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Archive for March, 2008

26 Mar

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

 
Bolivia at it´s best!

Serious Altitude: 16,000 feet above sea level

Isolation

White Lagoons

Green Lagoons

Red Lagoons

Bolivia Flag fluttering at sunset

Colored mountains

No roads…just a lot of dust!

Flamingos eating shrimp in the salty lagoons

Stone Tree

Geysers

7 people in a jeep for 3 days

Salt hotels on the edge of the world´s largest salt flat

Uyuni salt flat: world´s largest salt flat

Blinding white everywhere […]

26 Mar

When our duo became a trio…

 
We left Salta to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on a 9 hour bus ride which crossed over the Andes Mountains.  We arrived to find the town similiar to what I would expect a real day version of Pompei to feel like.  All the buildings were made of adobe and all the streets were compact […]

21 Mar

Bus riding fools and Salta

We have spent A LOT of time lately on buses. 18 hours from Buenos Aires to Iguazu, 27 hours from Iguazu to Salta, and lastly another 10 hours from Salta to San Pedro de Atacama!

All in all, the experiences have been good, buses comfortable (as far a buses go), and no big delays. […]

20 Mar

Iguazu Falls…simply amazing!

Our guidebook said that the negative ions from waterfalls make people unexplicably happy, and we must attest there was something magical and exciting as we approached the falls. There was a lot of anxiety beforehand wondering if we could even get in the park. We have had a LOT of problems since […]

19 Mar

Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Peaceful and charming. The tree-lined cobblestone streets invite afternoon strolls down the center of the quiet shady streets. Traffic is rare and people seem to vacate the town towards nightfall. Only a few cafes hum with business. Lazy dogs enjoy the ambience as much as us and tag along during strolls. […]

03 Mar

Buenos Aires, Argentina

 
After a long flight, we arrived in Buenos Aires with terrible jet lag.  It took us nearly the entire week to adjust to the current time.  This has been the most difficult time change for us since New Zealand is a day ahead of us.  We were waking up all throughout the night!  It was […]

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