tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57903082011-04-21T13:22:34.864-07:00A little travel diaryJackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121892028157143330noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790308.post-1063475304113278752003-09-13T10:48:00.000-07:002003-09-13T10:48:24.120-07:00

Mexico City is huge. Traffic is unbelievable. Well, it was a Friday afternoon, and they were going to have four days off because of their upcoming Independence Day on September 15th, but still...hardly ever seen traffic like that. The city is full of life, hustle and bustle. Although I only had one day and barely managed to even do a typical tourist city tour, I came away quite impressed with

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Bad luck with the weather in Rio - first it was cloudy, then it started raining cats and dogs. I still had fun in that city, though. Just a pity that in the place with possibly the most scenic views in the world, I did not get to fully enjoy the views because of the weather. Would like to come back to this city with more time - perhaps during the Carnival, with some friends - that could be fun!

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For a change of pace, no beach this time in the photo gallery. Not even sun, actually. It was cloudy and then rainy in Iguassu Falls. But it was a very, very impressive spot to visit. I had seen the Niagara Falls before, but the Iguassu Falls have something more untouched to them. The area around the streets leading to the Falls is not too nice, though - I heard it actually is or used to be an

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In Fortaleza, I realized again how small the world is. I stayed at a hotel in "Praia de Cumbuco" ("Hotel Paradise", I got the address from this website), pretty much at the end of the world. So my surfing teacher told me to come to Fortaleza (bigger city, about 2 mio. people) in the evening to have a drink and go to a discotheque with some friends. I did that and at about 2:45 a.m., i looked

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Wow, what an island. As you will see, I took about a million pictures, simply because it was so beautiful. I was already highly impressed with Los Roques (Venezuela), but here, I stayed longer (a few days), so I had more time to enjoy the place, plus, it was more fun because I met some nice people right away (Simone the super-nice and crazy Brazilian girl and Manuel the friendly, calm guy from

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In Buenos Aires, I went to the Varig office and got a Brazil airpass for only $ 411, which includes the following flights: Rio de Janeiro - (Recife) - Fernando de Noronha - (Recife) - Fortaleza - (Sao Paulo) - Iguazu - (Sao Paulo) - Rio de Janeiro. So that's really 8 flights, with four destinations (the rest are just transfers) and I think it's a great deal to see the "Best of Brazil" (or at

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Yesterday, I did a city tour with a tourist guide organized by the Concierge of the hotel - good tourist guide - Alfonso - took me a bit around town, sang out loud to AC/DC and kept bitching about traffic in Caracas. In the evening, I went to an area called Las Mercedes where they have a few bars and pubs to have a snack. Today, went to Los Roques. As close to paradise as it gets. I don't think

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Here are my pictures from Cuba, with some comments.

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This is a site to keep some notes of my round-the-world trip. Since not only my digital camera was stolen in Barcelona, but later also my Sony Ericsson P800 phone, there are no pictures from Prague, Munich, Zuerich, Budapest, Vienna, or Venice, which were the first parts of my trip. If I ever send in the little throw-away camera to get the pictures developed I took in Cairo and Barcelona, I

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