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Perito Moreno
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An afternoon viewing the Perito Moreno glacier, and the next morning in El Calafate. |
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Tierra del Fuego
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Three days in Tierra del Fuego: Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego National Park |
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Sydney
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4 days in Sydney and around (Parramatta, and along the coast south up to Kiama).
Note that the timestamps of the photos of this album seem to be shifted back by 20h, e.g. our scheduled landing at the Sydney Airport was 2010-04-26 07:45, but the photos of the Harbour Bridge claim 2010-04-25 ~11:30. |
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Hong Kong
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9 days in Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui, The Peak, Disneyland, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen) |
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Baños
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10 days in and around Baños |
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12 |
Quilotoa
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A few days in a small Ecuadorian village at 3900m by Laguna Quilotoa |
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Buenos Aires
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Three days in Buenos Aires (center, San Telmo, La Boca, Recoleta) |
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Lençóis Maranhenses
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One day visit to the dunes and lagoons of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park |
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6 |
Recife/Olinda
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One day visit to the towns of Recife and Olinda |
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8 |
São Luís
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One morning in São Luís |
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Valparaiso
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One day in Valparaiso |
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25 |
Mendoza
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An evening and a full day in Mendoza, visiting some parks in the downtown, the Mendoza University campus and the Mendoza Zoo. |
13 |
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Mekong Delta
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Three day trip in the Mekong Delta, mostly in Vietnam, but on the last day crossing the border to Cambodia. |
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Nazca
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Three days in and around Nazca. Flight over the Nazca lines. Visit to the Cantalloc aqueducts and Chauchilla Cemetary. Hiking and sandboarding on the Cerro Blanco sand dune. |
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Ahmedabad
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12 days in Ahmedabad, mostly being sick and commuting in an autorickshaw between the city centre and Apollo Hospital ~15km outside of town |
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23 |
San Pedro de Atacama
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Two half-days in San Pedro, visiting Valle de la Luna in the evening of the first day (for the sunset and the full moon rise) |
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Macau
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Three days in Macau (澳門) visiting the old town and the casinos |
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Bangkok
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About two weeks in Bangkok, before and after touring Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. |
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45 |
Chiang Mai
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One week in Chiang Mai and around (trekking) |
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Mumbai
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4 days in Mumbai and around (Elephanta Island) |
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Vieng Phouka
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A 3-days/2-nights trek close to Vieng Phouka (Northern Laos) to visit (and overnight at) the local Lahu villages in the hills. |
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Angkor
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Visiting a silk farm close to Siem Reap and the Angkor temples, Cambodia |
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Luang Prabang
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3 days in Luang Prabang incl. a day trip to the Kuang Si waterfall, Laos |
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Dalat
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Two days in Dalat (altitude 1500m) |
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Nha Trang
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An afternoon and an early morning in Nha Trang |
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Hoi An
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A couple of days in Hoi An, incl. an afternoon on a beach close to Hoi An, and an early morning in My Son (55km from Hoi An) |
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Mekong river journey (Laos)
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Two-day journey in a slow boat down the Mekong river to Luang Prabang |
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Thale Noi
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A morning by and on the Thale Noi lake, Thailand |
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Penang
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Four days on the Penang island, Malaysia |
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Medan
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One afternoon and one morning in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia. |
16 |
40 |
Bukit Lawang
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Four days in and around Bukit Lawang, including two days in the Gunung Leuser National Park looking for orangutans |
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Berastagi
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Two days in the Karo Highlands in and around Berastagi |
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Bromo
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Two days in the Bromo region |
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37 |
Yogyakarta
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Three days in Yogyakarta and around |
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Jakarta
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Two days in Jakarta |
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35 |
Papua New Guinea
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10 days in PNG: Highlands (Mount Hagen, Goroka) and Coast (Madang) |
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33 |
French Polynesia
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10 days on Tahiti, Huanine and Bora Bora |
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Rapa Nui
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4 days in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) visiting:
2010-04-08 Hanga Roa → Rano Kau crater → Orongo trail → Hanga Roa (14km, by walk);
2010-04-09 Hanga Roa → museum → Hanga Kio'e → Ana Kakenga → Ahu Tepeu → Ana Te Pahu → Ahu Akivi → Puna Pau → Hanga Roa (24km by walk);
2010-04-10 Hanga Roa → Tongariki → Rano Raraku → Papa Vaka → Te Pito Kura → Anakena → Mataveri → Tongariki → Hanga Roa (106km by car). |
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Pantanal
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An evening in Campo Grande and 4 days in Pantanal (close to Porto Manga) |
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La Paz
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A couple of days in La Paz (during the carnival time), before and after climbing Huayna Potosi. |
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Patagonian ferryride
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A 4-days ferry trip from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales through Patagonian fjords and channels. |
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22 |
Salar de Uyuni
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A 3-days/2-nights trip from Uyuni (Bolivia) to San Pedro de Atacama (Chile), going through Salar de Uyuni, Laguna Colorada, Sol de Mañana, Laguna Verde, and other places on the Bolivian Altiplano. |
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Torres del Paine
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6 days (5 nights in tent) in the Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (tracks: "the tail of Q" + "the W" + "the road from Hosteria Las Torres to Laguna Amarga"). The weather was mostly good although very windy and one evening it was raining heavily. |
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Lake Titicaca
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Visits to Puno (Peru), the Uros Islands (Peru), Taquile Island (Peru), Copacabana (Bolivia), and Isla del Sol (Bolivia), around and in Lake Titicaca. |
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Potosi
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A one day visit to the mining town of Potosi, the highest town in the world, at 4090m. Visit to one of its mines. |
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Huayna Potosi
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A 3-days/2-nights trip to the Huayna Potosi mountain (6088m) close to La Paz. |
57 |
17 |
El Misti
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A 2-days/1-night trip to the top of the El Misti active volcano (5822m) near Arequipa. |
27 |
16 |
Colca Canyon
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A 3-days/2-nights visit into the Colca river canyon near Arequipa, Peru. The visited villages in the canyon were Cosñirhua, Malata, Sangalle; and out of the canyon Chivay, Cabanaconde and Maca. |
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14 |
Galapagos
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One week on the Galapagos Islands (Baltra, Santa Cruz, Rabida, Santiago, Bartolome), January 2010 |
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4 |
Ouro Preto
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A day in Ouro Preto (churches, steep streets and staircases, churches, an old gold mine, and more churches) |
16 |
3 |
Rio de Janeiro
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Two days in Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado, down-town, Rocinha, Vila Canoas, Pão de Açúcar, Maracanã), November 2009 |
24 |
5 |
Salvador
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Two and half days in Salvador (Pelourinho, Igreja de Nosso Senhor do Bonfim) |
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11 |
Quito
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Five days in Quito and around (Mitad del Mundo, Pichincha, Otavalo), late December 2009 and early January 2010 |
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10 |
Iquitos
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Three days in Iquitos, Peru. Visiting the Belen market and floating town, manatees, and the Quistococha zoo. |
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9 |
Amazonas
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Trip upriver along Rio Amazonas, December 2009. 23-day river trip from Belém (Brazil) to Iquitos (Peru) including stops (in Brazil) in Santarém, Alter do Chão, Tapajos national forest, Manaus, Tefé, Mamiraua reserve, Alvarães, Tabatinga/Leticia. Used four large slow river boats (Belém-Santarém, Santarém-Manaus, Manaus-Tefé, Alvarães-Tabatinga), one small motorboat (at Tefé-Mamiraua-Alvarães), and one fast boat (Tabatinga-Iquitos). |
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São Paulo
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Weekend in São Paulo, November 2009 |
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Machame
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Climbing to the top of Kilimanjaro along the Machame route in July 2009 |
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