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Yaxha

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  • Central America
  • Guatemala
Mar 07 2017
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Close to the famous Tikal ruins in Guatemala lie the lesser-known Mayan site of Yaxhá. Despite being only 30km as the quetzal flies from its famous neighbour, the drive is a little longer. As a result far fewer tourists make the journey to explore these amazing ruins.

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Escape

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  • Mexico
  • North America
Sep 09 2016
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This is the one. This is the post where we finally extract ourselves from the seemingly inescapable vortex of Santa María del Tule. Don’t get too excited. We only drove a few kilometres down the road.

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Into the mouth of the serpent

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  • Mexico
  • North America
Dec 30 2015
Detailed carvings preserved at Chicanná.Detailed carvings preserved at Chicanná.Yep. Another temple to climb.Becan ruins.But the view is worth it.

After a somewhat snap decision to leave Belize, we found ourselves back in Mexico sooner than we had planned.

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Laos—Luang Prabang

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  • Photo Friday
  • South East Asia
Sep 27 2013
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Photo Friday—Monk

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Crazy cat lady

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  • Photo Friday
  • South East Asia
Sep 06 2013
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Photo Friday—Hungry cat

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Angkor Wat?

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  • South East Asia
Jun 17 2013

To visit an historical site in New Zealand often means a visit to a Māori pā site which will involve standing in a grassy field, or on a headland, looking at a ditch which marks an old fence line, perhaps another which denotes a storage area. Don’t get me wrong it’s always interesting, standing there in a spot where history was made. Even a grassy field can be enough to bring that history to life in your mind. But New Zealand (like the name suggests, good branding decision there guys) is a pretty new country. We don’t have stone structures from […]

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Huiñay Huayna

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  • Peru
  • Photo Friday
May 10 2013
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Photo Friday—Huiñay Huayna (Wiñay Wayna)

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Would you like fried tarantula with that?

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  • South East Asia
Apr 29 2013
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The sun was setting and the tuk-tuk drivers were swarming… welcome to Phnom Penh.

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Last year

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  • South East Asia
Feb 21 2013
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This time last year we were in South East Asia. The year has gone pretty fast, think I’m about ready for another break…

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