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Nous voilà à l'aube d'un petit saut à l'autre bout de la planète ! Un voyage de 4 mois au coeur de l'Amérique du Sud. Notre mission : découvrir combien il faut de Chiliens pour changer une ampoule!!!

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Today was a breeze for driving compared to yesterday!  We arrived in Freeport, IL about 1:30pm.  It was quite interesting to drive right through Chicago, but the traffic wasn't nearly as bad as Cleveland at rush hour. I've discovered a way ...

Ed ecccoci arrivati nel "circuito". Girare il Vietnam e' molto piu' semplice e comodo di quanto avessimo mai fatto , Tailandia compresa. Siamo arrivati a Mui Ne con i bus pubblici e ci sembrava che lo stile di viaggio non fosse cambiato di molto. Un po' ...

... . Not bad." In the late 50's dozens of "Muffler Men" began to show up onRt 50. We saw our first one in Wilmington, IL. - Rocket Man.  James: "He's really BIG!" Pontiac, once home to the car manufacturer of the same name, has beautiful wall murals and ...

... keep an eye on our side of the interstate.  I counted 1,348 in only 1 hour!  We are staying at a campground in Galena, IL and we are off to Milwaukee tomorrow. 503 miles, avg. speed 57.3 mph, driving time 8:45, stopped time 3:30, total miles ...

... lovely old bus somewhere near the old train station, so I knew we were in the right area. After a short time we found Triq il-Kbira,a main street in the heart of Birkirkara, of which Imnajjar Street was connected to. It was raining a little by this time, ...

... to St Louis.  Picking up I-64 we continued on with a change to southbound I-24.  We finally stopped at Marion IL and had great dificulty finding our way around all of the construction to our WalMart stop.  This was another day of not very ...

Today we left Perrysburg OH and drove to Moline IL.  We visited the John Deere Pavilion.and gift shop.  They had a lot of impressive equipment on display.. Tomorrow we leave for Lake Benton and expect to be home late afternoon or early ...

A day trip to the Il De Re, a bit like going to Wales as they charge you on the way n but not to leave. . otherwise not really lke Wales! More like the super pretty villages you find down in Cornwall. Sun-bleached houses with shutters in shades of blue ...

... ) but unknown to them, they had actually fallen into a human trafficking operation.  While traveling through the Maryville, IL area many of the boys were hosted by some of our chruchmembers.  My dear friends Bob and Judy were a ...

... beers, have a light dinner, and watch the sun go down.   I kept that up for most of 5 days - across NY, PA, OH, ID, IL, IO, NE, CO, UT.   My last night was somewhat different. I was by this time on I-70 in Utah and could find a dirt road ...

... there!    I then returned to the hotel. We had our breakfast and set out to check for accommodation at Il Palazzo, a charming little hotel about a kilometer or two from the Mount View Hotel. Il Palazzo is one of those places that grabs ...