Category: World Trip 2012-2013
A massive 139-day trip covering fifteen countries; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Iceland, Chile, Antartica, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Gauteemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, between 27 September 2012 and 13 February 2013.
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Friday 2 November 2012 Highlights: Perito Moreno Glacier An early morning start again (a worrying trend) and we were off to Perito Moreno Glacier. The local guide and driver were the ones who picked us up at the airport a few days back. We got a history lesson on the way but I was struggling…
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Thursday 1 November 2012 Highlights: Ice trekking on Viedma Glacier, lost iPhone Today the group broke up into our preferred activities, Ben and Nina went bike riding; Kurt, David and Karen went ice climbing and Christopher and myself went ice trekking. The ice trekking and climbing were on the same glacier so five of use…
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Wednesday 31 October 2012 Highlights: Nine hour hike to Laguna de Los Tres An early morning start as we caught a bus to the Glacier National Park for our hike to Laguna de Los Tres. This turned out to be both awesome and very tough at the same time. The awesome part included hiking in…
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Tuesday 30 October 2012 Highlights: Picturesque El Chaltén, Drive to El Chaltén Started the day with a walk around Ushuaia scoping out this small town that I’ll be back at in around 11 days to depart to Antarctica. The mountains and terrain are stunning.
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Monday 29 October 2012 Highlights: The snow capped mountains of Ushuaia Last night it rained all night and then at 7.30 am the power went out for a few seconds, I was glad not to be in the European style lift (i.e. tiny) at the time. This made checking out a lot longer as the…
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Sunday 28 October 2012 Highlights: Bike tour of Buenos Aires, Recoletas cemetery, Botanical Gardens Walking to the start of my scheduled bike tour I came across a Sunday market. It’s funny how sometimes just walking around can result in expected events. Walking down a cobble street with all the noise and passion of a local…
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Saturday 27 October 2012 Highlights: Tango Show An outstanding night watching the mesmerising and passionate dance that is the tango. I started writing this entry after midnight with the stunning dancing and singing still on my mind, the bottle of wine I had during the performance might had effected my positive mood as well 🙂
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Friday 26 October 2012 Highlights: Business class lounge and long haul flight. With the European leg over it was time to leave and move onto the major highlight of this world trip the Argentina and Antarctica tour.
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Today marks the end of the second leg of my world trip to Europe. This was a quick leg of only 11 days (12 counting today) covering Iceland, England, Germany and Spain but still had a lot of highlights in particular in Iceland. Iceland is a place that has always fascinated me, maybe it´s because…
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Thursday 25 October 2012 Highlights: Segovia Alcazar (Castle), Segovia Cathedral, Aqueduct of Segovia, Walled city of Avila A day spent outside Madrid turned into an exceptional highlight. I was worried about rain when I walked to the tour company, this was only raised when the guide said it was definitely going to rain today and…
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