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		<title>Border Bashing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bus tickets we bought from Cuenca was for Tumbles but the route took us to Machala first. We got on the bus and settled into the ride. The next thing I remember was Jamie grabbing me and telling me to get off the bus. Little did I know, he had been having several strained [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1160&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Banos and Cuenca</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the big city (Quito) we decided to get a better idea of the city by heading up the vernier to the top of the overlooking mountain. We got a taxi there and bought a ticket. Thankfully you could pay another 3 pounds to get the tourist ticket which allowed you to skip the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1157&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jungle 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got up early and went to pick up the English and German folk from the Shaman’s home. On route we passed a couple indigenous tribal hamlets. They seems to be self sufficient to a large extent with water towers, outhouses, solar panels and sewage pipes. No doubt the oil and tourism helped. When we arrived at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1151&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jungle day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next day we got up early and went bird watching just after dawn. Some of the birds were quite comical. As I often do, when nature watching, I daydreamed. As always I humanised the birds into stereotypes of various cultures, famous people and races from around the world.  The small flamboyant bird would be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1143&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jungle Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We unloaded our minimal baggage from the canoe and proceeded into the clearing. In the clearing there was a series of 3 huts. One was the kitchen and dining room, one was the guests’ bedrooms and one was locals&#8217; home. After dumping our bags I jumped into one of the hammocks and finished the charge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1140&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Jungle Arrival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organising the trip to the jungle was a strange expereince. We had to get a bus to an oil town 7 hrs away then meet “Jorge” at a cafe. As far as we could tell lots of things could go wrong in the process and it smelt dodgy. Nonetheless, we caught the overnight bus to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1137&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the Big City</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We arrived in Quito and got a taxi to the reknowed hostel called the &#8220;Secret Garden&#8221; in the old town. Annoyingly there was no space for we headed into the new town . We found a place the LP recommended called &#8220;Cafe del Mundo.&#8221; It is in the Quito party district called Mariscal which also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1134&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monsters and Trouble at the Border</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We arrived at the hostel. Managed to get a twin room for the price of a dorm. Was rather disconcerting as everyone was warning us how dangerous the area was and how dangerous the buses can be. Hunger as we were we went to a Mexican restaurant. Amazingly a bloke, Chris, sat down who was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1132&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sun, Sea and Pirates</title>
		<link>http://drmuir.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/sun-sea-and-pirates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We stayed in Santa Marta another two nights. The first day was pure relaxation in front of the pool, TV and reading. This was due to Jamie and I´s horrendous sun burn. Personally I thought I was in the shade under a tree. Unknown to myself I must have drifted out as the sun progressed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1130&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Coke please, sorry Coca Cola&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We landed safely after some serious turbulence and a rocky landing. Our taxi driver (un)surprisingly was drunk but in good form got us there in record time. After a welcomed sleep at the Platypus we got some breakfast (tacos) and then headed up the 600m veneer to the top of the surrounding Andes plateau. At [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drmuir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7413492&amp;post=1124&amp;subd=drmuir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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