We have…
November 3rd, 2007…swum with dolphins, sealions (and an iguana)…dived with turtles and rays…watched condors soar…seen whales leap out of the water…walked through colonies of blue footed boobies, frigate birds, nazca boobies and penguins…seen land iguanas and marine iguanas…half seen a kiwi, seen keas and takahes…heard howler monkies roar and seen spider monkies crashing through the trees…seen other monkies, macaws, caiman, rheas and vicunas…had a snake fall in our canoe and nearly trodden on one too…
…visited buddist temples and shinto shrines…been to a buddist prayer service…marvelled at catholic opulence…visited inca sun temples and mayan sacrificial sites…visited mud walled cities and temples…
…eaten steak and drunk red wine…eaten turtle…had a buddist vegan meal in a temple…had fantastic fish and llama steaks…drunk exotic fruit juices and batidos…eaten wagyu beef, ceviche and sushi…had a traditional japanese meal…eaten asado lamb and cabrito al horno…drunk chicha and pulque, mojitos in cuba and caiparinhas in brazil…eaten far too many pizzas…eaten food cooked in the ground and over hot coals…visited amazing food markets… …travelled by bullet trains and horse drawn cart…caught moto-taxis and ciclo-taxis…travelled on super-cama sleeper buses and chicken buses (complete with chickens)…been squeezed into collectivos…survived two yak 42 flights…been on car ferries and a dug out canoe…
…climbed mountains…crossed snowy passes…waded through knee deep mud and swum with our packs on…camped at 4900m and near cape horn…been knocked over by the wind…canoed through rapids…waded through rivers and balanced across three-wire bridges…trekked for 9 days self sufficiently…
…poked red hot lava with a stick…walked on glaciers…climbed vertical ice walls…swum in underground lakes and thermal pools…seen steam geysers and bubbling mud…ridden horses, rafted rivers…abseiled down waterfalls…walked the soles off our boots…
…had a bloody good time!
Jenni