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Venezuela - Trinidad & Tobago Print E-mail
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!

angel
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 )
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Brazil Amazon Print E-mail
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.

hammocks
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 )
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Brazil North East Coast Print E-mail

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.

house
Last Updated ( Monday, 30 March 2009 )
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Patagonia: Argentina - Chile Print E-mail
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.
 
Torre
Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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Brasil - Argentina Print E-mail
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.

Iguazu
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 February 2009 )
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African photos published

Some of my photos have been published in the book Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa : A Regional Geography

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