Destinations
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The Big Decision
In Chanaral, walking back to the hotel that night, a dusty chap pulls over on a motorbike. Luggage rack, scratches on the faring, a few days’ growth on his chin. He must have…
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By Bus Through Chile: Chanaral and Pan de Azucar National Park
Next is Chanaral, a town 20km from the Pan De Azucar national park. Chanaral is nothing amazing – dusty, a bit dilapidated, but it seems friendly enough and we have a pretty good…
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By Bus Through Chile: Bahia Inglesia
Next we bus up to Bahia Inglesia, a coastal town at the fringes of the Atacama desert. We arrive in Copiapo early morning and we have to catch a short taxi connection from…
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By Bus Through Chile: La Serena and the Elqui Valley
La Serena Further up North is La Serena, which is nice a pretty little town with lots of hair dressers, but otherwise nothing spectacular. The beach nearby is so-so, unfortunately nothing much going…
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By Bus Through Chile: Valparaiso
Bus travel in Chile Travelling long distance through Chile by bus turns out to be really easy. Bus agencies are scattered all over the place and concentrated at main bus terminals (they’ll tell…
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Landed in South America: Santiago, Chile
Hello friends and fellow crunchers! You may be wondering what has happened to us, with no further updates hitting the blog. Well, I have to admit we have been rather neglectful of our…
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Dramatic Departure from New Zealand
Have you ever heard the story of the international flight which was recalled to gate and held for about half an hour because a passenger thought there was a screw loose on the…
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North Island, New Zealand
We buzz straight up from Wellington to the lake Taupo region. We stop at the Mangahuia camp (DOC) site which is right near the Whapapa village. In the village we go to the…
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Planting Around the World Mission 13, 14 & 15 (New Zealand)
In our Planting Around the World Mission our challenge is to plant at least one tree for every country we visit during our world backpacking trip. Why? With all the talk about carbon…
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South Island, New Zealand
New Zealand is the land of sheep, it’s true. Though you may not see many sheep in all these photos, rest assured that for most of our journey, most of the landscape here…
