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About this blog

USA, Central America, South America, Europe, North Africa. If you want to know more, you'll just have to follow this blog!

Along the way we'll be hiking, diving, eating, reading, getting lost, getting unlost, Carnival-ing (is that even a word), hang gliding, exploring and trying really hard not to get mugged.

I'll also be testing whether I (Colin) can survive in South America knowing only 2 real words. Tanquillo = Calm as in "Please be calm, I really didn't mean to be staring at your knife" and Peligroso = Dangerous as in "Oh crap, things are about to get dangerous, that guy with the knife is coming over here". I should also learn how to say "Help" followed by "Run!"

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  The promised blog and a deadline missed   Mascot, Australia on Dec 17, 2009 0 pictures 4 comments
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  Once a day posts will be boring, here's 3 in 1   San Francisco, CA on Dec 21, 2009 19 pictures 11 comments
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  Hola Mexico   Mexico City, Mexico on Dec 25, 2009 24 pictures 10 comments
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  Can't swing a cat without hitting a church....   Puebla, Mexico on Dec 28, 2009 23 pictures 6 comments
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  Hammock-Sutra....such a book does exist   Oaxaca, Mexico on Dec 30, 2009 31 pictures 4 comments
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  Where shamens and christianity meet   Palenque, Mexico on Jan 4, 2010 26 pictures 2 comments
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  Merida and Uxmal   Merida, Mexico on Jan 6, 2010 27 pictures 1 comment
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  3 down, only 4 Modern Wonders to go   Chichén Itzá, Mexico on Jan 8, 2010 20 pictures 2 comments
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  Playa del Carmen, Diving and Tulum   Tulum, Mexico on Jan 10, 2010 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Going deep, in the fin flips of Jacques Cousteau   Caye Caulker, Belize on Jan 12, 2010 19 pictures 5 comments
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  Flores, Tikal and Rio Dulce   Flores, Guatemala on Jan 16, 2010 36 pictures 0 comments
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  Chicken buses, pinatas and speaking Mayan   San Jorge La Laguna, Guatemala on Jan 21, 2010 22 pictures 5 comments
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  Volcanoes, coffee and near death experiences   Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala on Jan 23, 2010 35 pictures 11 comments
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  Drug lords, fireworks, machine guns and kids....   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jan 28, 2010 14 pictures 2 comments
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  World’s biggest party & we lug heavy stuff   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 12, 2010 27 pictures 3 comments
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  One packed week and some serious partying   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 18, 2010 64 pictures 7 comments
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  Pitching a tent and fishing for Pirahnas   Bonito, Brazil on Feb 27, 2010 38 pictures 1 comment
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  Showering in Iguassu Falls & plenty of nice pics   Foz de Iguacu, Brazil on Mar 2, 2010 35 pictures 4 comments
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  Steaks, long treks & face to face with penguins   El Chaltén, Argentina on Mar 15, 2010 44 pictures 4 comments
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  Patagonia & Perito Moreno - Beware falling ice   El Calafate, Argentina on Mar 18, 2010 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Dial W for Walking   Torres del Paine, Chile on Mar 21, 2010 29 pictures 2 comments
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  Southernmost city in the world............check   Ushuaia, Argentina on Mar 27, 2010 21 pictures 0 comments
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  When dogs gang up on cars. Seriously.   Santiago, Chile on Apr 9, 2010 34 pictures 7 comments
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  Cattle, wine & getting high on a train   Salta, Argentina on Apr 18, 2010 45 pictures 7 comments
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  Altiplano, altitude and an injured camera...   Purmamarca, Argentina on Apr 22, 2010 20 pictures 5 comments
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  In Bolivia & those white piles of powder are salt   Uyuni, Bolivia on Apr 25, 2010 28 pictures 2 comments
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  Sleet + Rain + Speed + Death Road = Awesomeness   La Paz, Bolivia on Apr 29, 2010 30 pictures 2 comments
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  A lake called Titicaca & land you can cut in half   Puno, Peru on May 3, 2010 24 pictures 1 comment
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  Mighy Incas & Their Descendents the Super Porters   Cusco, Peru on May 8, 2010 20 pictures 4 comments
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  A March to Picchu   Machu Picchu, Peru on May 9, 2010 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Machu Picchu - The destination, not the journey   Machu Picchu, Peru on May 10, 2010 47 pictures 1 comment
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  I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away.......   Arequipa, Peru on May 14, 2010 32 pictures 4 comments
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  Hummingbirds and astronauts - A view from above   Nasca, Peru on May 17, 2010 25 pictures 2 comments
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  Carrying drunks, sandboarding & smelly islands   Huacachina, Peru on May 18, 2010 27 pictures 0 comments
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  16 tonne turning circle and skulls under churches   Cuenca, Ecuador on May 28, 2010 15 pictures 0 comments
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  A town called toilet and I find out I'm not a fish   Banos, Ecuador on May 30, 2010 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Face Slapping Fun in the Amazon   Tena, Ecuador on Jun 2, 2010 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Bladders weren't made to be tested   Quito, Ecuador on Jun 7, 2010 19 pictures 0 comments
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  More altitude and sad goodbyes   Cotopaxi, Ecuador on Jun 10, 2010 32 pictures 0 comments
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  Galapagos Islands - It's Evolution Baby   San Cristobal, Ecuador on Jun 19, 2010 63 pictures 0 comments
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  Madrid owes us two passports   Madrid, Spain on Jun 22, 2010 39 pictures 0 comments
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  Would you like some couscous with that couscous?   Marrakech, Morocco on Jul 8, 2010 52 pictures 0 comments
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  London Calling   London, United Kingdom on Jul 10, 2010 35 pictures 4 comments