2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/mcgrath/rss.xml Progress from my round the world trip with John and Teb. You can check out my diary entries, view my photos, or see my map by clicking the tabs at the top of the page. For more Photos see, http://picasaweb.google.com/lmcgrath85 Also, Why not leave a quick note on my message board! http://www.getjealous.com/mcgrath http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=488696&go=mcgrath The Sky Dive After the rain and complete cloud cover of the previous day, we woke the morning of the jump to clear sky's and the rising sunshine. Once again we had perfect weather just when we needed it, so jammy. After we filled out all the obligatory 'there is a risk of serious injury or death' forms and watched some previous jumps in the waiting area, it quietly dawned on me I was about to fal... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=488696&go=mcgrath Sun, 11 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=488699&go=mcgrath We hired a camper van in Auckland to travel in for the next couple of weeks. Its not massive, but its got all the basics, plus its got a flashy graffiti spray paint job. Your pretty limited to how you can get around here, apart from the backpackers bus, which is expensive and you have to stay in hostels every night, which would no doubt force me to have a few shandy's more often than not, peer p... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=488699&go=mcgrath Wed, 7 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=487453&go=mcgrath Argentina- Salta, Iguazu Falls, and Buenos Aires We finally hit our first stop in Argentina, Salta. Luckily it was great, it didn't have anything in particular, it was just a nice city, quite a European feel to it, which was great after Bolivia. We were still knocking around with the couple we did the salt flats tour with, so we went sampled what Argentina had been hyped up for, its steak. It d... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=487453&go=mcgrath Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=487451&go=mcgrath Bolivia- Mountain biking down officially the 'Worlds most dangerous road' and touring the Salt Flats After a rather dodgey border crossing from Peru, during which we we're pulled into a small office by border officials and had our wallets searched! Cheeky fella's, luckily I didn't even have a Dollar on me. Then being asked some questions about war in Spanish, I fired back quickly and repeatedly... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=487451&go=mcgrath Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=484930&go=mcgrath Trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu This was our big trip in South America, we had booked it months in advance as numbers on the Inca Trail are tightly controlled to avoid over crowding an limit the effect of people on the trail. We were picked up early from our hostel in Cuzco (which is a fantastic city, spent 10 days there in total), and took a 3 hour bus ride out to a a place called 82km, ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=484930&go=mcgrath Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=484932&go=mcgrath Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world at 4100m above sea level. The lake is that big its is like an ocean, you wouldn't easily guess its a lake if you didn't know. So we took a trip out on the lake to visit the Uro's- Floating reed islands. The Uro's are man made, they cut big squares of soil from the land, these float, then they drive stakes into them and bind them together us... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=484932&go=mcgrath Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=477059&go=mcgrath From Arequipa we, including the English and American girls, got a bus to Cabanaconde, a small village a short hike from the Colca Canyon. The bus was not one of the better ones we have been on, it was the locals sole source of transportation and was pretty crowed, and not just with people, there was a box of chicks opposite me, and a goat was loaded into the undercarriage, stuffed in a sack with... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=477059&go=mcgrath Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=466689&go=mcgrath Apologies in advance, this is going to be one massive blog. We have had a packed 7 days. Keep going though, some good stuff has happened. We left Lima for the final time and headed out to Paracas near Pisco to see the Ballestas Islands the following day. Two girls had joined us for the trip, one British and one American (apparently its not cool to call them yanks to their faces, who knew!) Both re... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=466689&go=mcgrath Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=463349&go=mcgrath Teb had a gap between getting injections in Lima so we´re able to travel to Trujillo, around a 10 hour bus ride north of Lima. We stayed in Trujillo, nothing major to write about and traveled each day to Huanchaco. From what we had gathered Huanchaco was supposed to be a beach resort type place. It certainly had a beach! It was long, miles and miles, its the biggest of something, but I ca... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=463349&go=mcgrath Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=457813&go=mcgrath So we set off for our mountain biking trip early Saturday morning, great day for it, really good visibility with virtually no low cloud covering the summits of the surrounding mountains. As we are heading through the back streets towards the mountains about four dogs come racing out towards us barking their heads off. One of them catches up with Teb and bites him on the ankle. Not good. In Peru... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=457813&go=mcgrath Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT