http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee Shan & Anthony's trip around the world Tue, 13 May 2008 02:42:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After 1 day and night in Pariacoto we continued north in Peru, stopped a few days at the surf beach town of Mancora, and then took a bus to Guayaquil to spend the last few weeks of our trip in Ecuador the 29th country of our trip. Our main reason for ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/beaches-of-northern-peru-the-galapagos-island-the-middle-of-the-world-and-the-end-of-our-trip.html Our next stop was Pariacoto, a very small town in the middle of nowhere Peru that none of my Peruvian cousins have ever even heard of and that no one would have any reason to go to but was very moving for me. This is where my dad was stationed ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/to-pariacoto-tracing-the-footsteps-of-my-father-and-mother.html 10 of our friends from the USA and our German friend from Munich whom we first met in Vietnam flew in to go with us on the 4 day 3 night Inca Trail trek. It was spectacular. The scenary was amazing as we changed elevations often and experienced ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/hiking-the-inca-trail-to-machu-picchu.html We arrived at my cousin’s apartment in Lima, Peru more traveled out than any previous point in our trip and probably more than any point in my life. If he didn’t have such a comfortable guest bedroom with cable TV where we were able to lock ourselves up and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/lima-arequipa-and-bolivia-one-of-the-most-facinating-countries-we-visited.html From Porto we hopped on an overnight train across the Iberian penninsula to the Catalan city of Reus to visit a neat young couple we became friends with while spending a few days together in Wadi Rum desert in Jordan. Reus is famous for being the birthplace of the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/throwing-tomatoes-eating-lots-of-ham-and-enjoying-spain-to-the-fullest.html It’s interesting to think that people have been walking the Appalachian Trail in the Eastern USA for ten’s of years; it’s mind-boggling to think that people have been walking the ‘Camino de Santiago Apostella’ (Walk of St. James) in Southwestern France and northern Spain for hundred’s of years. We ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/the-easy-walk-of-st-james-and-lots-of-port-in-porto.html While it was great fun to sleep in a rather small rental car off and on for 2 weeks while driving all around the West and Southwest of France and Andorra, in the end we were pretty exhausted and really looking forward to a few relaxing days of going to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/northeastern-spain-beaches-food-wine-and-long-lost-friends.html We made our way down the W. coast of France in our little hatchback rental car; our first time driving on this trip, making pit stops along the way. We visited our friend Roman, hiked the largest sand dune in Europe, drank Sauternes to our heart's content, and partied it ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/car-camping-thru-france-finding-roman-giant-dunes-running-of-the-french-bulls.html We spent a few weeks up in Normandy, France visiting Anthony´s cousin, Marie Elena, and her husband Manu and exploring this distinctly beautiful area of the country that is famous for many things including its beautiful coastal landscape, the fantastic food (i.e. cheese and dairy, cider and anything apple-related), ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/normandy-food-glorious-food-dday-reminders-and-the-beautiful-little-towns-in-northern-france.html We met up with our friends Dana and Jaime (along with their friends Dan and Sara) for a few fun-filled days in Avignon, a beautiful and charming walled city in Provence which is famous for the performing arts festival that is held there each summer. Needless to say, time ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Shan-Lee/the-avignon-festival-first-stop-in-france.html