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Revised South American Itinerary!

With it being a challenge to find work in Queenstown I decided to move my south American flight from November to Feb next year. this allows me to build up more money and spend some extra time in New Zealand, making the most of my working visa :).

So, I now plan to leave Queenstown some time in Mid Jan 2010, just after my birthday... ahum. Then travel the North Island of NZ until Feb 15th , when ill now fly to Santiago! This also pushes my return date back to somewhere around the 16th May...


Third leg; Latin America

Chile, Argentina
Flight: Auckland to Santiago - 15/02/10

- 15/02/10 - Santiago
- 19/02/10 - Valparaiso / Vina del mar
- 24/02/10* - Chillan - market town
- 29/02/10* - Pucon - volcan Villarrica
- 03/03/10* - Valdivia - Turrets and forts!
- 05/03/10* - Punta Natales -National park of Torres del Paine
- 15/03/10* - Punta Arenas


Peru, Bolivia, Brazil Flight: Punta to Lima - 18/12/09

- 26/03/09 - Lima
- 27/03/09 - Pisco
- 28/03/09 - Nazca (Nazca lines, see picture below!)
- 30/03/09 - Arequipa/Chivay/ Colca Canyon
- 01/03/09 - Cuzco
- 30/04/09 - Ollantaytambo
- 01/04/09 - Inca Trail - Machu Picchu
- 04/04/10 - Cuzco
- 07/04/10 - Puno4
- 08/04/10 - Lake Titicaca
- 10/04/10 - La Paz
- 12/04/10 - Uyuni / Salar de Uyuni - Salt Planes
- 16/04/10 - Potosi - highest city of it's kind in the world.
- 18/04/10 - Sucre
- 20/04/10 - Santa Cruz / Puerto Suarez
- 22/04/10 - Corumba / Pantanal
- 24/04/10 - Bonito / Iguassu Falls
- 29/04/10 - Paraty / Ilha Grande
- 09/05/10 - Rio de Janeiro


Flight: Rio to London - 16/05/10

Life in Queenstown

A short film about the people, the places and life in Queenstown July 2009

Contains swearing and bare skin..

Traveling

"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."

Nelson Mandela

Tsunami

Deadly tsunamis strike in Pacific

40cm high by the time it hits NZ coastlines tho.... Phew!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8281616.stm


Warning canceled
i didn't have a clue, drunk ...asleep when it happened!

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/09/30/1245c8c00720

Slipery slope

Snowboarding Coranet Peak - Queenstown




After a few runs on the learner slope Kit was eager to push me down the big slope the M1, so we jumped on the chair lift and went for it. It loads better on the large slope cuz you don't have to keep having to head back up every 5 mins like on the learner.

I hired a new 2009 season demo board ;) It'd work out a bit pricey to keep hiring the stuff every week and paying for the bus and pass... Only had one go on the slope but definitely considering doing a season in France on the big slopes one christmas...

Another vid of me...

Rich's first big jump