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Welcome to South Island, New Zealand! What a change of temperature! We landed in Middle Earth about two weeks ago and we've gone from fun in the sun to chills and thrills in the snow! We've been rushing around the South Island, trying hard not to miss anything, but a lot of time has been spent pulling our little rented car (El Cheapo) over and taking photos of the spectacular scenery (like the one above). This place is seriously stunning! Does whatever, a Spider-Pig does! ALL HAIL THE SIMPSONS! But here ...

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We spent a couple of days in Kuala Lumpur last week before taking the bus and riverboat up to Kuala Tahan in the Taman Negara national park (or "jungle" for short) and now we're on Tioman island off the east coast. Kuala Lumpur - 21st century city. Have you heard the one about. Two recently divorced parents are in court to decide the custody of their only child Ahzari. The judge says to the him "So who would you like to live with? Credit for this joke goes to Hardev, social commentator-extraodinaire and ...

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Welcome to South Queensland! Plain sailing.on the Whitsundays! This was posh sailing, on a 70-odd island National Park area inside the Barrier Reef, off the coast from Airlie Beach. We scored the only private cabin on 'Wings'. Our 52-foot vessel and home for two nights. This was luxury I may boast, as everyone else either slept on bunks, or in the main sitting area of the boat. Double-bed, TV, DVD, fan(? And our own porthole. Impressive! Too much exercise is baaaaaaad. So it was welcome (and pretty hilar...

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Pachamama. by bus. The only tour covering the whole of the north of the country was the one we inevitably chose: Pachamama by bus! For the Incas of ancient Peru, Pachamama was a goddess that personified the Earth. Pachamama and her husband Inti, the sun god, were their main deities, throughout the Incas rule over Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Northern Chile, until the Spanish conquistadors arrived and conquered their territories in 1532. Of the three industries, only salt and copper are still mined as sod...

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Welcome to Northern Queensland! We spent two and a half months touring South East Asia with LOADS of cheap and available internet access, get to Australia, a first world country, and suddenly we have trouble getting to the internet! In search of the King Cassowary! Forget Roos and Crocs! We will just have to be happy with our (very excited at the time) discover of Cassowary poo. Cassowary plum seeds of course! Anyway, check out the photos we had managed to save in the last few days in the Photo gallery&#...

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We have really only skimmed the surface of the Land of the Incas, mainly due to our extended slow motion stop-over in Bolivia. But our small taste of this beautiful country has definitely whet our appetite to return one day. What have the Incas ever done for us? Destination number 1 in Peru is the Inca citadel, Machu Picchu. Without meaning to be gushy, I must say that nothing really prepared us for the spectacle of the 'lost' city of Machu Picchu - it is quite awesome! Water, water, everywhere. Anyway, ...

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Bolivia is indeed a land of superlatives. It may be South America's poorest nation, but it is a fascinating place, we hesitate to say, one of the most interesting countries we have visited yet! Tripping the light fantastic on the Salar! Without doubt, the Salar de Uyuni is the most bizarre place on earth for so many reasons. Not only is it the largest salt lake in the world, but it also contains an "island", which is home to some of the world's largest and most impressive cacti. Fortunately for Potosi to...

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Welcome to our adventure! Finally a website that almost works, and has some content! It's been some time in coming, due mostly to our amateur web skills - which are clearly still visible. But it's here despite that! It' being a travel journal of our trip around the world from March to October 2007. But instead the only suffering we had was from the Ha Long Bay tour guides who get the "Chocolate Teapot" medal for their usefulness to the tour group! There are officially four Irrawaddy Dolphins left. Our fr...

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Welcome to New South Wales! After 5 weeks in Australia, we really feel as if we have only really scratched the surface of this expansive country.but what a 5 weeks it has been indeed! For those of you who thought the hippy movement had long been extinguished, we can report that the embers of protest (and the occasional doobie) are still glowing brightly in the little towns of Nimbin, and to a slightly lesser extent, Byron Bay. Chilling out with the Couch Surfer. Who would have thunk? Unfortunately, we ca...