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Cal Orck’o, Sucre, Bolivia

Posted in Bolivia, South America, Travel Destination, tagged , , , , , , , on March 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There is a unique trip you can take in Sucre. At Cal Orck’o, one of the largest sites of dinosaur tracks in the world, you are able to take a trip back in time to when the dinosaur species were the most diverse.

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Parque Nacional Cajas (Cajas National Park), Ecuador

Posted in Ecuador, South America, Travel Destination, tagged , , , , , on January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

As I mentioned in my post about Cuenca, Parque Nacional Cajas was the highlight of the region for me. Its rugged wholesome beauty deserves more than ‘one brief look’ most of its visitors give. I suggest 3 different ways of exploring the páramo.

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Mercado de los Brujos (Witches Market), La Paz, Bolivia

Posted in Bolivia, South America, Travel Destination, tagged , , , , on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You feel eerie looking at these dried llama foetuses displayed for sale, but they are so full of expressions it’s as if they are still alive.

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Peruvian Hairless Dog, Peru

Posted in Peru, South America, Travel Destination, tagged , , , , , , on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a picture of the Peruvian hairless dog I saw in Trujillo, Peru.
I had read about them previously but I was still a bit shocked when I saw the first one. Doesn’t it look like it’s just survived an inferno or something?

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Camel Head, Morocco

Posted in Africa, Morocco, Travel Destination, tagged , , , , , on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Here’s a sight some of you might be horrified at. I certainly hadn’t seen a camel’s head hanging at the butcher shop before.

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Yellowstone, U.S.A.

Posted in North America, Travel Destination, USA, tagged , , , , , , on May 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

One day I saw this amazing picture in National Geographic magazine which instantly grabbed my attention. The colours were so spectacular I wasn’t sure what I was looking at and I wondered if indeed it was from this planet. It was an aerial picture of the Fountain Paint Pot, and ever since then Yellowstone had [...]

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