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Four months of South America in photos

Sarah Duff — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:57:02 +0000

The second part of this year-long around-the-world trip (after a three-month stint in the USA), was South America, a continent I had never visited. It had always seemed so far from South Africa, so I felt like a normal-length two-week trip would never cut it. I saved up South America for a time when I […]

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An Amazon journey: Bolivia’s Madidi National Park

Sarah Duff — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 21:28:37 +0000

“This is why it’s called a rainforest”, said our guide Orlando Queteguari Apana, as the dark clouds broke above us and rivers of rain were unleashed. We regretted not choosing to take wellington boots on the hike, as pathways through the trees quickly turned into knee-deep rivers on our two-hour walk back to the lodge. […]

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Salt, sky and sand on a 4×4 trip through Bolivia

Sarah Duff — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:23:28 +0000

My introduction to Bolivia couldn’t have been more dramatic: a border crossing from Chile at over 4000 metres above sea level in the freezing early morning with the giant Licancabur Volcano looming in the background, followed by three days of offroading in a Land Cruiser through some of the most beautiful and unusual landscapes I’ve […]

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