Cerro San Cristóbal

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I always pushed it back to ‘tomorrow’, and in the end, I didn’t see it at all: Cerro San Cristóbal, the hill that dominates the city of Santiago. On a good day, you can see much of Santiago lying to its feet, and the Andes Mountain range in the back of the city. On a […] Read More

Fifo

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To understand Perth means understanding the term fifo. You’ll hear and see it over and over again. Fly in, fly out. It’s the way a lot of people in Perth make their money, working in the mines in Western Australia. I met a geologist who works for one of the mines. Nine days in a row, […] Read More

Cape Animals

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On our trip through the peninsula and to the Cape of Good Hope, we also encountered a number of animals. From the baboons that live around the Cape – and that tourists are constantly warned off not to feed them or approach them as they might become pretty unfriendly when after your food – to […] Read More

59626 km

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And here are the travel statistics for Round Two of my trip. In total, I made another 59626 km. Here’s the breakdown, I traveled: 56124 km in the air or 68 hours 38 minutes 2945 km by car and bus 417 km by train 140 km by ferry taking 19 flights on 12 Airbus, 6 Boeing […] Read More

Playa dust explained

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First dusty day today! So far, my Burn has been pretty good. The weather was outright nice! Only the first two nights were cold, the others were warm, to a point where you could have worn shorts. There was little to no wind, so no huge sand storms, the dreaded white-out, when you can’t see the […] Read More

Auckland Transport

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Auckland is a car city. They pretty much built it on, around and for the car. While the CBD now has a couple of pedestrian zones, the main means of transport for Aucklanders are their four wheels. First time you realize that, is when you have to wait for green on any crossing. I seems […] Read More