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		<title>Epilogue: Cold Turkey.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s very strange to be back home. I miss South America incredibly: the culture, the people, the food and the joy of backpacking and the unknown. When you are backpacking, no two days are the same. For now, I’m happy reflecting on the amazing time I had; the experiences, the lessons learnt, the friendships forged [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=185&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>La Cidade Marvilhosa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short bus ride later we had arrived in Rio, or as the 10 million locals call it – Cidade Marvilhosa. First appearances seemed to support this: huge skyscrapers merged with jungle clad mountains, and were surrounded by golden stretches of sand and cool turquoise waters. Some of the world’s most iconic landmarks and scenery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=181&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bloca, beaches and Bardot.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arriving in Santa Cruz in the early hours, we got ourselves in the queue to buy our train tickets&#8230; Some say its called the Death Train because of the amount of people who died whilst building the line, others say its because locals hitch rides on the roof and fall asleep and drop off to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=177&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mines, Markets and Muerte.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arriving in Sucre in desperate need of a shower and a fresh set of clothes, we headed out to catch a taxi to our hostel. This proved harder than it should have been due to Sucre&#8217;s taxi drivers being the first in South America to refuse to barter in any way. Furthermore they must be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=148&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New photos!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick one to say that I have uploaded new photos aswell! Just click the link to the right!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=121&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sun, Skulls and Sacrifices.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slowly the headaches began to subside and my joints began to ache less. Thankfully, being in Baranco, One Hostel is about a 5 minute walk from the sea. As my strength began to return I would spend most evenings watching the sun set into the water, and the surfers cramming in a last few waves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=146&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hammocks, Huts and Hallucinations.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once we had arrived in Chiclayo, we then had to catch another bus onto Tarapoto. From here we would head to Yurimaguas, where we would board a boat that would take us all the way to Iquitos, a journey covering 3 days. It was hard to ignore the fact that it was rainy season once [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=137&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fry ups, Fins and Fireworks.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arriving back in the historic capital of the Inca Empire, we headed once more back up the hill to Loki hostel. The hostel itself is over 450 years old, and matched with the cold climate, was perfectly suited for some traditional festive fun. The place is built around two central courtyards, and looks out across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=132&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Photos!</title>
		<link>http://esc2.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/new-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have finally loaded a new selection of photos up &#8211; Just click the link on the right! More to follow&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=104&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canyons, Condors and Cockroaches.</title>
		<link>http://esc2.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/canyons-condors-and-cockroaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we were heading back to Cusco for Christmas we didn&#8217;t hang around after we got back from the Inca trek, so we hopped on a bus to Arequipa. Arequipa is Peru&#8217;s second largest city and is nicknamed the ´La Ciudad Blanca´ (The White City) due to the many colonial-era Spanish buildings built of sillar, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esc2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4603912&amp;post=128&amp;subd=esc2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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