April 16th, 2009 @ 3:23 pm by John · No Comments
We arrive into Sydney after leaving the airport in Tahiti at 2am. We had already planned to stay in Sydney for two weeks so we thought we would chill out in the Blue Mountains for a few days.
We were very hungry by the time we reached our hostel in the Blue Mountains, so we went [...]
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Tags: Australia
April 16th, 2009 @ 3:15 pm by Mike · No Comments
Just like you see in post cards Tahiti was a perfect picture of paradise with long stretches of silky white undisturbed sand and water so blue it was unimaginable. This is what the Goonies would have to endure over the next 8 days.
Tahiti is an French Polynesian Island that is situated in the middle of [...]
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Tags: French Polynesia
April 16th, 2009 @ 11:22 am by John · No Comments
After a night on the benches of the Santiago airport we boarded our jet and sped off towards the middle of the pacific ocean. After 6 hours a tiny island loomed out of the airplane windows, which were calling home for the next 4 days.
Rapa Nui, to give it its traditional name, is an anomaly [...]
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Tags: Chile · South America
April 16th, 2009 @ 11:02 am by Mike · No Comments
We was already on a bad start for our journey to Rio De Janeiro. The previous night in Iguazu Falls we had ordered a large pizza each which also had for breakfast the following day. Upon inspection of our delicious breakfast, it had made new friends over night and was infested with ants. So now [...]
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Tags: Brazil · South America
April 14th, 2009 @ 10:00 am by John · No Comments
The long bus rides seem like normality to us now as we arrive into Iguazu Falls, Argentina at 9am after a 17 hours of traveling time. We only had to walk 5 minutes down the road to our hostel called the Iguazu Falls Inn. It wasn’t what we thought it was going to look like, [...]
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Tags: Argentina · Brazil · South America
April 14th, 2009 @ 9:38 am by John · No Comments
o we arrive in Buenos Aires after a long 22 hour drive from Mendoza which turned out to be a luxurious ride with a stewardess at our service. We got some tasty hot meals and a choice between red or white wine to wash it down with and had some movies to keep us entertained.
We [...]
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Tags: Argentina · South America
April 13th, 2009 @ 3:37 am by Chris · No Comments
We have finally managed to get up to date with all of our photos (hoorah!) and we are slowly cracking away at our backlog of posts.
Today we will be leaving Singapore for the Malayasian part of Borneo.
The Goonies.
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Tags: Randomness
April 12th, 2009 @ 3:30 pm by Kev · No Comments
Arrival in Mendoza only holds very deep and sad memories for us, if you have read the previous posts you will know why. With “the incident” aside Mendoza is a very laid back city with plenty of small parks plaza’s and retail therapy outlets. All these public spaces were immaculately kept and provided much relief [...]
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Tags: Argentina · South America
April 12th, 2009 @ 3:30 pm by Chris · No Comments
We arrived in Salta after our journey by private taxi along a lot of twisting and winding roads where we didn’t see another car or another person for a long long time, stopping along the way for some lunch in a roadside cafe in the middle of nowhere. As we headed into Salta we made [...]
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Tags: Argentina · South America
April 12th, 2009 @ 3:29 pm by Chris · No Comments
We ended our Salt Flat tour in San Pedro, we were a little concerned as we approached the border due to our tour company telling us the border could be closed due strikes but they continued taking us towards it anyway. We were able to go through the border albeit after a pretty long wait [...]
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Tags: Chile · South America