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La Paz

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Arriving into La Paz I have never been so relieved to get to a hotel and Sleep!! After our short flight from Rio to Santiago, we then had a 12 hour over night weight at the airport until our flight to La Paz, plus the hangover, being generally tired after missing a night’s sleep, then the attitude. Damn. La Paz is one the highest cities in the world at 3,650 meters above sea level, plus being built in a natural bowl formed by the mountains means lots of hills. Steep hills and high altitude is a killer, walking around La Paz‘s many tourist streets with stores selling everything and anything. Which’s market is a site in itself with Dead baby Llamas for sell, try getting them past customs. It also has some fine architecture, with its cathedrals and churches. 

By far the best thing about La Paz is the shopping and the ice cream, down the main strip are two large ice cream parlors, very cool, everyone should try the orio ice cream.  

 

Heading North

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

We arrived in the town of Tucuman to find once agaun we were a walk from the town centre. We seem to be good at picking hostels that are a half dozen blocks from the central plaza, but the YHA in Tucuman, has the best staff anywhere in Argentina FACT! For those that don´t know, every town in argentina is built around a main square then has the grid system in place. so all the town hals museams are around the main square normally called San Martain, or July, De Mayo etc. All to do with Independance and the dates, leaders etc. Any new town that gets built I expect will have the Maradoona plaza somewhere.

Tucuman was a nice town, smaller than Cordoba, and Mendoza, which gives it a better atmosphere. plus on the first evening A went shopping and found shoes and jeans inside an hour. She is now a very happy lady as on the odd occation we do go out, she can where a pair of shoes and jeans, not trekking boots and trousers. Not such a big deal in other countires, here in Argentina Everyone makes an effort, sure they get dolled up just to take the rubbish out. While in Tucumon we added to our list of adreniline sports and moads of transport, paragluiding. basically you have a Mucho Granda Parashoot and a bloke tired to you and you leg it really fast off the side of a mountain. then gluided down to the fields below, you are in the air for around 20-25 minutes very cool. Cafayeta is a very small tourist town between Tucumon and Salta, the place is sooo small you can walk everywhere and we were even next to the main plaza. Saying that the furthest house out of town is near the main plaza it is that small. Cafayeta is in the middle of the desert think Nevada USA and the landscape is very similar, middle of winter and it is high 20s centigrade. Middle of winter!!! So England is in a heat wave like we care.

Cafayeta is the little town in which I (Miller) turn vienicuatro, thats 24 for those who´s spanish is worse than mine. It was a good Birthday: We went trekking through the mountains, following the river, a little rock climbing, waterfall swimming (if you a mad german or loco Argie water was frezzing). Ranks up there with the best trekking we have done on this trip, had dinner with friends, Angus and Miriam. The food was Outstanding, a fat-man’s-dream: is a mexican dish with chips covered in melted chesse with mushrooms and bacon. Not called fat-man’s-dream but I can´t remember the name of it and Angus´s jibe for it seems fitting.

Well we are now in Salta and looking forward to hitting iguazu falls, just got to go on 27 hour bus. just need to book the tickets etc.

The Great Barrier Reef

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Have arrived in Cairns Tropical north Queensland, that means sunshine and 27c in the winter!!! COME ON:-)

It is also the place to hit the reef, well you can't hit it there are laws and BIG fines and stuff. Lower down ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sydney Harbor

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Happy New Year.

So what did you do for the New Year, any thing exciting, where did you spend it? .......... What did we do? Well Sydney Harbor had a few fireworks, Mrs Macquarie's Chair is a look out ... [Continue reading this entry]

Happy Christmas

Monday, December 26th, 2005
MERRY CHRISTAMS Christams in 28c heat, walking the streets in a t-shirt and shorts, not quite like home. We arrived in singapore on Xmas eve and took a walk around the streets to find 100s of 1000s of people out and ... [Continue reading this entry]