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| 21st December 2008 Doug | Glad you made it to Foz do Iguaįu - From: The greatest flow on Earth Hey John, So glad you were able to make it to Foz do Iguaįu, even though you had to rush the Brazilian side. The photos brought back to me some happy memories. I especially liked the butterfly photos, since they weren't so abundant when I was there. |
| 12th December 2008 Jabe | Taxi - From: The greatest flow on Earth Hi Carolyn - I guess I left a bit of ambiguity in my wording, as the taxi was just back across the border from Foz do Iguacu to Puerto Iguazu! I think one all the way to BA would have used up my travel budget for 2009 :-) |
| 12th December 2008 Gunga | More great photos - From: The greatest flow on Earth Hi John, I enjoyed your blog. I was there in '96 and got caught in a torential rainstorm...it added to the general discomfort of steamy heat. You are right, the views are spectacular. Did you really take a taxi back to BA? What did that cost you? I signed up for your blog so I won't miss any of them. Carolyn ( gunga) |
| 5th December 2008 Daz | A fellow blog writer... - From: Killing Pablo's reputation Hi, nice blog with a bit of history too. Im in Medellin right now and its a fantastic place. Shame you didnt sample the night life, its one of the best I have seen in 2 years of travelling. Keep up the blogs and becareful in Bogota - like Quito it can be dodgy at night ;-) |
| 3rd December 2008 Graciela | Great - From: Raining champion I love your pictures, they show something about you. You are a great observer. I stand up and applaude. Great. Love from Argentina |
| 18th November 2008 KSue | Great Blog - From: An unnatural selection John - I really enjoyed reading your blog! Your pictures are darn awesome!!! I'll be going there next week! I'm excited about the adventure. I am taking a 5MM wetsuit so I can get some snorkeling in. It sounds like you had fun - this is a "must" for the adventure traveler. |
| 12th November 2008 Kevin | Great pics...but how about a smile? - From: A little bit of TLG John, great journal - I found it a week or so ago, and have been reading though it from the start of your trip way back in 2006. I've been to many of the places you've been to, and am really enjoying revisiting through your viewpoint or exploring new destinations through your pictures, which, as you know from the comments you get, are great! Now, not that you should care what I think of your self-portraits - but would it kill ya to smile every now and again? You'd be surprised how much a smile can add to a collection of pictures (or how much it can detract)... :) |
| 10th November 2008 Jo Trouble | - From: It seems to be a little world within itself Nice panorama! |
| 8th November 2008 Good sue | beautiful pictures - From: Green land Your photos are incredibly beautiful. Keep it up! Susan |
| 6th November 2008 Marie | Photo's - From: Green land Hey! Just wanted to tell you that your photo's really are amazing. I'm always keen to capture nice pictures on my travels...but yours are something else! Enjoy. |
| 3rd November 2008 the soul cultivator | Stunning photos as always. - From: Green land Great blog....LOVED the monkey hand. |
| 3rd November 2008 Mell | - From: Green land Great photos! :) |
| 31st October 2008 Tom Rooney | Nice blog, shame about the robbery - From: A little unpleasantness in Quito Thanks for the blog John, and sorry to hear about the robbery. I was also robbed in Quito with friends, and the security guards are no help at all. For your readers, I would strongly suggest that you do not walk around Quito at night especially if you are alone, and don't think for a minute the presence of security will make a difference. You will get robbed!! We saw one of the chief perpetrators from our unpleasant episode chatting to the same security guard on the corner the very next night! |
| 30th October 2008 Jabe | Re anteaters - From: A little unpleasantness in Quito Thanks for the comment, Chris - too much nature recently ... |
| 30th October 2008 Chris Loew | Those aren't sloths - From: A little unpleasantness in Quito Those are anteaters, not sloths in the photo. Nice pictures though. Chris Loew |
| 24th October 2008 Jabe | Re spiritual experience - From: Architecture and sobriety I know I can always rely on you for a positive comment, Adrian - thanks :-) I'm currently using a Canon S3iS, which has the major benefit of a x12 optical zoom but without having to carry around any separate lenses. It's certainly not perfect, but as a travel camera it's pretty close. I rarely do any post-processing, maybe a crop once in a blue moon, but having just discovered the functionality available in the photo editing software on Flickr, I may be doing more in the future. However post-processing takes Internet time, and that's often in short supply when I'm travelling. |
| 24th October 2008 Adrian Y | spiritual experience - From: Architecture and sobriety sorry for waxing purple all at once (hmm chameleon?)...uplifting and wry observations visual & verbal. Admire your exquisite "eye" - do you adjust photos, or does your camera give these supreme results? What do you use? O Master John Prester thank thank thank you. |
| 24th October 2008 Laryssa | Great photos! - From: Architecture and sobriety We wanted to go to Cuenca on our trip to Ecuador-unfortunately our plans had to change (not for a bad reason thankfully, just one of those travel things) and we couldn't make it. Your photos are gorgeous! Thanks for giving me the view of the city we couldn't make it to. |
| 23rd October 2008 graciela | Love your pics - From: Architecture and sobriety I always read your blogs. I love your sense of humour, or at least itīs sense of humour to me. Iīve been to Cuenca last year. Lovely place, lovely pictures, lovely details you focused with your camera. Great. Love from Argentina. |
| 25th September 2008 BALIBUDDY | SPEECHLESS - From: Drawing the lines WOOO...AMAZING, I AM SPEECHLESS. BIG HELLO FROM BALI |
| 19th September 2008 steffen | Beautiful... - From: Blister factory Similar to your Arequipa blog, you have captured the real beauty of Colca Canyon. Great photos! |
| 16th September 2008 Ellen Around the World | Cruz del Sur - From: Southern charm I laughed some much at your description of Cruz del Sur - I remember the same journey down to Arequipa - at some points boiling hot and others freezing - as they kept turning the aircon on and off! Also the video camera and safety feature spiel ... but one thing you left out was my favourite thing ... bus bingo??!! |
| 16th September 2008 CatBrook | ohhh photos! - From: Southern charm Really stunning photos! Yes I think you will be giving a few people ideas:) |
| 16th September 2008 Tash21 | - From: Southern charm love the photos!! Didn't have the chance to see much of Peru when i was there. A shame really. |
| 15th September 2008 Graciela | Lovely place - From: Southern charm I really like your pictures and they give me ideas for my next trips!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, but it means "stealing" ideas from you, I hope you donīt mind. Arequipa is a beautiful place to visit, Iīve been there last year. The Colca Canyon is one of the places on earth. Love from Argentina. |
| 9th September 2008 Ant Carr | Agreed, agreed, agreed! - From: Something the Spanish missed Hey. Thought I'd write as I've just read your blog on Machu Pichu. I visited it with my grlfriend a month or so ago and felt the same things - overpriced everything totally overshadowed the visit. Yes, the site it astounding, though probably more for its location than anything else. And Aguas Calientes is awful! It's refershing to read an honest blog about it as so many are totally gushing. It's a must-see but not without its downsides and I, like you, couldn't help but feel a smidge ripped off as I left. In fact, we had to leave early as we couldn't afford to feed ourselves! One thing though. I reckon the dogs in South America are a lot more charming than the ones in Asia. Probably because people people don't beat the shit out of them, but treat them with a bit of respect. And I didn't mind the cats either - probably the most likeable inhabitants of Aguas Calientes. I'll be keen to read more of your blogs in the future. Ours is www.travelblog.org/ant-and-jenny if you're interested. Happy travels. x |
| 9th September 2008 Tony | Machu Picchu - From: Something the Spanish missed You have some AMAZING pics, of Machu Picchu, it truly is a breathless place to be. I was there last summer, and the we were the there the same day it was named one of the modern 7 wonders, so that was really cool there was celebration EVERYWHERE! anyways theres a new site I would like to pass along, its called www.baraaza.com Its a cool site for people like us, Travelers I mean :) So check it out and tell me what you think. Tony |
| 4th September 2008 Jabe | ? - From: Sometimes it snows in April I have absolutely no idea why you left this comment on my blog, however my understanding of the UN's view of the islands is that it's up to Argentina and the UK (i.e. not the UN) to provide a solution regarding sovereignty. |
| 4th September 2008 Javier | Malvinas Memorial - From: Sometimes it snows in April Malvinas and Falkland Memorial as english say is a territory still under a resolution of the United Nations to get an agreement. If UK donīt believe in the International Rights, thats a big problem. |
| 3rd September 2008 Stephen Paul | Great Shots - From: The woman from Atlanta Wonderful attention to the little things that grab the attention! My favorites are "corn", "bolt from the blue" and "Spanish house built on Inca foundations"!! Great stuff |
| 21st August 2008 Paul Bax | Skip Ellsworth - From: Headin' for the island, tomorrow mornin' we'll be there ... I thought you should know Skip passed away August 6th, 2008. You can still view his site at: www.skipsbeachresort.com or .net |
| 6th August 2008 Ralph | Sucre - From: White city Love your photos - glad to see Sucre is in a better shape then when we were last there and we were caught in a full scale riot!! |
| 2nd August 2008 NickTheTrick | Mines... - From: No silver lining I disagree wholeheartedly. The tour of the mine is the only way to appreciate the terrible conditions the miners face. It's no Disney Park ride - what did you expect? |
| 1st August 2008 Graciela | A piece of advice - From: No silver lining The tour in the mine should be prohibited. Itīs extremely dangerous. For those who havenīt done it, avoid it, please. I stayed in the same hotel you did. Something to recommend. Lovely Potosí. |
| 31st July 2008 Gunga | Great shots - From: Getting some perspective Hi Jabe, I visited Humahuaca in 1989. Our small tour bus had its windshield smashed by rocks kicked up from the road surface. It was a harrowing trip back to Salta, Arg. in the dark. Did you get to Tiwanaku in Bolivia? Are you heading for Cusco, Peru? Did you decide to get Pilar's apt.? Are you adjusting to the cold? Carolyn ( blogger name'gunga') |
| 26th July 2008 jean matson | You also take food pictures! - From: German bight Loved the volcano photos. I had to smile when I saw the food pictures. My daughter who travelled last year in South America and is in ecuador now also likes to take pictures of food! |
| 25th July 2008 Jabe | Re Mistake - From: City arrived at by reading atlas backwards? (5) Thanks for the comment, Graciela. Unfortunately I can only "attach" my blog to one location so, as Salta was where I was based for this period, I chose that rather than Jujuy. |
| 25th July 2008 Graciela | Mistake - From: City arrived at by reading atlas backwards? (5) The hill of the seven colours, the Humahuaca region and some other pictures you show belong to Jujuy, another province, not Salta. They both belong to the north west. I love that area, full of colour, very cheap and nice atmosphere. Thank you for your nice comments on my country. Graciela, from Argentina. |
| 25th July 2008 John | Computer - From: City arrived at by reading atlas backwards? (5) Sitting at home, only the computer can show you these beautiful pictures and you can learn some spanish as well. www.zoekjelastminute.nl |
| 22nd July 2008 james st. james | worth a thousand pictures - From: South American graffiti wow, what great pictures. you have a great eye. from the central coast northwards, most chilean seaside towns have a lot of mist, usually in the mornings but it often hangs around all day, especially in winter. cheers! |
| 17th July 2008 Vinovat Sudarynya | Thanks. - From: City of dog I really enjoyed your "City of dog" blog - your writing is original and funny and you have a real eye for a picture. Now to check out the rest.... J |
| 17th July 2008 PowderLover | Impressed - From: City of dog Your pictures are absolutely beautiful. You capture the spirit of the place perfectly. I especially love the no PDA's in the church. PowderLover |
| 17th June 2008 Jabe | Re Rodrigo Aguilar's comment - From: The beard of the watery autumn grows long Corrected - thanks! |
| 17th June 2008 Jabe | Re exploreilocos' comment - From: Gavin self-destructed here? (5) I'm English, not American. |
| 17th June 2008 exploreilocos com | - From: Gavin self-destructed here? (5) It's really interesting to hear another American's take on their experiences in the Philippines. I'm Filipino American (born and raised in Los Angeles), and although I may blend in because of my skin tone, natives can tell I'm a foreigner. Obviously your experiences differ greatly from mine, but I really enjoyed reading your blog on Vigan. |
| 16th June 2008 Rodrigo Aguilar | Good Report - From: The beard of the watery autumn grows long Hello Very interesting report but you have a little mistake in the pictures. The Iglesia Santa Maria is from Achao and not from Ancud. Best regards |
| 10th June 2008 the soul cultivator | - From: German bight Goawd blimmy, your photos are pure genius! |
| 9th June 2008 Adrian | Welsh cousins - From: Rare Welsh bit Coincidentally today received email from Marcela in Argentina, granddaughter of an emigrant relative from Swansea area. Yet to devine her precise location, Puerto Madryn perhaps. Family tree hunting (7000 of the blighters so far) - displacement activity for a like-wanderer in between reading your blogs! Heady infusion of poignant photos, philosophy and admirable wit. |
| 5th June 2008 Erik L | - From: Hitting a sweet spot Stunning pictures! |
| 5th June 2008 barrygahan | You do know your Shackleton! - From: Give me Shackleton every time Very interesting blog, I had no idea there were this many Shackleton & Antarctica connections in Punta Arenas. |
