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In love with RIO

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 | By reidy | Views [957] | Comments [14]

Rio de Janerio. Love it. Temperatures between 34 and 40 degrees ahhhh. This is the beach we're staying at, Ipanema beach and we're one block back from it, swimming until 7pm at night, quite lovely. We're absolutely loving Brazil. Pity about the ... Read more >

Day 2 - Auckland and more

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [191]

Harsh and unusual punishment for the legs and feet, so went Day 2. Walked to the Auckland Art Gallery, not far from my hotel. Had a lovely pancake in the adjacent cafe while waiting for it to open. It's a small gallery with representative NZ artists.... Read more >

Tie Me Voulez Vous Down Sport 20

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 | By countryboy | Views [531] | Comments [6]

“Your blogs just got too gay.” So was the comment of my dear friend in Auckland, the Emperor of Jupiter, when I meet him for a beer for the first time in years. I had commented on the blogs dwindling readership over the course of the tour. And perhaps ... Read more >

Arrival in Auckland

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By momsadoc | Views [253]

Arrived early AM, Sunday, 11/8. Shared the Super Shuttle with a woman from Berlin who works for Mozilla Firefox. Dropped off the big (50lb) bag and the little one and set out to explore. In Auckland, the shortest distance between two points is not a ... Read more >

Lewis Pass, Westport, Poe pub

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By stefylein | Views [472] | Comments [1]

I left Christchurch on saturday morning and made my way through Lewis Pass, staying the night in Westport.. which is a tiny rather crappy down on the coast... The drive there was amazing. I am taken by the beauty of this country. I am simply speechless.... Read more >

Christchurch

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By stefylein | Views [404] | Comments [2]

After a very long journey indeed I finally made it to Christchurch and still fighting the 12 hour jetlag... You get creative on how you spend your time when you wake up at 2:30 in the morning... why not do your laundry? Still can't believe I am actually ... Read more >

2 sleeps until we go

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By nicola_kiri_smith | Views [403] | Comments [1]

Not long now until the Kiris (Amber and I) will be hitting Singapore for our 17 hour stopover. The plan is to sleep on the plane and stay wide awake while we are there to make the most of our short time. I've had a browse through the Singapore Lonely ... Read more >

3200kms Later

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 | By reidy | Views [568] | Comments [4]

Well what a ride we have just been on. It all started on Wednesday at Machu Picchu where we caught a train for 2 hours to Ollantaytambo. We then jumped in a cab for an hour and a half to Cusco. The cab only cost $5nz each but almost cost us our lives.... Read more >

Magical Machu Picchu

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 | By reidy | Views [860] | Comments [4]

We made it! We took a 1 1/2 hr taxi ride, then a night train ride to Aguas Calliente in preparation for the big event. Babadaba. Usually you get accustomed to smells and tend not to notice them after a while, but we stayed in a hostel that smelt ... Read more >

South American Surgery!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By reidy | Views [906] | Comments [7]

Öther appropriate titles: 1. Machu Picchu Anti Climax 2. You have got to be kidding 3. No, you really have to be kidding 4. 3rd world slashing Okay so here the story goes. The one place you have to go when visiting South America is Machu Pïcchu ... Read more >

The beginning

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 | By elusiv | Views [822] | Comments [3]

Kia Ora! Just thought id give everyone a bit of an intro to our trip before we leave for those who don't know! We fly out on the 26th November, arrive in Bangkok and will spend the night there before flying out to Phnom Penh( Capital of Cambodia) ... Read more >