The Andes from my plane window
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Living room in mi casita
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Backyard
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Andes from the backyard
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Plaza de armas. There is one of these in every major Latin city...on one side...
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plaza de armas otra vez
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a drummer of some sort...typical chileno
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view of the city from the gondola...smog covers most of the andes but you can...
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virgen maria on the top of cerro san cristobal.
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a view from the top of cerro san cristobal...you should theoretically...
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Bethany and Zach on the funicular ride down the mountain
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part of Pablo Nerudas house...note the boat-like (i know theres a...
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Pablo Neruda´s casa
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Hillary, Zach, Bethany in front of la Moneda - the house of the government
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Hillary, me, Bethany in front of la Moneda
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artwork in the museum underneath la Moneda...this is all of...
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en el micro (the buses)
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from the bus on the way to valparaiso.
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vineyard
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where the national congress meets. this building was built during the...
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fruit market in valparaiso.
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a hill in valparaiso
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the harbor of valparaiso. before the panama canal existed this was one of (if...
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a view from the top of cerro cristobal, the hill we stayed on in valparaiso.
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Liz and Zach trying to locate our position
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top of cerro cristobal in valparaiso. vina del mar is just around the...
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valparaiso.
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Zach, Liz, Emily in valparaiso.
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on the top of cerro santa lucia in santiago.
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On the bus to Polmaire (Stephanie, Hilary, Chris, Zach)
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Walking up the road from the highway to Polmaire.
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Blue sky and green! Fields on our walk to Polmaire. This is just outside of...
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on the walk to Polmaire
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Estamos aqui! The town of Polmaire
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lunch at a really good restaurant in Polmaire. I think we were the...
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Hilary and Kiyana at the restaurant in Polmaire.
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the restaurant in Polmaire.
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Mariel in Polmaire. The shops were pretty much identical to each other...
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random in Polmaire.
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waiting. we do a lot of it when moving in large groups...not everybody...
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the Andes from the bus window
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Peggy and Melissa
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Gareth and me in bella vista
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the van on the ride up the mountains to the ski resort. There were...
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out the van window on the ride up.
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Gareth taking pictures out the van window on the ride up...probably...
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on the way up
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on the way up. That fog you can see is not fog nor low lying clouds - that is...
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the smog of Santiago
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the lodge at the El Colorado ski resort. its mostly foreigners up...
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part of the ski mountain
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Peggy and her purple pants
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part way up
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Karen and Liz
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Bethany
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me, skiing in the andes!
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bethany, skiing in the andes
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this is probably a quarter to half the way down
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The andes, the smog, skiing
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Hilary
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Zach
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the sun started coming out towards the end of the afternoon, made for...
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San Pedro de Atacama
driving into San Pedro from the airport, we stopped for...
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San Pedro de Atacama
The church on the Plaza de Armas, the roof is thatched.
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San Pedro de Atacama
the desert...the mountain on the left was my favorite volcano
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San Pedro de Atacama
Ruins de Tulor. The city that was the center for trade over the mountains.
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San Pedro de Atacama
Salaris. The salt lake we swam in. To get to it we drove offroad for...
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San Pedro de Atacama
At the Salaris...Me, Zach, Hillary
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San Pedro de Atacama
desert from the salt lake
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San Pedro de Atacama
My favorite volcano, salaris.
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San Pedro de Atacama
Silly...
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San Pedro de Atacama
Cordillera del Sal, we watched the sunset here
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San Pedro de Atacama
The ridge we hiked out on to watch the sunset.
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San Pedro de Atacama
Valle de la Luna, where we watched the sunset
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San Pedro de Atacama
Valle de la Luna, sunset. Gareth, Ryan, Chris, Zach, Peggy. We were the brave...
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San Pedro de Atacama
The geysers at sunrise
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San Pedro de Atacama
Geysers at sunrise
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San Pedro de Atacama
Touching a geyser, well one that doesn´t shoot up.
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San Pedro de Atacama
Geysers after the sun rose.
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San Pedro de Atacama
In the hot springs. Bethany, me, Hillary
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San Pedro de Atacama
Mountain biking through the Pasaje del Diablo.
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San Pedro de Atacama
One of the rivers we had to ford while biking. The theme for our trip to the...
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Bolivia!
Our first of many buses...with semi camas. Back: Zach, Gareth,...
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Bolivia!
near the border. Wild Vicuna...there were llamas up here too.
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Bolivia!
La Paz
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Bolivia!
Copacabana, blessing the cars with beer.
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Bolivia!
Copacabana, the cathedral courtyard
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Bolivia!
Copacabana
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Bolivia!
Copacabana, Horca del Inca. The sundial at the top of the hill, Lake...
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Bolivia!
Copacabana, Lago Titicaca
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Bolivia!
Isla del Sol en Lago Titicaca. Our guide was from a smaller tribe who...
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Bolivia!
Zach and I on the escalera Inca, the stairs.
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Bolivia!
Our Bolivia group on Isla del Sol. Me, Zach, Bethany, Gareth, Hillary, Chris.
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Bolivia!
Copacabana from the top of the mountain we climbed to watch the sunset
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Bolivia!
The llama fetuses in the Witch´s Market, La Paz
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Bolivia!
La Paz
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desert in San Pedro de Atacama
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with my two tall friends...Gareth and Zach in San Pedro at the iglesia
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Solaris...San Pedro
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Solaris, San Pedro
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Valle de la Muerte. Me, Bethany, Hill, Peggy
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Zach and I on the edge of the ridge at sunset
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eating lunch in the termas...the boys fed us
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Drinking fresh water on Isla del Sol in Lago Titicaca. Where the...
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Bolivian market
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Lago Titicaca con Hill y Chris
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Silly...Lago Titicaca con Zach
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jumping off the cliff
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Like a Rock. Ryan, Chris, Gareth, Zach. Our four male representatives of AU.
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Mendoza, Argentina
drive there, through the cordillera
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Mendoza, Argentina
drive through the cordillera
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Mendoza, Argentina
at dinner we discovered we were all wearing green or black. so naturally we...
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Mendoza, Argentina
Parque General San Martin
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Mendoza, Argentina
parque
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Mendoza, Argentina
biking in the park....Gareth, Megan, Ryan
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Mendoza, Argentina
yes, we rented these bikes for a buck and raced them around the manmade lake!...
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Mendoza, Argentina
on the bike...
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Mendoza, Argentina
posing in the parque general san martin, largest/prettiest park in argentina
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Mendoza, Argentina
Bethany, Hillary, Peggy, me, Megan
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Mendoza, Argentina
Vina del Don Arturo.
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Mendoza, Argentina
Vina del Don Arturo. the antiguo vina, these barrels came from france.
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Mendoza, Argentina
Olive trees...
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Mendoza, Argentina
Antique olive presses, not used anymore.
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Mendoza, Argentina
La frontera. The border of Chile-Argentina where we waited for hours on end.
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Mendoza, Argentina
La frontera
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Mendoza, Argentina
road from Argentina
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Mendoza, Argentina
canopying
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Mendoza, Argentina
canopying...going upside-down.
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Mendoza, Argentina
canopying upside-down
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Mendoza, Argentina
canopying
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Mendoza, Argentina
the group of canopy-ers and our guides
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Brasilia, Brasil
hotel pool....mandmade lake
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Brasilia, Brasil
presendential palace, our nextdoor neighbors at the hotel
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Brasilia, Brasil
changing of the guard at the presidential palace
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Brasilia, Brasil
bridge over manmade lake
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Brasilia, Brasil
National Cathedral. The architecture of Brasilia is very 1960's,...
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Brasilia, Brasil
ceiling of the national cathedral
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Brasilia, Brasil
National Congress. The domes are the public seating areas of the Senate (on...
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Brasilia, Brasil
The Supreme Court...Justice is blind
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Brasilia, Brasil
model of Brasilia
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Brasilia, Brasil
Apartments building blocks
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Brasilia, Brasil
cathedral
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Manguiera Community (favela) sports complex
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
The aquaduct in el centro...on a rainy day
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Metropolitan Cathedral en el centro. A fairly large, ugly building on the...
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Carneval float at the Cidade de Samba. We danced on this later that...
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Cidade de Samba, Peggy and I by one of the costumes...yes someone...
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Carneval hats! Heavy, difficult to balance...Karen and I
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
In the music workshop, playing on of the handmade Carneval drums
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Cidade de Samba, the mini Samba show during the workshop, we joined in
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Our workshop group at the Cidade de Samba
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
arts and crafts time at the Cidade de Samba.
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Rio de Janeiro
Night of samba at the Cidade de Samba. Colleen in a Carneval hat.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Cidade de Samba night. Karen, Steph, Hilary
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Cidade de Samba night. Peggy and I
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Cidade de Samba night. Chris, Gareth, Zach
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
the band at the Cidade de Samba night. Hard to capture in a photo....
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Rio de Janeiro
Cidade de Samba show...
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Rio de Janeiro
View from the Corcovado, the cemetary is the large open spot in the middle
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
the bay, part of the city
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Cristo de Redentor, Corcovado.
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Salvador, Brasil
a beach
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Salvador, Brasil
The elevator which connects the upper/lower, older/newer portions of...
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Salvador, Brasil
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Salvador, Brasil
a completely gold-plated church
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Salvador, Brasil
Old city, town square.
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Salvador, Brasil
view straight down from our hotel room
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Salvador, Brasil
impromptu drummer presentation in the streets of the old city
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Salvador, Brasil
on the cruise out to the islands for the day. Claudia (Spanish prof), Peggy
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Salvador, Brasil
Hill and I on one of the islands
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Salvador, Brasil
the second island of the day, those huts/buildings are where we ate lunch
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Salvador, Brasil
lunch on the island. Colleen, Chris, Peggy
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Salvador, Brasil
our restaurant on the island.
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Salvador, Brasil
capoeira on the beach. Gareth and Chris.
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Salvador, Brasil
view from the bottom of the elevator
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Salvador, Brasil
Mercado Modelo. Ryan wins...he has the most girls with him at this...
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Buenos Aires
the obelisk in the downtown area. This street is supposedly one of or...
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Buenos Aires
the obelisk.
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Buenos Aires
in front of the cemetery.
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Buenos Aires
Evita´s grave. It is unmarked (sort of) to prevent defacing, etc.
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Buenos Aires
Evita´s grave.
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Buenos Aires
La Boca, the famous Caminito. The neighborhood where tango was started.
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Buenos Aires
La Boca
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Buenos Aires
La Boca
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Buenos Aires
La Boca, also home of the colored buildings.
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Buenos Aires
La Boca, man on stilts who snatched up a little kid.
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Buenos Aires
tango on the streets in La Boca
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Buenos Aires
tango on the street in La Boca
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Buenos Aires
biggest candy store in Buenos
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Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires
first church, oldest building on Plaza de Mayo
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Buenos Aires
Plaza de Mayo
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Buenos Aires
Presidential Palace on the Plaza de Mayo
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Buenos Aires
Presidential Palace, the balcony where Evita spoke
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Buenos Aires
cant really remember which building this was...
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Buenos Aires
Avenida de Mayo
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Buenos Aires
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Isla Negra
view from Pablo Neruda´s house
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Isla Negra
view from Neruda´s
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Isla Negra
the infamous fish
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Isla Negra
Neruda´s symbol
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Quisco
beach up the road from Isla Negra
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Santa Martina
our day at the country club in the mountains...this is what we spend...
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Santa Martina
clubhouse
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Santa Martina
golf course, you can sort of see the rich suburbs of Stgo
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Thanksgiving
chicos, their pre-dinner hungry faces
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Thanksgiving
most of the feast...
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Thanksgiving
Zachary carving the bird (one of them)
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Thanksgiving
Carole and her children, Sebastian (15) y Valentina (13)
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Thanksgiving
Hill and I at our romantic Thanksgiving dinner...
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Gala Final
Hill, Sebastian, Valentina, me at the final gala for the program,...
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Gala Final
Peggy y yo...Check out crazy Carole´s outfit...she´s nuts i love it
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Gala Final
Valentina y yo...shes my new best friend...
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Gala Final
Zach & Gareth reading the exact same speech in English and Spanish...
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Practica
Alvaro (kinder) at internship
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Practica
arts time (when is it not) at internship. Daniela y Daniela
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Practica
Kinder - Jerco, Felipe, Tomás
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Practica
Francisca (primero) with her wreath, our English class craft on the last day
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Practica
Primero - Francisca de nuevo, Román
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Perú
downtown Cusco from above
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Perú
Machu Picchu
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Perú
de nuevo
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Perú
Hill, Bethany, me, Peggy...the fab four at the end of the world
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Perú
Machu Picchu...this is the farmland...imagine farming that day in and day out
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Perú
Maccu Picchu...
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Perú
The one and only entrance to the city of Maccu Picchu
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Perú
Maccu Picchu
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Perú
yes, that is me hanging off the side of the cliff at the ruins...
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Perú
Cusco...Every Sunday they have a military parade (its purpose...
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Perú
Cusco...the rescue squad division?
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Perú
Cusco...yes they carried a raft through the streets...right behind the...
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Perú
llamas or alpacas, i dont remember
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Perú
the adorable boys at the llama farm
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Perú
freshly dyed yarn
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Perú
Chilly in Chile...or in this case Perú. Zach, Karen, Emily Rudy, Chris
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Perú
natural (or Incan ruin) disneyland...
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Perú
catacombs in Lima...I just wonder who got stuck with this job...
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South
just before we started our climb...Hillary
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South
before the climb
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South
this was the first bit, theres more and more after that ledge...Volcan...
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South
view part way up the volcano
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South
the middle portion
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Soutth
looking down into volcan villarrica
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South
Summit!
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South
horsebackriding...
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South
at the waterfall on our ride (with Peggy)
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South
my horse...´dont remember its name
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South
Ancud, Chiloé
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South
Castro, Chiloé. The palafitos (fishermans houses) which are really just...
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South
Castro, Chiloé. The cathedral on the plaza de armas. Famously...
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South
Llaullau, Chiloé. UNESCO church in the middle of nowhere which we...
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