Mexico>Brazil, via everywhere!
 6 years after our original travels to Australasia & Asia, Dom and I have decided to step it up a gear, escape the commute to hell (aka Croydon), ditch the nice clothes and material things to do the Gringo Trail through Central and South America. Follow our progress here, we will try to update as much as poss! More photos will be added to facebook than here so check that regularly... |
My latest 5 diary entries
| 22nd Sep 2009 - 12th Nov 2009 | ||||
| Ouro Preto to Buzios, Brazil | ||||
| Dragging ourselves away from the beaches by what's left of our hair, we took a winding, stomach-testing bus to the wealthiest and grandest of all the gold towns in the Minas Gerais region, Ouro Preto. With an und... | ||||
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| 27th Aug 2009 - 21st Sep 2009 | ||||
| Iguacu to Rio, Brazil | ||||
| You can hear the fierce roar of cascading water before you even catch sight of the mighty Iguacu falls, the excitement of which turns you into a kid again as you almost start running to approach them. After Iguacu,... | ||||
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| 27th Jul 2009 - 26th Aug 2009 | ||||
| Buenos Aires, Rosario (Argentina) and Uruguay | ||||
| Buenos Aires could well be the most ironically named city in the world, or at least it feels that way as you arrive and the 'good air´ seems lost in translation, probably somewhere amidst one of the chaotic ... | ||||
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1259 Words | 52 Reads | | Read more | |
| 21st Jun 2009 - 27th Jul 2009 | ||||
| Santiago, Chile to Puerto Madryn, Argentina (Patagonia) | ||||
| Our return to Chile through the snowy Andes proved to be something of a double-edged sword. The capital city Santiago on a clear day affords the kind of views from Cerro San Cristobal and Santa Lucia you have to pi... | ||||
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1189 Words | 62 Reads | | Read more | |
| 4th Jun 2009 - 20th Jun 2009 | ||||
| Iquique, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina | ||||
| As we descended the terracota cliffs from the Pan-American highway into the beach resort of Iquique at sunset, the skyline carved a silhouette into the glistening Pacific Ocean and we knew we were going to lik... | ||||
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957 Words | 84 Reads | | Read more | |
