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August 4, 2006
I Just Want Water
One of the things that I like about South America is that you have a choice when you buy water of having it carbonated (with gas) or plain (without). Of course, when purchasing water you need to specify which way you want it.
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July 5, 2006
Peru – Getting There
How I love to write stories that involve the reader in the emotions and events that pass by. This time there is too much to tell, and too little time to tell it. So here is a quick run down of our journey to Peru.
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July 4, 2006
Peru – A Simple Life
Right now we are in a small town outside of the main city of Chiclayo. Times here are tough, and there is very little work for anybody. Most people are living on the poverty line or below. A walk through the streets reveal people with…
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June 3, 2006
Times that Change and Times that Don’t
Only five minutes ago I received a phone call from my airline telling me that my flight from Australia has been delayed. They have changed the time on me and now, instead of leaving early in the morning, it is scheduled to leave 9 hours…
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May 10, 2006
The Secret is Out – I’m In Australia
That is right. I am in Australia right now, after having flown the 18 hour trip from Buenos Aires to Sydney and then another short flight to get me to Brisbane.
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May 5, 2006
The Return to Australia
After having said all of last year that I would return to my home country of Australia this year, I never expected that it would be so early in the year. When my dad approached me about the possibilities of coming back for my brother’s…
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April 12, 2006
Endurance Travel – A Break in Carmargo
Finding a Ticket Onward Our bus finally arrives in Carmargo at 2pm. After climbing off, I look around to see if there is a bus to take me to Potosí. Just as I am looking, a bus pulls up behind us with a sign to Potosí. Thinking that it…
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April 12, 2006
Endurance Travel – Making it to Carmargo
Leaving the City Leaving the city entrance behind us we began our ascent up the first mountain. We had beaten the blockades and now had a free road ahead of us. Our climb soon gave us some spectacular views over the city and valley basin…
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April 12, 2006
YWAM Tarija – An Early Childhood Centre
Here I am in Tarija, staying at the YWAM base here. This base is not like many of the bases of YWAM in that it does not run courses or training. What it does however is something very important for the community. Run by one woman who is…
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April 11, 2006
D-Day, Salta
Today is the day that I decide if I am going by motorbike or by bus. Much earlier in the week I had decided that today would be the day that I left, with or without my bike. Even so, when I did leave, it still seemed very sudden.
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