Our long long honeymoon
In and around World
We've been planning this for ages. Our round the world honeymoon!
On Wednesday 19th September we depart for Central America (Mexico, Guatemala) , South America (Peru, Bolivia, Argentina & Chile) then on to Easter Island, Tahiti, New Zealand (in time for Xmas) and finally Australia. Oh and a day in Singapore before we hit London on April 16th..
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Callum & Claire
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Last minute preparations...
Just a plan at the moment, we don't leave leeds until Tuesday and fly out on Wednesday from London. We start nice and easy in one of the best div... Continue reading »
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Txepo Time
After taking a flight from hell from London to Miami (9hrs) with screaming kids and a women next to me (cb) who wouldn´t sit still and insiste... Continue reading »
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It's great to be a loser!
After rather a long bus journey and some bad weather in the afternoon we finally arrived in Piste, a small village close to Chitchen Itza and... Continue reading »
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The Land of the Iguana - Uxmal
We arrived in Merida after sundown in the middle of a torrential thunderstorm. The thunder was deafening as the bus passed right under th... Continue reading »
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Life´s a Beach
We arrived at the coastal town of Tulum after a long bus journey from Merida. Got a taxi out of the town and booked into a beach hut for th... Continue reading »
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Mayan Beauty Tips
We set off from our beach hut in Tulum on a brief 4 hour bus journey in air con luxury to Chetumal. A big city not really visited by tourists much,... Continue reading »
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Sunrise over Temple IV
After a long bus journey from Mexico, Belize and a couple of hours of unpaved roads in Guatemala we arrived at Flores, a little island town.Continue reading »
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Prince Charles Perez
We got up at the crack of dawn in Chetumal and headed in torrential rain to the bus station. We had a hectic 15 mins withdrawing cash for the bus t... Continue reading »
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Colonial Gem
After a grueling 11 hour journey we arrived in Antigua, a beautiful colonial city in the south of Guatemala. On the way we experienced the capital,... Continue reading »
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An Inconvenient Detour
The only nice thing about Miami Airport was the fantastic sandwiches. Oh and the Americans fascination in wrapping their luggage in cling film, I c... Continue reading »
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Airport stole our DEET!
We had to fly from Guatemala city back to Miami to continue our journey to Peru, the experience was pretty uneventful apart from the ridiculously earl... Continue reading » -
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Calling Matt Jackson
So here we were, our first South American experience. We had been organised and booked our hostel in Lima in advance as we were leaving the next mor... Continue reading » -
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Suddenly we find it harder to breathe
We arrive in Cusco about midday. We negotiate with the hustlers/taxi drivers at the airport and book into a recommended hostel, Loki. Loki is an ol... Continue reading » -
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Mother of God, what a rainforest!
After reading about the Manu National park and it´s huge unspoilt rainforest reserve and protected wildlife, we decided to book an 8 day trek befor... Continue reading »
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Manu Recovery
After pushing ourselves to the limits in Manu it was good to get back to Cusco and civilisation (and a lack of Mozzies).
The next couple of d... Continue reading »
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Very lost city
Choquequirao is an alternative to the famous Inca Trail which ends up at Machu Picchu. It is a much larger site, estimated to b... Continue reading »
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Close to the gods
Machu Picchu is a tricky place to get to cheaply as the Peruvian government is very aware what a tourist gold mine it is, and has got a total... Continue reading »
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Convents & Condors
Arequipa was a ghost town when we arrived early on our overnight bus from Cusco. We were meant to arrive at 7 am but got in before 5am... Luckily t... Continue reading »
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Copa, Copacabana, the hottest spot north of Havana....
Copacabana is a small seaside town on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the worlds highest navigable lake at 3812m above sea level. Copacabana is also o... Continue reading »
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La Paz with a local view
Our journey to La Paz was not a good one, it wasn't because of the fun ferry crossing with our bus across part of Lake Titicaca, nor the bumpy dust... Continue reading »
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The Death Road
Here's an adventure that I've been looking forward to since we left the U.K! (and Claire has been dreading!!) It's called the Death Road... Continue reading »
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Down the silver mines
An overnight journey and yet another extremely early arrival in a foreign city. We arrived in Potosi the highest city (4070m) of its size (112000 p... Continue reading »
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Salt, Salt Everywhere..
We arrived in dusty, hot Uyuni in the afternoon, the desert portal to the famous Salar de Uyuni nearby (Salt Plains - imagine a surreal blinding wh... Continue reading »
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A quick stop off and some very fine bread!
After rather a long boarder crossing from Bolivia to Chile where we were made to stand on disinfectant sponges and have our bags rummaged through,... Continue reading »
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The finest steak in the World!
Even though we had arrived in to Salta really early that morning we still had to be out of our hostel by 10am or stay another night....something th... Continue reading »
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Waterfalls like no other!
Well what can I say about a 28 hour bus journey, apart from the obvious.....boring!! Luckily the chairs reclined and we had enough leg room to get... Continue reading »
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Tango Capital
Buenos Aires, we had been told many a good story of this capital city. We had high expectations and were not disappointed. Breathtakingly beautiful... Continue reading »
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Ice, Ice Baby, too cold!
Our flight from Buenos Aires to El Calafate took us through Ushaia bizarrely, considering that our original flight was to go there! Anyway, because... Continue reading »
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Spectacular Glacier
Another day in the icy wonderland that is Parque Nacional Los Glacieres.
We had one more tour booked, to visit the Perito Moreno Glacier. It'... Continue reading »
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Fitzroy at dawn!
After an interesting nights sleep in a very basic hostel (if you can call it that) we set off on our trek through the Fitzroy national park. We lef... Continue reading »
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The Towers of Pain(e)
We considered this to be a highlight of South America, on a par with trekking to Lost Inca cities or visiting the Iguazu falls. The fabled W t... Continue reading »
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Goodbye Argentina
Our next trekking experience, Torres Del Paine, required a bus journey from Argentina across into Chile. We were still travelling with Dave, w... Continue reading »
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All aboard the Navimag!
All aboard! The Navimag is a famous way to travel up through the archipelago on Chile's coast from Puerto Natales north to Puerto Montt. It's a dif... Continue reading »
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Back on dry land
We didn't quite kiss the ground after setting foot ashore, but it was a relief to finish this long sea journey! However as we had been delayed at s... Continue reading »
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Les Penguinas!
After a short bus ride from Puerto Montt we arrived at the ferry port for the boat to Chiloe Island, just 30 minutes across the water.
Chiloe... Continue reading »
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Artistic Seaport
Back in the Sun!
We arrived in seaport Valparaiso after 20 hours of travelling north. We loved the change in climate, getting off the bus int... Continue reading »
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Easter has come early!
We had twisted our travel plans to fit in a stop on Easter Island (also called Rapa Nui). It's a real "once in a lifetime" experience as this is on... Continue reading »
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A new adventure begins
We're about to start a more challenging and longer lasting adventure than our round the world honeymoon. Parenthood. Our baby has been stubbornly... Continue reading » -
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Settling in...
We're back home from the hospital after 36 hours of monitoring of Mum & Baby. Daisy has passed all health checks so far. She has latched on well a... Continue reading » -
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Sleeping is for wimps
Two weeks in and we're settling into a routine of no sleep for Mummy and very little sleep for Daddy (unless it's a school night and then daddy is all... Continue reading » -
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Life with Daisy
Week 10! It's been quite a busy time adjusting to family life. Daisy continues to amaze and reward us with more and more interaction everyday. We've... Continue reading » -
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Oh how time flies...
Oh we know it has been a long time since our last blog, but parenting is quite time consuming, team that with finding a new job, putting our house... Continue reading »
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