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This is the end... the final days of our adventure!1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 3 months ago: So this is it, the final post on our adventures, we are now back in Sao Paulo, the last days were a … more →

Tags: Brazil, dinsoaurs, foot-prints, Petrolina, sousa, Wine

Chapada Diamantina - the cap of diamonds?!?!

Greg Newman wrote 3 months ago: Driving inland to Lencois and Chapada Diamantina National Park. So, in order to do this section just … more →

Tags: chapada diamantina, driving around brazil, guide, Hiking, national park

Down the coast to Salvador....

Greg Newman wrote 3 months ago: Hi All We’ve had a super busy four days! The time is really flying now… can not believe that we only … more →

Tags: Braids, Brazil, driving around brazil, Salvador

Ok, we are definitely going to get food poisoning here....1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 3 months ago: I am not sure which of us said it first, but I know we were both thinking it. You see we had left Ar … more →

Driving aimlessly around northeast brasil…1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 3 months ago: Ok, we started off three days ago in Recife in the state of Pernambuco, which is pretty much in the … more →

Tags: Beaches, Brasil, Brazil, Chips, Driving, Maceió, NORTH EAST

Fernando de Noronha - wow its terrible!

Greg Newman wrote 3 months ago: Ever since we arrived in Brasil, everyone has talked about FdN, telling us how amazing it is, how it … more →

Tags: Beaches, Brasil, Brazil, Fernando de Noronha, tapioca pancakes

My trip to the Amazon, by Cathy Whitaker4 comments

Greg Newman wrote 3 months ago: I feel like starting this way because I feel like I am about to do the Greatest Show and Tell EVERl! … more →

Tags: Acai, Amazon, Manaus, piranha, Sloth, survival, tour

Carnival 2009, we escape the dancing and head off for some fresh air in Patagonia.6 comments

Greg Newman wrote 8 months ago: So last week was carnaval week here in sunny Brasil, for those who have been reading our blog for a … more →

Tags: bariloche, Glacier, dog, Llao Llao

Euro 2008 in Caracas with Piero and Ana, this isn’t Spain we are in is it?2 comments

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: In life sometimes things are a bit surreal, sometimes they are just totally surreal, our weekend in … more →

Tags: Venezuela, Caracas, Euro 2008

Cowboys, caiman, capybaras, cows, creeks and Irish beef farmers - it could only be Easter in the Pantanal1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: So we are just back from the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands (at just about 195,000 square ki … more →

Tags: Beef, brangus, Caiman, Farm Stay, Fazenda, Pantanal, Pousada dos Monteiros, twitcher

Buenos Aires, a city so cool, even a cheesy Tango show can’t ruin it.1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: Sorry for the delay in posting, we have our first visitors in town, Craig and Janine have come over … more →

Tags: Buenos Aires, Tango, Senor Tango

Chile – land of clean cities full of friendly people with small feet.1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: We arrived in Santiago at 4am in the morning, not a time I am generally at my best, and were whisked … more →

Tags: Chile, santiago, Pinochet, Ritz-Carlton, tripadvisor

Have we arrived at a bad time? holidaying in a natural disaster zone1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: On Wednesday night we flew from Mexico City to Lima, Peru. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see much o … more →

Tags: ica, Perú, Nazca Lines, tourguide, Huacachina, Monkey, spaceman, Earthquake

Remember there’s no such thing as one drink in Mexico..... Aka drunking in Mexico City4 comments

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: This is how it was explained to us: There’s no such thing as one drink, so the first drink never cou … more →

Tags: mexico city, mexican hospitality, Tequila, Shots

Ponchos, pyramids, pilgrims, pesos, peppers and pump action shotguns – a weekend in Mexico City

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: Firstly I would like to point out that Latin America is a lot bigger than I ever realised. On Friday … more →

Tags: Diago Rivera, mexico city, peppers, pesos, Pilgrims, Ponchos, pump action shotguns, Pyramids, Teotihuacan pyramids

A lovely weekend in a land where petrol is cheaper than water...

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: After only two days in Caracas, we knew we couldn’t spend a weekend in the city (it’s not that excit … more →

Tags: black market fuel, Boliviar, Caracas, Chavez, Choroni, Hotel Tamanac, Porto Colombia, Venezuela

Lessons learned from travelling in South America part 956.1 comment

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: No matter how good a “Chicken Madras” may look on a room service menu in a hotel in Cara … more →

Tags: Caracas, chicken madras, curry, South America, Lessons Learned

venezuela - an unequal distribution of good looks and oil money....

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: So, we are safe in sound in crazy Caracas, not much to say about the city so far. Initial impression … more →

Tags: beaty queens, Chavez, facists, miss universe, oil money, Venezuela

Getting High in Colombia....5 comments

Greg Newman wrote 1 year ago: We arrived in Bogota the capital of Colombia on Saturday after a five and a half hour flight from SP … more →

Tags: andres carne de res, Bogota, Colombia, cycle paths, getting high


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