Days 580-588: Bolivia
December 8th, 2006Bolivia was a pleasant surprise: otherworldly landscapes and interesting culture. Certainly worthy of the nickname Tibet of South America.
Yeah, it really is espectacular!
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Bolivia was a pleasant surprise: otherworldly landscapes and interesting culture. Certainly worthy of the nickname Tibet of South America.
Yeah, it really is espectacular!
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Argentina: Bariloche
Chile: Santiago, Valparaiso, La Serena, San Pedro de Atacama
Llamas. Cool!
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Tags: Argentina, Chile, UruguayBuenos Aires
Finally, a nice break. We spent an entire month in Buenos Aires.
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Argentina: Puerto Iguazu
We barely scraped the surface in southern Brazil, but it was great and we got to see a lot of amazing critters and one heck of a illustration of how cool water and gravity can be when they get together.
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Swaziland: Ezulwini, Mbabane
Wine, whales, and wives.
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Tags: coffee, South Africa, Swaziland, wineJo’burg, Kalahari Transfrontier NP, Namaqualand, Cape Town
Crime, critters, capes, and an especially charming penguin.
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Tags: South AfricaSesriem/Sossusvlei, Swakopmund, Etosha NP, Windhoek, Fish River Canyon NP
Lots of desert in Namibia, which makes it nice to visit in the winter. Of course, everyone else has the same idea. Dunes, animals, canyons, and !//.
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Tags: NamibiaBotswana: Nata, Maun, Okavango Delta, Chobe NP
Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls
South Africa: Kruger NP
Southern Africa is incredibly beautiful. Every sunrise and sunset was amazing, and we saw a lot of them. We’re in danger of becoming morning people. We didn’t just drag ourselves out of bed before dawn for nothing though. The animals were so amazing that you’d think Hollywood made them up.
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I like to move it move it!
Lemurs, lizards, and leeches. Amazing critters and scenery.
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Tags: MadagascarCairo, Giza, Saqqara, Dahshur
We loved Cairo! It is a marvelous city. It’s low-hassle, not terribly crowded, full of neat buildings, sane traffic, great metro, enough expats to provide anonymity, and full of friendly locals.
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