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October 31, 2004

Juanita the Ice Maiden

After a long drive from Cusco, stopping at the deepest canyon in the world,Colca Canyon, which is about twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The purpose of our stop was to see the condors with the 3...

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Posted by msshell on October 31, 2004 03:21 PM
Category: South America

October 29, 2004

In the Jungle...

No time to rest, I arrived back into Cusco around 7pm on tuesday night and had to do laundry and repack my bags for our next trip, into the Amazon Jungle! The Amazon is an enormous jungle that spreads across...

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Posted by msshell on October 29, 2004 07:21 PM
Category: South America

October 27, 2004

The Inca Trail

One of the highlights for most people who come to Peru, or even South America, is to do the four day hike to the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu. There were seven of us from the group that were...

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Posted by msshell on October 27, 2004 03:56 PM
Category: South America

October 21, 2004

The Islands of Lake Titicaca

After crossing the border into Peru, our first stop would be the small port town of Puno. It would be our base for our trip onto Lake Titicaca and a few of its islands. Lake Titicaca is known as the...

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Posted by msshell on October 21, 2004 02:34 PM
Category: South America

October 20, 2004

A good wake up call

In the end, itīs probably a good thing that I had a near-mugging experience. I had been a little slack since leaving Africa, where I was wearing my money belt 24-7. Australia is safe for the most part, so I...

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Posted by msshell on October 20, 2004 05:43 PM
Category: South America

October 16, 2004

A better day in La Paz

Viala and I met for breakfast at 10am in the hotel, I still had a headache, but I forced myself to get up if even just to get some water. After breakfast, we went walking around town again. We didnīt...

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Posted by msshell on October 16, 2004 08:18 PM
Category: South America

Could it be worse?

Itīs funny that I decided to name that previous entry "It could always be worse," because I thought to myself several times during my first day in La Paz, "Could this be worse?" Since I didnīt wake up until the...

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Posted by msshell on October 16, 2004 07:08 PM
Category: South America

October 14, 2004

Why did I take French in High School?

There are almost 30 countries that speak spanish as their primary language and only a handful that speak french. So why did I take four years of french in high school? Who knows. In most places, especially in big cities,...

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Posted by msshell on October 14, 2004 09:25 PM
Category: South America

ŋYo Quiero Taco Bell?

After landing in Santiago in the early afternoon, I took a shuttle bus into town and checked into the Hotel Santa Lucia. It was a nice little hotel near the center of the city and for $32 per night, canīt...

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Posted by msshell on October 14, 2004 08:25 PM
Category: South America

It could always be worse

When I got to the Sydney Airport for my flight to Santiago, I went to the Quantas check in desk. I was suprised that there were only about 10 people in line, but that was good since the shuttle bus...

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Posted by msshell on October 14, 2004 07:55 PM
Category: South America

October 12, 2004

The longest day of my life

I arrived in Sydney after the uneventful overnight train from Melbourne and checked back into the RG Hotel, where I stayed after my arrival from Africa two months ago. My only plans for the rest of my time here were...

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Posted by msshell on October 12, 2004 08:50 AM
Category: Australia

October 11, 2004

GET RIGHT BACK!!

After my day "at the office" catching up on blogging and looking up information on South America, I met up with my friend Steve for dinner. I met Steve in 1999 during my trip to Europe after graduating from U...

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Posted by msshell on October 11, 2004 08:53 PM
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October 06, 2004

The Great Ocean Road to Melbourne

The Great Ocean Road was built in the 1930's as a memorial to World War I servicemen, and is about 400 kilometers long along the south west coast of Victoria. It seemed to me like Australias version of Highway 1...

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Posted by msshell on October 6, 2004 12:42 AM
Category: Australia

October 05, 2004

11:55am wednesday to 7:05am friday

Considered one of "Australia's Great Train Journeys," Indian-Pacific is named as such because it starts in Perth (on the Indian Ocean) and ends in Sydney (on the Pacific Ocean). I took the train only to Adelaide, because I wanted to...

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Posted by msshell on October 5, 2004 04:26 AM
Category: Australia
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