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Route taken and entries by Real Traveler patrickt

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   I´m now in Rio

   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Feb 22 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Hi, I have been here in Rio for 3 days. Finally, I am traveling in South America, after dreaming for this journey for 10 years, since my friends tr... Continue reading »
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   Samba dance on streets

   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Feb 25 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Feb 25

   I go to Ipanema Beach to join Carnaval celebration activity there. I meet a brazilian man, of his 50s, with his 3 female friends. At... Continue reading »
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   Dance overnight in Carnaval

   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Feb 26 '06 | Reviews: 0

   The samba school competition is held on Feb 26 and 27 in a place called Sambodromo -- a wide street of hundreds of meters long with fixed and ten... Continue reading »
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   Wildlife watching in Cuiaba

   Cuiaba, Brazil | Mar 02 '06 | Reviews: 0

   I have been back from a 3-day trip to the Pantanal, a place with natural environment preserved better than Amazon, according to LP´s comments.

   <... Continue reading »
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   A 2-day trip to Monte Tronador

   San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina | Mar 03 '06 | Reviews: 0

   In the afternoon, we begin to hike from Pampa Linda at the bottom of Monte Tronador.  It´s another sunny day. We do not meet any other... Continue reading »

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   Stuck in Buenos Aires

   Buenos Aires, Argentina | Mar 08 '06 | Reviews: 0

   I am stuck in the Buenos Aires airport (Aeroparque) where the pilots and technicians of the biggerst airline in Argentina called Aerolineas Argentin... Continue reading »
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   A close encounter with huge humpback whale

   Antarctica | Mar 09 '06 | Reviews: 0

   I just come back from a 10-day trip to Antarctica. It's an enjoyable trip to me.

   The highlight is the close encounter of a humpback whale. I... Continue reading »

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   Trekking in national parks

   Ushuaia, Argentina | Mar 19 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Ushuaia, which claims itself the world´s southern-most city, is a nice hilly city. Surrounded by snow-cappped mountains and sea, it... Continue reading »

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   A nice city - Puerto Natales

   Puerto Natales, Chile | Mar 21 '06 | Reviews: 0

   After leaving Ushuaia, I take a bus to Puerto Natales for a 3-day boat trip to Puerto Montt.

   Puerto Natales is a nice city. I particularly l... Continue reading »

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    A 3-day boat trip with waves of 7m high

    Puerto Montt, Chile | Mar 23 '06 | Reviews: 0

    I have taken a 3-day boat trip from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt. The ship is a large barco carrying vehicles as well as passengers.

    We t... Continue reading »

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    A day trip in Chiloe Island

    Castro, Chile | Mar 27 '06 | Reviews: 0

    After the 3-day boat trip, we go directly to stay in Castro of Chiloe Island. On the boat, I meet a Singaporean girl (who I first met her in the... Continue reading »

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    A short visit to Volcano Osorno and Lago Llanquihue

    Puerto Varas, Chile | Mar 28 '06 | Reviews: 0

    The Singaporean and Japanese girls, a British girl and I hike in a national park in Petrohue.

    Volcano Osorno (2680m) is specutacular. It loo... Continue reading »

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    A day trip to Cerro Acompanario

    San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina | Apr 02 '06 | Reviews: 0

    A good friend of mine, Wai Wai, has finally joined me in Bariloche of Argentina after his business trip to New York. We talk in Cantonese freely,... Continue reading »
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    A day-trip to Moreno Glacier

    El Calafate, Argentina | Apr 06 '06 | Reviews: 0

    In the morning, we arrive at the huge glacier -- 60m high, 3km wide and 16km long. Sometimes you can hear the cracking of the ice and see the wav... Continue reading »

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    Complete the "W"-shaped path in 3 days

    Torres del Paine National Park, Chile | Apr 08 '06 | Reviews: 0

    Torres del Paine National Park may be the most visited place in Chile. Every years, it attracts lots of trekkers to come here. What scenerie... Continue reading »

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