2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/hannah_and_mark/rss.xml Welcome to the story of our travels around the world. We´ve been dashing around, visiting 20 countries in 11 months, and announcing our engagement. We're finally back in the UK. However we'll keep on updating our blog as and when exciting things happen over the next few months. Highlights to include our wedding in Norway, a big party here to celebrate and then off to France for a ski season. Please leave a message on our message board, its great to hear from everyone, and subscribe to our news (on the bottom left) if you´d like to know what we´re up to. Enjoy browsing! http://www.getjealous.com/hannah_and_mark http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=372730&go=hannah_and_mark When we planned our trip those many moons ago, Venezuela sounded a suitably exotic, off the beaten track destination for our last hurrah. However, over the course of time it became clear that whilst Venezuela does have a beautiful landscape with white sandy beaches and spectacular crashing waterfalls, it currently has a dangerously high kidnapping rate and unnerving political unrest. Hearing a s... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=372730&go=hannah_and_mark Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=364097&go=hannah_and_mark As we swam in crystal clear blue water over a sandy bottom strewn with chocolate tipped starfish, Mark felt a strange sensation ripple through his spine. This strange sensation was actually a playful sea lion pup with Mark's wetsuit zip between its teeth, cheekily pulling open the wetsuit and exposing his body to the chilly 18 degree water. Moments later this sea lion tumbled into view, performing... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=364097&go=hannah_and_mark Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=356161&go=hannah_and_mark The hotel was perfect....10 beautiful cabins nestled on top of a cliff, overlooking a perfect sandy beach. A seafood restaurant, a swimming pool and an adorable friendly cat. Only problem was we were the only guests and the sun was nowhere in sight! Welcome to the Ecuadorian Coast where for all but 3 months of the year visitors are greeted by grey clouds and very few other tourists. But to make it... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=356161&go=hannah_and_mark Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=346874&go=hannah_and_mark After nearly 3 months of craziness in Bolivia our visas were close to running out, so rather than being forcefully expelled or incarcerated we decided to head to Peru. With a little regret, we crossed the border, and immediately the difference was noticeable. The edgy, untamed craziness of Bolivia slipped away and organised, touristy but colourful Peru took over. Our first stop was Lake Titic... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=346874&go=hannah_and_mark Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=338655&go=hannah_and_mark Arriving in Bolivia´s capital Sucre from dirty La Paz is a bit like coming home to find someone has not only swept the house clean but fully redecorated in gleaming white. White, shiny things proved a little bit of a theme for the week just passed - white colonial buildings in Sucre, shiny seams of rock rich in zinc and silver in Potosi, shimmering salt lakes in Uyuni and shiny white patches on ou... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=338655&go=hannah_and_mark Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=332510&go=hannah_and_mark "Off the beaten track please" we casually spurted at our friendly tour agency when we decided to do some more Bolivian trekking. However, it didn´t take long before we started to realise they had taken this request pretty seriously. The first 2 days of the 12 day trek we didn´t even make it out of the 4WD. The first day took us through vast unpopulated plains deep into what we thought was ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=332510&go=hannah_and_mark Mon, 14 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=324402&go=hannah_and_mark "The person who said the world was flat was an idealist" quote Hannah as she reached civilisation after 5 days treking in the Cordillera Real in Bolivia . We set off into the wonderful Andean mountain landscape with a cook, a guide and a local lady with 4 very shaggy donkeys. Little did we know that this was no stroll in the country but a serious pre-mountaineering aclimitisation mission. ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=324402&go=hannah_and_mark Mon, 7 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=316491&go=hannah_and_mark To be perfectly honest (in case you hadn´t noticed) we have done spectacularly well at bumming our way around the world for the past 8 months. So when an opportunity to do something constructive involving animals arose we thought it was about time to get off our lazy travelling bottoms and get involved. A month ago we arrived at Parque Ambue Ari, a wildlife sanctuary that rescues various anim... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=316491&go=hannah_and_mark Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=293570&go=hannah_and_mark "That´s an alligator 5 metres to your left, but he´s not hungry as he´s got a fish in his mouth. To your right there is a cayman about 6 metres away, you can just see his head." This would all have made fascinating wildlife viewing if Hannah and I weren´t at the time swimming around in the same river as the 2m alligator and smaller cayman, and our guide wasn´t sitting on a boat fishing for carnivo... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=293570&go=hannah_and_mark Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=288964&go=hannah_and_mark Why do I do this? I asked myself, repeatedly. Never again. Never again. I´m just getting too old for this adventure sport malarkey. We were standing next to an innocuous looking hole in a tropical Brazilian forest, surrounded by beautiful butterflies and the sound of parakeets chattering away in the trees. The innocent looking hole, however, had 2 ropes dangling down it and we were ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=288964&go=hannah_and_mark Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT