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Age old scam ...

Sat, 2 Sep 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1572]

We arrived at Potosi bus station and were in the process of unloading our backpacks from the roof when an elderly gentlmen came up and shook me vigourously by the jacket. I had one backpack on and the other between my feet. This gentleman obviously had ... Read more >

Tags: scams & robberies, true claim stories

The worlds most dangerous road

Sat, 2 Sep 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Views [32528] | Comments [5]

I think the photos speak volumes about this ride. In Bolivia a hour drive out of La Paz, it started up at 4700m, freezing cold with a 65k decent to 1400m in the jungle to Yalumba. Starting the ride rugged up, fleeced up on tarmac. Smooth road that you ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Titicaca

Sat, 2 Sep 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Views [1503]

Ok Im writing this 2 months down the line, its been a while, ive been procrastinating and spending all my internet time just putting photos on the journal and not actually telling you about the whole experience. Ive had to deal with some of the most ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Jumping Salar

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: San Telmo Market, Buenos Aires

Wed, 9 Aug 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: La Paz

Tue, 8 Aug 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Sorata

Tue, 8 Aug 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Surreal Salar de Uyuni

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: The Jungle is Massive

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: The worlds most dangerous road

Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By mcgurk77 | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Northern Bolivia

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 | By willlou | Photo Gallery

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Northern Bolivia

Sun, 2 Jul 2006 | By willlou | Views [1394]

After two and a half months of high mountains and bright cold weather, we have spent the last two weeks in the steamy green jungle and flatlands of Northern Bolivia. From La Paz we took a minibus down the Death Road, descending 3500m from the Andes ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Extortion - Andean Style

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 | By will | Views [2806]

Having in the last year been marooned in a town in Ecuador for a week by protesters blocking the main roads and having just escaped the same thing near Cusco, I thought that the days of being held hostage by indigenous people was over, especially as ... Read more >

Tags: Observations

Pampas tours from Rurrenabaque, Bolivia

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 | By will | Views [13179] | Comments [4]

Rurrenabaque in the North East of Bolivia has become a major backpacker’s center for organized trips into the jungle and pampas that surround the town. For many travelers a Pampas trip, along with biking the Death Road and taking a tour on the Salar ... Read more >

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