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Some days aren’t so great on the road…

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Long story, but it was a long day.

Most days I have on the road are fun. I get up, figure out where I am and what time it is, and then it’s 12 hours of thinking of things to do, places to see and finding food to eat. Us travellers have our own worries and stresses though, but no matter how bad things get, we can’t complain. If we attempt a complaint, we get hit with a “I’m working 40 hours a week, you’re travelling the world” kind of line.

So in the absence of a sympathetic ear, I am going to tell my blog all about the trouble myself and Jenny had getting from Bolivia to Chile. In case you haven’t been paying attention, Jenny is the 18 year old whipper snapper I first met in Peru when she moved into the apartment Michael and I had been sharing. We worked together for a month then she returned to the mean streets of Belfast. Six months later she followed her boyfriend to Brazil where I found her and we took off across Bolivia.
Now our time in Bolivia was up, I had to get to Santiago, the capital of Chile, to catch a flight to Australia and she had a flight back to Brazil, en route to the Emerald Isle. [read on]

A picture-story for the lazy reader.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Here are some of the photos from the tour. A few were taken by Flo, the French guy. If you think any photo is cool – it was more than likely taken by him.

Remember when you were young, and you didn’t know if a cactus would hurt…….

Jenny

The ‘hotel’ we stayed in our first night.

hotel

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Moonwalking

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Ok so not exactly the Moon itself, but the photos look like we could have been there! I’ve wanted to go to the south-west of Bolivia ever since seeing this web-site. In fact, their blog is so well written ... [Continue reading this entry]

Photos from the mines…

Thursday, March 27th, 2008
All the fancy pants tourists had amazing cameras down there, and took amazing photos. I unfortunately did not. And I didn't get to know any of them well enough to steal their photos. Although that's usually Jenny's job, so it''s ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mining in Potosi

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
In Potosi we set off to do what Jenny described as the hardest thing she’s ever done, and it wasn’t far down my list either. Potosi was (supposedly) the richest city in the world at one stage. They have mines ... [Continue reading this entry]

Bolivia from a Bus

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
After a few days taking in one of Bolivia's capitals (I’m still confused about that), we left Sucre to head to a place up in the mountains called Potosi. Because I had Jenny with me, our exit from Sucre had ... [Continue reading this entry]

Photos from the Amazon

Friday, March 21st, 2008
The promising start; Jenny sets off with her backpack ready to take on the wild. Jenny Jenny before getting acquainted with the mosquitoes: Jennyhappy The balancing act on the raft: raft[Continue reading this entry]

Jungle Fun

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Warning: long entry. You'll get the idea of what I was up to from the photos I'll put up if you want the lazy option.  Top of my ‘to do’ list in South America has always been to visit the Amazon. ... [Continue reading this entry]