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August 12, 2005
Time to Leave for Brazil
Well, after all of the anticipation of hitch-hiking to Brazil which then changed to travelling all together in some dilapidated old van, we are back to the standard old method of climbing aboard a bus for the entire journey. I am sure that…
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August 2, 2005
The Stress of Travel – In Foz
Well, here we are in the bus station of Foz, minus one of our team. It was not until we arrived in Posadas for our bus change that she realised she had left behind the only things that would let her leave the country… her national document…
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August 1, 2005
Hitching To Brazil
After a lot of anticipation and preparations, I was ready. Packed for two weeks with just a daypack sized bag. I could not reasonably use a larger bag as my plan was to hitch-hike my way up to Brazil. Larger bags tend to reduce my chances…
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July 11, 2005
Creating A Bathroom
Well, it has been several days now… well weeks actally since we started to try and set up our bathroom. You see, we moved into this uncompleted house and thought it would be a great thing to have a working bathroom.
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July 10, 2005
Sleeping Dogs and Broken Parks
Our Park We have a park nearby to us which has not changed very much over the last year that I have been here. Broken lights, broken swings, no paint left on anything, overgrown pathways, and more broken bits and pieces. Rubbish adds to…
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July 7, 2005
Moving In At Long Last
After much debating about the merits of getting one or not, and especially with the expectation that I may leave within 6 months, I finally bit the bullet and bought myself a decent wardrobe. Lehman and I were both in desperate need of…
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June 10, 2005
An Exotic Ilness
Well for the past few days I have been really ill. After a series of late nights brought on because I could not sleep, I finally came to the point of exhaustion. That was when the worst of it hit me. That night was a sleepless night of…
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June 10, 2005
A Dog’s Paradise
Well it certainly is a dog’s paradise here in Corrientes. There are dozens of wild and freely roaming dogs around here. Some of them do not get fed at home. Some of them do not have a home.
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May 12, 2005
I Can Sleep At Last
I guess I should have done it earlier… but it never seemed to be that important really. Now I realise how important it was. A new mattress.
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April 3, 2005
My World is a Flood
Today it is raining. Yesterday it was raining too. That is about all it takes here before there is a flood. Lots and lots of rain. Mind you, that is all it takes in most places for it to flood. Most floods are quick and small, and they…
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