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  1. June 12, 2004

    Uruguay Day Four

    MONTEVIDEO: As seems to be my trend lately, I managed to rise just after 10am. Breakfast was until 11am so I still had time for a shower first. My room mate, Mike, had long since disappeared to Colonia. He was working his way around most…

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  2. June 10, 2004

    Uruguay Day One

    COLONIA: Well, here I am in the little country of Uruguay. After arriving in Colonia at midday I quickly found a place to stay, grabbed some money and headed off to see some sights. I did not get far though.

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  3. June 6, 2004

    Uruguay Day Thirteen (Night)

    CHUY & CHUI: Today I moved on to Chuy. A true frontier town on the border with Brazil, Chuy has a main street on which Uruguay and Brazil meet. Cross the street and you have changed countries. There are many unusual things that I…

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  4. March 20, 2004

    World Trip

    World Trip – Singapore

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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