kaylenesteve around the world for 365 days
In and around World
OK so we have gotten rid of the kids, worked really hard for 18 months, packed up, cleaned out and stored anything of value. We have rented out the house, taken a last ride with our Ullysses motorcycle club, run one last run with hash harriers and breakfasted with one of our daughters. The other one couldn't get back from the UK for the event. Insurance and finance is sorted, tickets paid for and itinerary set. WOW...365 days to trot around the world pretty much at will. We leave in 4 days so its time to get the blog site up and running. More importantly, it is time to leave. All our gear is spread across the bedroom floor. 12 months away with some serious decisions about what we need to carry. If you take it, you carry it is the key catchcry. Makes for some serious considerations. Hmmm definately taking the Ipod, camera, wife...what else? Oh, I am not carrying my wife, as a much loved travel partner she still has her own legs. Although when I broke my ribs four weeks ago she was at risk of carrying the big backpack....LOL. Anyhow, welcome to our blog and we hope we can keep you green with envy as we go along.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler kaylenesteve
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Leaving perth - to get a pin on the map only.
only logged in here to get a start pin on the map. Please see next adition to the blog.
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Getting under way - 1st leg to Auckland
Needed an overnight stop because our flight from Melbourne didn't line up with a direct flight out. We will stay in Melbourne for three days to&... Continue reading » -
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Our Chillean start
Time for our first update. Our Chillean start.
We left home on Thursday morning and now I have no idea what day it is.... Continue reading »
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trekking in Vilches alto - Lircay National Park
Talca
Casa Chueca is nice but a bit expensive for our budget. There are plenty of German tourists staying there and th... Continue reading »
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Three nights in Pucon
Chillan
Today we are off to Chillan. We don’t know why except that there are some thermal hot springs near there... Continue reading »
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Chilian Patagonia
WOW, we are having trouble believing that 6 weeks have gone already. Our last update was 23 Feb after being in Pucon. It seems... Continue reading »
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Torres del Paine
Day 1. Bus to the park and on catamaran to Lago Pehue. There is a campsite there but the day is really nice so after a late lu... Continue reading »
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More of the Torres
Day 5. The plan is to walk to Camp Cuernos via Camp Italiano, with a walk up Valle Frances. Nice plan. The day was sunny but t... Continue reading »
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oh yeah this is what it was all about...oh yeah the torres...
Day 7. We elect to stay in bed at 4am rather than climb up the mountain to see the Torres in the light of a sunrise. I hear th... Continue reading »
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Fitz Roy national park and perito moreno
Day 11, bus to El Calafate in Argentina is a pretty boring trip. It is unbelievable that you can be so far south and have so l... Continue reading »
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is this seafood heaven...
Chiloe. After a change of clothes, a hot shower and a good night sleep in Puerto Veras. Yeah I know, bus trips are just hell.... Continue reading »
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Three weeks to study spanish
OK so it’s time for us to move on. We have been in Chile now for 9 weeks and have seen and done enough for this visit. H... Continue reading »
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Agua Calientes, Barloche and San Martin
So, we left Valdivia and spent a lovely two nights in a little log cabin and the thermal spa resort appropriately titled Agua... Continue reading »
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another cool place to hang about.
Ok so we are now literally on the bus from Neuquen going to Mendoza. How did we get here, well it all started with a dinosaur... Continue reading »
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Travelling on the "route del vino"
So, we are on the bus overnight going to Mendoza. Semi cama it is so we can stretch out just a little with the seats laid back. Well th... Continue reading »
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4 nights in Buenos Aires
So we did another overnight ride on a bus. 14 hours from Mendoza to BA as we like to call it. Learning our lesson from the first trip w... Continue reading »
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Tucuman
We left BA and headed for a place called Tucuman. Our sole purpose for stopping here was to avoid a 20+ hour bus trip. as it was we tra... Continue reading »
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Party town? I don't think so....but!
Tafi Del Valle. The name conjuours up nice thoughts about what lay ahead for us. We hopped on a bus headed out at 1000am and a two hour... Continue reading »
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This is really nice. Hey, how about a ulysses weekender here...
The town is Cafayate. What a really nice little town to chill out in for a couple of days. I know it sounds like we are doing a lot of... Continue reading »
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Salta to Tupiza and Tarija the vegie baskets of Bolivia
Lets cut this pretty short. Salta is from all reports a really great place to stay and spend some time. Well that is not our e... Continue reading »
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Waater water everywhere and cold beer too...
Salta to Iguazu falls is a 22 hour bus ride so we were not expecting to be too fresh at the other end. Predicted arrival time... Continue reading »
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Brazillian wetlands experience and Bonito
We arrived into Campo Grande at around 7:30am and were feeling pretty shell shocked after what was the worst overnight bus rid... Continue reading »
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The soul of Brazil in party mode for us
We were given a recommendation for some accommodation in Salvador at an apartment rental by some dutch people we met along the... Continue reading »
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Ready set trekking ... and make me say WOW
We were not in any way ready for what greeted us in Lencois. Kaye’s words were it is the prettiest and nicest place we h... Continue reading »
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Arraial D Ajuda - paradise beach
The bus out proved interesting after we arrived at the transfer point. We need to catch the bus south from a place called Fier... Continue reading »
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Meeting friends in Lima
Rio de Janiero. Only an overnighter here so cannot say a lot about it. Checked out sugarloaf mountain and rode the telemetric... Continue reading »
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Trekking to Machu Picchu, well almost / sort of or not...?
Acclimatising to the altitude can be a long process but it is necessary. Plodding around ruins at 4000mtrs can... Continue reading »
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Boating Lake Titicaca and walking Isla del Sol
We organised tickets for Copacabana (Bolivia Lake Titicaca) and set off for an overnight bus trip. Sue and Ric have been with... Continue reading »
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Trekking Colca Canyon
(photos can be seen on Photobucket) Arequipa. Well what can I say that hundreds of other backpackers haven’t already sai... Continue reading »
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Eight days trekking around Huayhuash cordillera - 140km
We left Sue and Ric in Lima with a taxi organised to pick them up and transfer them to the airport the following day. Confiden... Continue reading »
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Two nights stopover en route to Mancora
We caught up on our quota of overnight buses by spending a restless night aboard the warmest bus we have been on in the past 6... Continue reading »
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Sun, sand, cold beer and beach babes...best food in Peru
Leaving Huanchaco for Mancora was pretty easy. Again it was a night bus. I should point out that not all buses running in Sout... Continue reading »
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Working in Quito
Arriving into Quito was a bit like coming home. We found the home address we had been given and were immediately welcomed by W... Continue reading »
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Popayan, San Augustin and Salento into Colombia
Colombia is pretty interesting so far. We crossed the border under our own steam, whereas previously we used buses that were o... Continue reading »
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Trekking to the Ciudad Perdida (lost city)
Santa Marta is not what we want so we have a quick breakfast after arrival and head right off for a hostel we had recommended... Continue reading »
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chilling in the colonial city and on white beaches
Cartagena. It is funny how things strike you. Kaye and I were in the taxi coming into Cartagena from the bus terminal and we w... Continue reading »
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Chilling out Panama style
Two thumbs up for Panama City. OK so here is why.. We have been here now for three nights (yeah I know, almost local) and toda... Continue reading »
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Wild animals and beach in Costa Rica
Our first thoughts of San Jose, Costa Ricas’ thriving capital was that at no point did anyone consider town planning as... Continue reading »
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