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7 mai 2010

Buses in South America

So far, we've done over 200 hours of bus, which is the equivalent of more than 8 full days. So there is quite a bit to say about buses in south america. The driver always has a "helper". Who is there to shout out the destination of the bus and it's stops...

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3 mai 2010

Cuenca - Baños

After Guayaquil we headed to Cuenca. Beautiful little town with cobblestones. We went to the museum del banco central. It's more of a museum for children, in fact there were about 3 different schools on visit when we were there. But it does have the great...

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28 avril 2010

The end of Peru

After our experience with the money exchange guys in Iquitos, we left town pretty quickly ;)We took a plane to Lima the next day. Then a bus to Tumbes, just at the border with Ecuador. All in all, we spent a good 6 weeks in Peru, without even going near...

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18 avril 2010

Scams to cheat tourists

In Iquitos on Thursday we were running out of peruvian cash, so while I waited in a restaurant, Thomas set out to exchange 150€ to peruvian soles. He came back a little while later, quite please with himself as he had managed to get an exchange rate of...

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15 avril 2010

Chiclayo - Chachapoyas

Long time no write! After a relaxed weekend at the beach in Huanchaco, we moved on to Chiclayo. In Lambayeque, a 10-minute drive from Chiclayo, are Peru's 2 most impressive museums. The museum of Sipan is incredibly rich due to the fact that archeologists...

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13 février 2010

Potosi - Sucre

After Uyuni, we headed quickly on to Potosi. Potosi was a huge town, due to it's Cerro Rico, a mountain full of silver (among other things). Our first impression of Potosi wasn't very nice, it's full of very small streets, and there are way too many cars...

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5 février 2010

Uyuni

So many things to tell. Where do I start? We took the bus from Tupiza on Monday to go to Uyuni. There are about 200 km between both towns. It took us 7 hours to get to Uyuni. We saw some beautiful and very different landscapes, alternating between mountains,...

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31 janvier 2010

Last note on Argentina

So just a few more things about Argentina. We spent 3 days in Salta. During this time we got to eat the best steak we had ever eaten in our lives. The meat was so tender it nearly melted in our mouths, barely no need to chew. That's pretty a pretty impressive...

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26 mars 2010

Huaraz - Trujillo

Next stop was Lima. To be honest, we didn't like it at all and we're not really looking to visit big noisy cities during our trip. So we stopped there for two days, but did not visit a thing! just rested and watched tv... :s Next stop was Huaraz. And...

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8 mars 2010

Peru

The crossing of the border into Peru has a story. We wanted to take the bus from Copacabana (BOL) to Puno (PER). However there is a bit of political tension in Peru at the moment, so there are many strikes. This meant that the road from Bolivia to Peru...

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28 janvier 2010

Argentinian food

Milanesas - deep fried thin piece of meat, either chicken or veal. Also comes in a sandwich (with tomato, lettuce, onion, ham, cheese and a fried egg. Hamburguesa - Typical hamburger with lettuce, tomato, ham, cheese and a fried egg. Pancho - hot dog...

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26 janvier 2010

Salta: First whole day

So here we are in Salta, staying in the house of the uncle of a friend of ours. A really beautiful house.Salta is a very pretty town, amazing little houses with perfect front lawns. Today we climbed up the Cerro San Bernardo. Brave as we are we did not...

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10 septembre 2011

Next destination... Philippines!

During our "rest" time in Lao we suddenly decided that it was just silly to go back to countries we had already been to in Asia and it was time to go on discovering. And so, we bought tickets for the Philippines! The flight we booked was leaving on the...

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26 août 2011

Back in Lao!

After resting a few, too many, days in Hanoi. We moved on south to Hue and then to Hoi An. We visited the old citadelle of Hue, which disapointed us a little. The chinese influence is quite strong and we're not very big fans. The old city of Hoi An was...

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2 août 2011

Vietnam - a revelation

On the 29th we crossed the border into Vietnam. We have had some pretty bad reviews of Vietnam, both from people we've met during our travels, but also from our guide book (the Lonely Planet really puts you off from going to Vietnam!!). So we had pretty...

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17 juillet 2011

Goodbye Thailand - Hello Laos

I'm running a bit behind! After Chiang Mai, we headed slowly back down to Bangkok, stopping in Sukothai and Ayuthaya on the way for some cultural visits. We rented bikes and cycled our way around the ruins under a scorching hot sun. Back in Bangkok I...

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28 mars 2011

Crocodile Holiday Inn

Sorry to have left it for so long to give some news! Thomas and I are still working opposite shifts. So we don't see a lot of each other, but last week we got two days off together. We took that opportunity to take a cruise. The idea was to see crocodiles...

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12 mai 2010

Quito

After Quilotoa, we headed to Quito. We were warned by almost everyone we met... Quito is THE pickpocket town. One guy even had his camera snatched out of his hand as he was taking a photo. So we were warned and we arrived prepared. Bags covered in their...

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8 décembre 2010

Proper work photos

A couple of photos of the melon packing:

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28 juin 2010

Last days in Nicaragua

So we spent the past week in Granada, Leon and Esteli. Mainly suffering from the heat, watching football, drinking beer, napping and hiding from the pouring rain!Granada is a pretty little colonial town: Leon has its charms also but is more busy than...

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18 mai 2011

Photos again

I've added a couple of photos in the "food" album link on the right-hand side.

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18 mai 2011

Photos

Just to let you know that there are more photos of Indonesia in the photo link on the right hand side of the page!

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15 janvier 2010

Day 1 in Argentina

I finally made it. I started making my way to the train station at noon on Wednesday in Belgium, and I arrived to my friends appartment in Buenos Aires on Friday at 2 pm local time (ie 6pm Belgian time). I am knackered, but its 32 degrees outside so......

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4 juillet 2011

Photos of Cambodia and Thailand

I've uploaded some photos of Cambodia and Thailand. Just click on the photo links on the right-hand side of the page!

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21 janvier 2011

It's been a year!!!

1 year 7 days 12 hours and some minutes of travelling : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVJ_N2SE0Q

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