Peter on July 20th, 2009

Just a really short update. We spent 3 nights at Mission beach staying in a really lovely B&B spending most of the time just reading or taking bike rides. Cairns was a really nice city, and we spent 4 nights there. We visited the Rooftop rainforest where Friedi got to hold a koala, but apart [...]

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Peter on May 4th, 2009

We have covered a lot of distance in the last 4 months, most of it by bus. Starting at the equator, and criss crossing the Andes all the way down to Buenos Aires is a long way to go. I thought it might be interesting to work out just how long we have been sat [...]

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Just got back from a great Boca game (Copa De Libertadores)! The stadium, supporters, atmosphere, performance, goals and the whole evening was just fantastic! Managed to get myself a Boca shirt before the game with Palermo (captain) on the back. He then went on to score his 199th and 200th (bicycle kick!) goals for the [...]

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Peter on April 30th, 2009

Having spent over a week in Buenos Aires it’s about time we uploaded some photos. So far we have visited the Japanese Garden (full of fish), the Botanical Garden (full of cats), Recoleta Cometary, taken a walk downtown and around the docks, watched Tango at San Telmo.
We have also been enjoying having our own [...]

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Peter on April 22nd, 2009

Our 6 hour bus ride from Posadas didn’t treat us to any cockroaches, but we were lucky enough to watch 3 Jean Claude Van Damn films in a row…. in Spanish!
The falls were amazing. We spent 2 days viewing them from both the Argentinian side (loads of angles and close ups) and the Brazilian side [...]

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