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Australia
Not much to see here. Just a few boats in a harbour.
Gladstone is probably the fluro capital of Australia. We found a cafe next to the harbour and we were the only ones not wearing fluro. Stuart and I dominated the fuzz ball table.
It's windy. 25 to 30knots. It's going to be rough. I hope the kids have taken their tablets.
Australia
3.45am. All kids are loaded and we are leaving.
Kenafakes car was loaded to the brim with food it's impressive what food for 50 looks like.
Australia
Wow. New Zealand, Ecuador and Peru have been amazing.
Top 10 (in no particular order)
-Surfing at Raglan, beautiful place and a world class wave.
-Driving in NZ. Every bend in the road leads to another amazing Vista.
-Catching up with friends abroad.
-Beachfront accommodation in Montinita
-Boat trip through the Galapogus islands
-Surfing punta Carola in Saint cristobal
-Making new friendsRead more
Argentina
I didn't expect to write any more Posts as we were just transiting home. The connections home are terrible but the flights were substantially cheaper so obviously we booked them. The layover in Argentina was from 5am till 12am.
Even though our bags were checked through we thought we might as well see if imigration would let us out of the airport. Worst they could do is say no and send us throughRead more
Peru
Not much to see here except for the crazy ruins of an old Inca civilization. Actually it's very impressive and I am pretty sure most people have heard about it because there were probably a few thousand people walking around the ruins today.
We woke up reasonably early and began looking around the ruins around 8am with a reasonably priced tour guide.
The place is amazing. The views in allRead more
Emdee FineAmazing photos and great text! What a trip. I was hoping to find the famous Buenos Aires airport story... Any photos of the guards? Michael
Peru
The sacred Valley is home to many of the Inca ruins (except the big one) and we thought we would do a tour and see a few.
We started at Moray which has a number of circular terraces. Each terrace has a slightly different micro climate which the Inca's used as a growing laboratory.
Maras has salt mining where salt rich water from the mountain flows into pools from which the water evaporates andRead more
Peru
Cusco is pretty high up and i was surprised how much the elevation bothered me, this also meant that it was a lot colder than i expected. Coca leaves, Coca tea and lollies are readily available and i definitely felt better by the end of the second day.
Cusco is a busy tourist town which still has loads of character and reminds me of Ubud in Bali. There are loads of great restaurants at a greatRead more
Peru
After searching for waves and not really finding amazing swell we decided to finish with a week in the mountains around Cusco which is where Machu picchu is. However a couple of days in Lima seemed appropriate as its on the way (also has surf).
After a bus ride through the night we found a nice hostel near the beach in trendy Mira flores droped off the laundry and i had a surf which wasn't allRead more
Peru
After leaving Lobitos we are now in Pacasmayo, it just took a 7hr bus ride and a 1 and a half hour mini bus ride. As a bonus we are traveling with our new Argentinian friends which is a lot of fun. It also makes the language barrier easy and gives me someone to surf with.
Pacasmayo is potentially the longest left in the world. Chicama which is an hour and a half away fights pacasmayo for theRead more
PeruStill hanging out in Lobitos but I now have a ticket to Trujillo on a bus that leaves tonight at 930pm. It's a great place to relax and I bet the surf pumps but I am now sick of surfing 1foot waves. As a bonus I have scored 4 kite surfing sessions and i have managed to ride a 2 foot wave in cross offshore conditions (something I don't often get on the Goldie).
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