Revolving a day back around the world - From there I will be one day younger... and if I can't get used to the idea, maybe I'll just have to do it again the other way...
About this blog
In there you will only find an account of my peregrinations, limited in time and in scope. I write in English because it forces me to be factual, whereas in French I would feel compelled to really "write"...
... but anytime I can elaborate on any entry upon request. I just hope to give a few hints to my relatives about what I am experiencing, and to highlight it with nice pictures...
Drop a note in my guestbook, post comments on the entries, and for an overview of this trip click continue to my Summary Page.
One last thing...
What do I see when I wake up at home? Just this:
So there is really no reason for travelling!
Trip Start
Mar 01, 2006
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Trip End
Dec 01, 2007
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There are 551 entries in this blog
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Peacefrog Summary Page -
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Summary - The Traveller IS a Tourist -
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Summary - Nature and Outdoors... out there! -
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Summary - Travelling is moving... by any means -
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Summary - Insights, Culture, Society, Thoughts -
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Summary - Preparing the Trip -
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A project ? -
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Un projet ? -
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Drafting an Itinerary -
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Draft Entry -
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Acknowledgments Page -
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Preparation - General -
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Preparation - The Brothers -
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Preparation - Les Frangins -
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Preparation - Transportation -
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Preparation - Packing the stuff -
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Useful Links -
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Liens Utiles -
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Books Recap -
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Expenses Recap -
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What's in the packs -
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Travellers Links -
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Konninginnetag -
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Visa Memo -
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Preparation - Mongolia -
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Planning for China and Vietnam -
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Planning pour la Chine et le Vietnam -
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First Goodbye Party -
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Le Départ -
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Goodbye Tour continued -
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Preparatory RTW -
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Goodbye Tour - End -
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First destination -
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Visiting the Kremlin -
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Novodevichy Convent -
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Transiberien - le depart -
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Transiberien - premieres impressions -
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Transiberien - La traversee -
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Transiberien - la croisiere -
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Transiberien - la routine -
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Transiberien - toujours dans le train -
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Transiberien - a pinch of adventure? -
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Transiberien - terminus -
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Visiting Irkutsk and around - or trying ! -
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Lake Baikal -
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Train no 6 -
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First day in Mongolia -
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First go with the Mongolian horse -
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25km in one afternoon -
50
Wandering in Ulan Bator -
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A Ger -
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Gandan Khiid Monastery -
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Mongolian Throat Singing -
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Time passing in UB -
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Getting ready ? -
56
Last days in UlanBator -
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Leaving from UB... at last! -
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Struggling in Karakorum -
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Tsetserleg -
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Trying to buy horses -
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Getting ready -
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Day 0 -
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Day1 -
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Day 2 -
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Day 3 -
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Day 4 -
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Day 5 -
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Day 6 -
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Day 7 -
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Mounting of a Ger -
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Day 8 -
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Back in Kharkhorin -
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En route to the Great White Lake -
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The Great White Lake -
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Mini Nadam -
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Staying with Badar Uugan and his familly -
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On my way back to UB -
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Last day in UB -
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Mongolia recap -
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L'usage du Monde -
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Train 11 - UlaanBaatar to Beijing -
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Quarter Finals -
83
Familly meeting in Beijing -
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Beijing Night Market -
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Cycling in Beijing -
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China Recap -
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Flying from Beijing toi Hanoi -
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Vietnam here we are -
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Ha Long Bay -
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Cat Ba Island -
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Under construction - Stopover in Hanoi -
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Under construction - North-West Vietnam -
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Under construction - Trek around Sa Pa -
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Back from the Trek -
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Cycling around Ninh Binh -
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Ninh Binh by Alix -
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Imperial Vietnam -
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Into recent past... and further -
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Ruins, beach, seafood and a few games of pool -
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More sea, more sun -
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Seaside life -
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Arrived in Saigon -
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Mekong Delta -
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Last days in Vietnam -
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Vietnam Recap -
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Back to solo travel -
107
Into Khmer country -
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Recent past -
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Ancient past -
110
Through Khmer countryside -
111
Temples of Angkor -
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Tonle Sap Lake and Stung Sangker River -
113
Riding around Battambang -
114
Back in Phnom Penh -
115
Irradawy Dolphins -
116
Si Phan Don - 4.000 Islands -
117
Champasak Province -
118
Under construction - Cycling around -
119
Backpacker City in Laos -
120
Xieng Khuan Province -
121
Waiting for the sun -
122
Shopping -
123
Entering Burma -
124
Kalaw -
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Trek - Day 1 -
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Trek - Day 2 -
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Trek - Day 3 -
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Inle Lake -
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Mandalay -
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Book - Burmese Days -
131
Under Construction - Ancient Burmese Capitals -
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Ferry tale - day 1 -
133
Ferry tale - day 2 -
134
Back on firm ground -
135
Impossibility to achieve any plan -
136
Kachin State Capital -
137
Stoppover - En route to Bagan -
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Nothing Special -
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Temple Fury -
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More Temples -
141
Arrived in Yangon -
142
One last excursion -
143
Book - The Dharma Bums -
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Final chillout -
145
Burmese Ways -
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Myanmar - To Go or not To Go -
147
In transit -
148
Time Off -
149
Almost resuming travelling -
150
Across Java -
151
Reaching Mt Bromo -
152
Night hike to the most glorious sunrise -
153
First time... by the Indian Ocean -
154
First time... breathing with the fish -
155
Getting back into the traveller's hide -
156
Bali -
157
Ready to go south -
158
Terra Incognita Australis -
159
Struggling -
160
Still stuck -
161
Book - The Island of the Day Before -
162
Good karma day -
163
Under Construction - Kakadu National Park -
164
Under construction - Kakadu National Park -
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Under construction - Kakadu National Park -
166
Under Construction - Back to Darwin -
167
Off to the west -
168
Passing by the Kimberleys -
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West Coast! -
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Under Construction - Karijini National Park -
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Turquoise Bay -
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Diving the Muiron Islands -
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West Coast continued -
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Coral Bay to Shark Bay -
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Shark Bay to Cervantes -
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Pinnacles Desert -
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Perth -
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Cape Leeuwin -
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-37 to +75 -
180
Under construction - The southern forests -
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Under construction - Back to Perth -
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Under construction - Wave Rock -
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Under construction - Quiet -
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WA-SA Border: sleeping in the dunes -
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A long drive -
186
The Great Ocean Road -
187
Melbourne Cup -
188
Taking it easy -
189
Under construction - around Melbourne -
190
Meeting up with the frenchies -
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Lake Tekapo -
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Mt Cook -
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Under construction - Queenstown -
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The Sound -
195
Back to the most expensive town in NZ -
196
Camping and fishing -
197
The glaciers we did not see -
198
Fleeing the bad weather -
199
Under construction - Skydiving for good -
200
Under construction - Sun in the Sound... at last! -
201
Crossover to the North Island -
202
Under construction - aborted hiking -
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Under construction - Thermal Village -
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West coast surfing -
205
Final destination (not for me though) -
206
Skytower -
207
Just passing through -
208
Settling down for a few days -
209
Travelling... or rather just living -
210
Back on the road -
211
Back to the starting point -
212
Australia, round 2 -
213
Car for sale -
214
The opposite side of the world -
215
Freycinet Peninsula -
216
Echo Bay -
217
Pine Valley and the Acropolis -
218
The Labyrinth and back to Cynthia Bay -
219
Leaving too soon -
220
Across Bass Strait -
221
Getting ready for Xmas -
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Xmas Eve -
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Xmas Day... -
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Still alive -
225
Yarra Valley Wineries Grand Tour -
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Final destination in Oz -
227
Reveillon -
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Happy New Year -
229
Best guided tour around Sydney -
230
Luxury tourists -
231
Back to New Zealand -
232
Going North -
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Bay of Islands -
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90 miles beach -
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The far north -
236
Kauri Forests -
237
Updating my travelogue -
238
Season's Greetings -
239
Welcome to Paradise -
240
Another Friday in the Pacific -
241
Diving with sharks -
242
Leaving (rain) paradise -
243
Gateway into South America -
244
In Hanga Roa -
245
Rano Kau volcano -
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Under construction - North Coast -
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South Coast -
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Diving the Motus -
249
Fishing.. as a spectator -
250
Touchdown Latin America -
251
Across the Andes to Mendoza -
252
Argentinian Bus -
253
Buenos Aires -
254
Under construction - Visiting BA -
255
Under construction - visiting BA -
256
Moving to Palermo -
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Learning Spanish -
258
Buenos Aires days -
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Updates -
260
Weekend Report -
261
Afternoon in the Parks -
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Rapa Nui Update -
263
Wine, Steacks and Tango... -
264
Keeping busy instead of sleeping -
265
Feliz Cumpleanos -
266
Summer Sunday -
267
Off to the south! -
268
Under construction - Cerro Ventana -
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Back to Bahia Blanca -
270
Under construction - Pinguin Country -
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Everything but Whales -
272
Day Off -
273
Under construction - Pinguin folies -
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Omnibus Stopover -
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Froiiiiiiid! -
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Visiting the neighbourhood -
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More Pinguins !!! -
278
Asado under the lighthouse -
279
Diving with Sea Lions -
280
24+ hours on 4 buses -
281
Freeeeezing -
282
Under construction - Glaciar Martial -
283
Cerro Guanaco -
284
Under construction - Camping out there in the cold -
285
Change of plans -
286
More exploration in Tiera del Fuego -
287
Back to the American Continent -
288
Visiting and trying to shop -
289
Peninsula Brunswick -
290
Spending money... -
291
Checking out Puerto Natales -
292
Moving and organizing -
293
Glaciers, ice and the milky green -
294
Glaciar Perito Moreno under the rain -
295
Northern part of Los Glaciares National Park -
296
Torre/Fitzroy Trek - day 1 -
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Torre/Fitzroy Trek - day 2 -
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Torre/Fitzroy Trek - day 3 -
299
Taking it Easy -
300
A boring day -
301
W trek - day 1 -
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The Torres del Paine -
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W trek - day 2 -
304
Aborting the W - back to Puerto Natales -
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Keeping quiet -
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A rainy day -
307
Updates -
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Boarding Day -
309
Misleading Expectations -
310
Navimag - day 1 -
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Navimag - day 2 -
312
Navimag - day 3 -
313
Disembarking in Puerto Montt, off to Chiloe -
314
Pacific Beach and the Rainforest -
315
Back from Cole Cole -
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Quinchao Island -
317
Back to Castro -
318
Going North -
319
Hanging out -
320
Waiting for the sun... -
321
Still on hold in Pucon -
322
Over and out -
323
11 mois = 335 jours -
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11 months = 335 days -
325
Patagonia Fantastica Espectacular -
326
Still with my cloud -
327
Slowly struggling -
328
More struggling -
329
Meet the Dinosaur -
330
Dinosaur Land -
331
Big Dino and the Unexpected Wedding -
332
Asado with the Young Gauchos -
333
Lake district - Argentine side -
334
Off to Refugio Frey -
335
Frey to Jakob -
336
Walking back down to an asado -
337
Lago Nahuel Huapi -
338
Short News - Hanging Out -
339
Stopover -
340
Conquista del Desierto -
341
Back to "Buenos" Aires -
342
Faraway Travelling Friends -
343
A week gone by... -
344
Living in the city -
345
Busy Weekend Evenings -
346
Domingo... tranquilo -
347
Only six months left, sooo... a bit of Planning! -
348
Leaving BsAs -
349
One year... and what? -
350
Landing in Uruguay -
351
The Smaller Buenos Aires ? -
352
Uruguayan Universal Constructivism -
353
Further to the East -
354
Rio de la Plata meets the Atlantic Ocean -
355
Brazilian Border -
356
Punta del Diablo -
357
Cabo Polonio -
358
Foggy Day -
359
Ciao Uruguay -
360
Uruguay Observations -
361
XUL SOLAR -
362
Good Old BA -
363
Andes Crossing -
364
Waking up in Chile -
365
Saturday... zapped! -
366
Like a Sunday -
367
Cabalgata -
368
More Horseriding -
369
Museums and Street Art -
370
Coffee, Cakes, and off to Valpo -
371
Walking around -
372
Entering the "local" side -
373
Leaving for good -
374
Stargazing... not! -
375
Clouds clouds and clouds -
376
Pisco and Blue Skyes -
377
Change of Plans -
378
Cordoba -
379
Still Argentina, but... -
380
Passing by -
381
Quebrada de Humahuaca -
382
Could you pass me the... -
383
Winter Solstice Celebration -
384
Winter is there -
385
Hiking, again, at last -
386
Back to Humahuaca -
387
To the gate of Bolivia -
388
Under construction - Last hours in Argentina -
389
Bolivia - Latest News -
390
Sprechen You Espingouin ? -
391
News -
392
Tupiza-Uyuni Trip - Day 1 -
393
Tupiza-Uyuni Trip - Day 2 -
394
Tupiza-Uyuni Trip - Day 3 -
395
Under Construction - Day 4 -
396
Under construction - Back into the world -
397
Highest city in the world ?! -
398
Down into the mine -
399
Bolivian Blockades -
400
¿North?East¿North?East¿ ... Err, East! -
401
Plans? What Plans? You are in Bolivia! -
402
Un peu plus de Sucre... -
403
A slice of adventure? No, just Bolivia... -
404
Unexpect, that's the way -
405
Back to ... Amoxycilin -
406
Taking it easy... nahhh, moving on! -
407
Internet days -
408
Meeting up with the famous Roberto -
409
Passing by in La Paz -
410
La Paz to Ancoma -
411
Tackling the Camino de Oro -
412
Camino de Oro - End of the walk -
413
Stuck stuck stuck -
414
Finally moving on -
415
A little bit more out of the nowhere -
416
Hanging Out -
417
Gold Digging -
418
Off to the Alto Beni -
419
Alto Beni -
420
Cruising on the Rio Beni -
421
Last day in the Alto Beni - back to civilization -
422
From the mountains and jungle to a skyscraper -
423
A few days off -
424
Flying to the pampas -
425
Under construction - pampas day 1 -
426
Under construction - Pampas day 2 -
427
Under construction - pampas day 3 -
428
Rendez-vous at the Moxos' -
429
Under construction -
430
Cockfights -
431
Book - Errance -
432
Under construction -
433
A worthwhile half day stop -
434
Cruzenos -
435
Up into the hills and under waterfalls -
436
El Fuerte -
437
Closing the loop -
438
On the road with the Simoncellis -
439
Irene's 15th birthday -
440
Settling down -
441
Casa Giavarini -
442
Paceno Life -
443
Under construction - San Pedro prison -
444
Under construction - Chonchocoro Prison -
445
The end is near.... -
446
Just a friday night -
447
Under construction - la paz to copacabana -
448
Under Construction - South to North -
449
Under construction - evening in Challa Pampa -
450
Under construction - back to la paz -
451
One more week in La Paz, yep! -
452
Talking EthnoEcoTourism... a little... -
453
Up to El Alto -
454
Qalauma -
455
A small and welcomed delay -
456
Stopover in the most beautiful capital -
457
The tropics, for good -
458
First steps in Ecuador -
459
Another Pacific Island... -
460
Everyone onboard, set the sails! -
461
Galapagos? Giant Tortoises! -
462
Gardner Bay: Sea Lions everywhere -
463
Punta Suarez -
464
Gone out at sea -
465
Punta Cormoran -
466
Floreana, Sailing, No Whales, but Champagne! -
467
Punta Moreno -
468
Elizabeth Bay -
469
Urvina Bay -
470
Punta Espinoza -
471
Puerto Egas -
472
Pinacle Rock -
473
Caleta Tortuga Negra -
474
Galapagos Cruise Recap -
475
Puerto Ayora -
476
Back on the continent -
477
On the beach -
478
Spring, Autumn... who knows? -
479
Taking it easy -
480
Capital in the mountains... deja vu? -
481
Hanging out -
482
THE market -
483
Lagunas de Mojanda -
484
Treasures! -
485
Quito called me back! -
486
To the Oriente -
487
La Isla -
488