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Page 72 of the archive.

  1. March 9, 2004

    Intentional Delays – Chile

    Intentional Delays My original plans were to arrive in Argentina tomorrow (today for you people on the other side of the date-line), 7th March. However, I have delayed my arrival there until the 9th of March (Tuesday) so that I could spend…

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  2. March 9, 2004

    World Trip – Chile

    Chile was the last country on my list of places to visit before arriving at my destination of Argentina. It is also much more like Argentina than Brazil and a good introduction to what I was about to be in for. The flight from Brazil took…

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  3. March 7, 2004

    Life in Buenos Aires

    Hello to all of you, my friends. You are probably wondering what I have been up to since arriving in Buenos Aires. Well here is a quick look into my life over the last few days, and the city in which I am now living.

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  4. March 5, 2004

    World Trip – Brazil

    Travelling through Brazil was like magic. It was also a real culture shock, the first time I had seen true poverty and been surrounded by temporarily built buildings and life-threatening situations. Beyond this it was full of amazing…

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  5. March 2, 2004

    Bring on Argentina – A perspective from Chile

    You may be wondering where is the RobsRave I mentioned and why RobAbroad is still coming into your inbox? Well I discovered that it is impossible to change the name of it once created, so it remains as RobAbroad. I have however put a stop…

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  6. February 26, 2004

    World Trip – United States

    The United States of America is a huge country and my time here was limited. The plan, as has always been the case, was to plot a course through all of my friends in this place. Starting in New York , I passed through Washington to see the…

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  7. February 12, 2004

    Brief Update – Washington DC

    Well I have just left Washington and after a 10hr bus trip am now in North Carolina visiting some good friends from Lifeway.

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  8. February 5, 2004

    Miami to Brazil

    Well here I am in an Internet place in downtown Miami, rain pouring down outside causing flooding in the streets. A tropical downpour. It is warm here. Much warmer than anywhere else I have been since leaving Singapore, and the palm trees…

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  9. February 5, 2004

    Touring Brazil – Paraty

    Now you can read the place names correctly…

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  10. January 25, 2004

    World Trip – United Kingdom

    Landing in London I took a bus straight out to Bristol to meet up with my friend Tom. From here we took a hire car and drove straight to Scotland , doing a fast trip around all of its roads before returning to Bristol. Tom returned to work…

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