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Venezuela - Trinidad & Tobago |
The landscape has turned into rolling savannah, palms and tepui table mountains, Hugo Chavez's smiling photo greets too as we cross the border into Venezuela. Santa Elena de Uairen is a pleasant sleepy border town, great to relax, eat and feel better after steamy Manaus. Its also a relief to be speaking Spanish again and being able to have conversations with locals. People come here to climb mount Roraima, the famous lost mountain from Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World' and Jurassic park was filmed here!
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 )
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We left Belem at the mouth of the Amazon at sunset and soon the city lights faded away to darkness, but not peace. The video jukebox playing nonstop crap Brazillian pop music blasted out the sound of the engines as we settled into our cabin and chatted to some of the other travellers who were mostly staying in the crowded hammocks on middle deck. Nearing the end of our trip we decided to upgrade to our own room and get a bit more security and comfort.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 )
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Carnaval, beaches, surreal deserts and colonial gems The airport taxi couldn't get right to our hotel as all the nearby roads were closed for Salvador's carnaval. So at 11pm we were carrying our packs, finding our way through carnaval in full swing.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 30 March 2009 )
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Patagonia: Argentina - Chile |
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Finn del mundo Bariloche is in the Patagonian lake district, yet it's still really hot here. The lake stretches out for miles circled by lonely mountain peaks and its no surprise a tourist boom is happening. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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Festive season
For every girl from Ipanema there are also several pot bellied sweaty ones just like everywhere else. However Rio has a unique buzz. People walk in bikinis and briefs straight from the beach to the street. Swapping planes in Montevideo we arrived in 'January River' and our Copacabana hotel. Now we have to adapt our Spanish to Portuguese.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 February 2009 )
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Dynamite birthday
The sun was setting and the cold wind picking up on Lake Titicaca. We walked across into Bolivia and took a taxi into Copacabana and the German run La Cupula hotel, one of the best of our trip. Rewarding us with views over the bay from it's domed restaurant.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 January 2009 )
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