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December 6, 2004
A Wild Adventure Holiday
Today is the first day of our holidays. Adventure holidays. We have a lot planned for this time, Chris and I. And there is very little time to do it all too, but we will squeeze it all in.
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December 1, 2004
Adventure Touring Stage 5 – Concepcin
After a day ride in a bus from Via del Mar, I am now in Concepcin, one of the other great cities of Chile. It really is nothing like Santiago, which truly is a great city. It is small, quiet, and very South American in its styling.
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December 1, 2004
Adventure Touring – Stage 1, Salta
Well our first stage of adventure touring was a failure. We succeeded in completing only one adventure activity, and that one was not even on our list.
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June 12, 2004
Yo me voy a Uruguay
Well, by the time you read this I will be in Uruguay. I write this from my mobile as I wait to depart Argentina. What I expected to be a boat is closer to a ship, with its own gaming area, multiple levels with a lift between them, and a…
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June 12, 2004
Uruguay Day Nine
PUNTA DEL ESTE: After a number of very busy tourist days, today became a day of rest and of catching up with my journaling. There was time to go for a wander around the place and see what the point actually looked like, but with storms…
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June 12, 2004
The Days Before Corrientes
BUENOS AIRES/MAR DEL PLATA: After leaving Uruguay, I had only a few days to do all that I wanted or needed to do. From traveling south over 400 kilometers in search of the Argentine revival to catching up and saying goodbye to my friends,…
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June 12, 2004
Uruguay Day Two
COLONIA: By the time I woke up today, half of the day was gone. I had made the mistake of closing the wooden shutters on my doors. They were so effective that I needed to turn on my bedside light to discover it was almost 11am. Not that I…
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June 12, 2004
Uruguay Day Five
MONTEVIDEO: Well it turns out that today was just like any other lazy travel day. A little wander here, a little look there, stop for food and it was all over. Another day gone. It is amazing how fast days can disappear when you do not…
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June 12, 2004
To Misiones and Beyond
The day had come. We were leaving today to travel to Misiones, one of the northern-most provinces of Argentina. LIFE Argentina, the organisation we were with, had already arranged things so we could visit the people in the slums…
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June 12, 2004
Uruguay Day Three
COLONIA-MONTEVIDEO: Today was a travel day. As such, a lazy start sees me rise just before lunch and check out of my hostel. The sun has returned today, and since I had a little time before needing to catch a bus I grabbed a bike from the…
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