Que paso...

In and around World

In July 2004 I embarked on a solo back-packing adventure through Central and South America, New Zealand, Australia and, briefly, S.E Asia. This journal is a collection of emails sent home to friends and family throughout the year long adventure...

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Stephan Brown

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    Fire Hydrant Incident in Brooklyn!

    New York City, United States | Jul 07 '04 | Reviews: 1
    Hello!! Well here it is, the first of my fascinating travel updates! Well, i haven't actually started backpacking yet, as i've spent the past 10 days... Continue reading »
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    Mexico!

    Mexico City, Mexico | Jul 17 '04 | Reviews: 0
    Hello! I´ve been backpacking in Mexico for a couple of weeks now & it´s fun! Landed in Mexico City in the middle of a downpour, which was a sign of th... Continue reading »
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    Guatemala & Shotguns...

    Guatemala | Aug 02 '04 | Reviews: 1
    Last time i emailed, i was in San Cristobal - Mexico.. I ended up staying there for a few more days, went on a boat trip to an amazing 1000m high Cany... Continue reading »
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    Hurtling through Central America

    Nicaragua | Sep 09 '04 | Reviews: 1
    O.K, gonna try and keep this short and sweet... Am in Costa Rica at the moment, after spending a week diving in the Caribbean Bay Islands of Honduras... Continue reading »
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    Adiós Central America!!

    Panama City, Panama | Sep 28 '04 | Reviews: 2
    Last time I wrote i'd been in Costa Rica a few days near Volcan Arenal. After Arenal I went to a few places on the Pacific & Caribbean coasts of Costa... Continue reading »
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    Bom Dia sou Rio!

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Oct 04 '04 | Reviews: 1
    Well i´ve been in South America & Brazil now for 3 weeks. Spent my first week in Rio de Janeiro - the City of God. First impressions of Brazil, after... Continue reading »
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    Beautiful Bahia

    Bahia, Brazil | Oct 19 '04 | Reviews: 1
    Left Rio a couple of weeks ago and headed up to the sunshine state of Bahia. To give you an idea of how big Brazil is, it´s a near 30hr coach ride fro... Continue reading »
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    Southern Brazil..

    Florianopolis, Brazil | Nov 04 '04 | Reviews: 0
    After Bahia travelled back down to the south of Brazil, visited the island Ilhe Grande for a couple of days & then went to the island of Florianopolis... Continue reading »
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    Salta Province

    Salta, Argentina | Nov 17 '04 | Reviews: 0
    After visiting the Argentinian side of Iguassu – which by the way is somehow even more impressive than the Brazilian side - I jumped on a 27 hour bus... Continue reading »
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    Vineyard Territory

    Mendoza, Argentina | Dec 01 '04 | Reviews: 0
    After Salta I jumped on a bus to Mendoza in Argentina´s wine-making region, right next to the Andes (Brad Pitt´s Seven Years in Tibet was filmed nearb... Continue reading »
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    Feliz Navidad de Buenos Aires!

    Buenos Aires, Argentina | Dec 09 '04 | Reviews: 0
    Well, i´m finally in Buenos Aires for Christmas after nearly 4 weeks travelling around northern Argentina... After Salta and Mendoza, visited Cordo... Continue reading »
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    Patagonian Wonders

    El Calafate, Argentina | Dec 16 '04 | Reviews: 0
    Dad came in mid Dec to spend Xmas with me & so I took him down to the mountains, great lakes & glaciers of Patagonia in the southern Andes. Went to se... Continue reading »
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    Deja Vu...

    Iguazu Falls, Argentina | Dec 25 '04 | Reviews: 0
    Before he left for an English new year, I quickly took him up to Iguassu to see the falls, which was great to see again.. I don´t think it´s possible... Continue reading »
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    Festering in B.A

    Buenos Aires, Argentina | Dec 30 '04 | Reviews: 0
    Well, I have, literally, been festering in B.A... it´s been so unbelievably hot & humid (34/93degrees most days), that we´ve been laying around like b... Continue reading »
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    "Deepest Darkest Peru"

    Cusco, Peru | Jan 07 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Anywayz, after the oppressive heat of B.A, I flew into a place called Arequipa, in southern Peru.. saw a couple of 500yr old sacrificed ice-mummies in... Continue reading »
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    Marching Powder

    Bolivia | Jan 24 '05 | Reviews: 0
    I´m now in Bolivia, after enduring a bus journey that started with the driver banging the crap out the engine & which continued with an elderly woman... Continue reading »
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    Carnival and CoLUMbia!!

    Bogota, Colombia | Feb 05 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Since I last wrote, i´ve been to the Bolivian Amazon, hunted bare-foot for anacondas, celebrated Carnival in Oruro-Bolivia (where the whole par-taay i... Continue reading »
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    Romancing the Stone

    Cartagena, Colombia | Feb 16 '05 | Reviews: 0
    On the Caribbean coast I visited the town of Cartegena, which has the prettiest, most well presented & looked after colonial old town i´ve seen in all... Continue reading »
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    Middle Earth

    Auckland, New Zealand | Mar 15 '05 | Reviews: 0
    So after 8 months, I finally left the Spanish-speaking world & flew off to "Middle Earth." Landed in Auckland (NZ) and hopped straight on a bus to Wai... Continue reading »
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    Down Under

    Melbourne, Australia | Apr 06 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Been in Oz for 6wks now, spent 5wks on & off in Melbourne, basically hanging out. Was looking for a bar-job on my 1st afternoon, then gave up on the i... Continue reading »
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    The Home Straight...

    Hong Kong, China | Jun 04 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Well, i'm finally almost home... Since last I wrote 5wks ago, i've left Oz - but not before a heavy Rum & Coke night down on Bondi with Cian unti... Continue reading »

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