingdom on Sep 27, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  The beginning   Quito, Ecuador on Oct 1, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Vice-President of the Volcanoes   Quito, Ecuador on Oct 1, 2008 1 picture 2 comments
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  A Night in the Life   Quito, Ecuador on Oct 4, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 7

  Puerto Lopez   Puerto Lopez, Ecuador on Oct 4, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
• 8

  King Kong and the Humpbacks (Fucking Whales)   Puerto Lopez, Ecuador on Oct 4, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 9

  Coca, Max, No Communists   Montanita, Ecuador on Oct 6, 2008 0 pictures 3 comments
• 10

  Another corazon attack   Guayaquil, Ecuador on Oct 8, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 11

  Affording Lovely Views   Guaranda, Ecuador on Oct 8, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 12

  Boiling Banos   Banos, Ecuador on Oct 11, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  One Dollar Dinners   Banos, Ecuador on Oct 11, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 14

  Mad Danish Woman   Banos, Ecuador on Oct 11, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 15

  The storm before the calm   Puyo, Ecuador on Oct 16, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 16

  First Impressions   Puyo, Ecuador on Oct 16, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
• 17

  Robbed - But Not For Long   Quito, Ecuador on Oct 18, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  Feeling Ot Ot Ot   Otavalo, Ecuador on Oct 18, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Forever Blowing Bubbles   Otavalo, Ecuador on Oct 23, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 20

  Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.   Pasto, Colombia on Oct 23, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 21

  Nice Church, Shame About The Faith   Ipiales, Colombia on Oct 23, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 22

  Colombia Comment   Otavalo, Ecuador on Oct 23, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Ecuador Comment   Quito, Ecuador on Oct 26, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  Airport, No Bear   Lima, Peru on Oct 30, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  No drugs please, we´re British   Cusco, Peru on Oct 30, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Walking in a Pinca Wonderland   Ollantaytambo, Peru on Oct 30, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 27

  Muchos Pictures - A Day at Machu Picchu   Machu Picchu, Peru on Nov 3, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 28

  Ten Hour Tour Bus/New Face In Hell   Puno, Peru on Nov 7, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Synchronicity, Serendipity, Best Festival Ever   Puno, Peru on Nov 7, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 30

  Bolivia. Hills thrills and sapphire lakes   Copacabana, Bolivia on Nov 7, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Bolivia Comment   Copacabana, Bolivia on Nov 7, 2008 1 picture 1 comment
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  Liza´s bi-lateral birthday   Copacabana, Bolivia on Nov 8, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Arequipa Part One   Arequipa, Peru on Nov 13, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Yanque Doodle Dandy   Yanque, Peru on Nov 13, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Flight of the Condor   Cabanaconde, Peru on Nov 13, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Cabanaconde and the Grand Canyon Cock Up   Cabanaconde, Peru on Nov 13, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Arequipa Part Two   Arequipa, Peru on Nov 17, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Through the desert, to the beach   Mollendo, Peru on Nov 17, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Bird Sanctuary   Mejia, Peru on Nov 17, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Arequipa Part 3, stranger and stranger   Arequipa, Peru on Nov 21, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Peru Comment   Lima, Peru on Nov 21, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  El Pinguino - Southern Chile   Punta Arenas, Chile on Nov 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Strange Town - Puerto Natales   Puerto Natales, Chile on Nov 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Torres del Pain(e)   Torres del Paine, Chile on Nov 30, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Street Dogs and Tree Gods   Puerto Natales, Chile on Dec 1, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Bike   Puerto Natales, Chile on Dec 5, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  The Presidents of the Penguins   Punta Arenas, Chile on Dec 5, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Patagonia Comment   Punta Arenas, Chile on Dec 10, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 49

  Best Flight Ever - Punta Arenas to Santiago   Santiago, Chile on Dec 10, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
• 50

  Polychromatic Mountains   Mendoza, Argentina on Dec 10, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Mendoza   Mendoza, Argentina on Dec 10, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Argentina Comment - Mountains and Fountains   Mendoza, Argentina on Dec 12, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Night bus to Santiago   Santiago, Chile on Dec 13, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  South America Comment   Santiago, Chile on Dec 13, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
• 55

  2nd best flight ever - 18hrs to Sydney   Auckland, New Zealand on Dec 21, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 56

  Australia - What's not to like?   Sydney, Australia on Dec 21, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Cairns - Phew what a scorcher   Cairns, Australia on Dec 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  Newsflash - Bloody Idiot   Cairns, Australia on Dec 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  The Great Barrier Reef - In Brief   Cairns, Australia on Dec 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  Through and Over the Rainforest   Cairns, Australia on Dec 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Australia's Best Joke - Qantas   Sydney, Australia on Dec 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  Australia Comment   Sydney, Australia on Dec 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 63

  The Longest Day   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 25, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 64

  Bridge Over the River Kwai   Kanchanaburi, Thailand on Dec 25, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 65

  Christmas Day - Half Way Around the World   Kanchanaburi, Thailand on Dec 26, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
• 66

  Death Railway - Boxing Day   Nam Tok, Thailand on Dec 26, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the Buses   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 30, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
• 68

  New Years Pai - No Room at the Inn   Pai, Thailand on Dec 30, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  NYE - New Constellations in the Pai Sky   Pai, Thailand on Jan 1, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Exodus and the Elephant Stone   Pai, Thailand on Jan 2, 2009 1 picture 1 comment
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  Pai Poem   Pai, Thailand on Jan 4, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back on the buses/Joe Cole's Neighbour   Hua Hin, Thailand on Jan 4, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hua Hin to Surat Thani   Surat Thani, Thailand on Jan 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Koh Pah Ngan - Gecko Beach   Koh Pah Ngan, Thailand on Jan 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 75

  A Full Moon Travesty - Everyone say "Phuk-Et"   Surat Thani, Thailand on Jan 11, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Beachcombers   Surat Thani, Thailand on Jan 14, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the High Seas - Koh Tao   Surat Thani, Thailand on Jan 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Koh Tao to Koh Sahn Road   Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 18, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Thailand Comment   Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 18, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Luscious Laos   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 21, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  From Coca to...?   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 22, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Stoned by the Mekong   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 24, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Best Journey Ever   Nonk Khiaw, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 24, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  And back by bus   Nonk Khiaw, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 24, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the banks of the Nam Ou   Nonk Khiaw, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 3, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  UXO, American War Crimes and the Kung Fu Kid   Muang Ngoi, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 3, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Paradise Found   Muang Ngoi, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 3, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Paradise Lost   Muang Sing, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 3, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Happy Birthday Commie Bastard   Muang Sing, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 3, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Paradise Revisited   Muang Sing, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 6, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Happy Mondays   Muang Sing, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 6, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Insane Songtheaw   Muang Sing, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 7, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Lao Books for Lao Kids   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 7, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Opium is the opiate of the masses   Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 9, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Long March   Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 10, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Float on a river, forever and ever   Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 11, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Pills Thrills and Getting Burned   Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 11, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
• 98

  Big Up the MacIsaac-Smythe Massive   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 14, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Lao Comment   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Feb 15, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 100

  Hanoi Sucks   Hanoi, Vietnam on Feb 17, 2009 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Halong Bay   Halong Bay, Vietnam on Feb 19, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Good Morning Vietnam - Hue   Hue, Vietnam on Feb 22, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hoi An - Vietnam plays its joker   Hoi An, Vietnam on Feb 24, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hoi An - Made to Measure   Hoi An, Vietnam on Feb 26, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Slow Bus to Nha Trang   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Feb 28, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Good Day Vietnam   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Mar 2, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Mud   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Mar 4, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Rain Stopped Play   Da Lat, Vietnam on Mar 5, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Acid House   Da Lat, Vietnam on Mar 6, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  3 feet high and rising/96 degrees in the shade   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Mar 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Vietnam Comment   Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Mar 8, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 112

  Phnom Penh - No Room For Dreaming   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Mar 12, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
• 113

  Urban Gorillas   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Mar 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 114

  Bag of Spiders, Sir?   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Mar 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Angkor Wat   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Mar 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 116

  Tonle Sap   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Mar 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 117

  Hotel Stalin   Kampong Cham, Cambodia on Mar 19, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 118

  Irrawaddy dolphins and Hotel Hell   Kratie (Kracheh), Cambodia on Mar 19, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 119

  A Storm in Heaven   Kampot, Cambodia on Mar 20, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 120

  Taxi for Planet Geli   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Mar 20, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 121

  Cambodia Comment   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Mar 23, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 122

  S E Asia Comment   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Mar 23, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 123

  From Coca to Communism?   Bangkok, Thailand on Mar 23, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 124

  Return of the Natives   London, United Kingdom on Apr 2, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
• 125

  2CDave - back to Brighton   Brighton, United Kingdom on Apr 3, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments