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Apr 16, 2009

Puerto Montt, Chile

Puerto Montt - 16th April 2009 After a non-remarkable bus ride, we arrive in a grotty bus station in a grotty port town... welcome to Puerto Montt! Undeterred, we tramp around for half an hour until we find a hostel, the best and cheapest choice being one with a bright green bathroom, complete with a bright blue bathroom suite, plus numerou…

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Apr 16, 2009

Puerto Montt, Chile

Puerto Montt - 16th April 2009 After a non-remarkable bus ride, we arrive in a grotty bus station in a grotty port town... welcome to Puerto Montt! Undeterred, we tramp around for half an hour…

New blog entry posted

Apr 15, 2009

Valdivia, Chile

Valdivia - 15th April 2009 After an early start for our bus, we spend a slightly worried few minutes trying to track someone who works at the hostel down so that we can pay for our stay... we …

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Apr 13, 2009

Pucon, Chile

Pucon 13th April 2009Pucon was an 11 hour bus ride south from Santiago and we had risked the Classico seats (the cheapest) to get an idea of the level of quality on this first Chile bus ride. …

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Apr 8, 2009

Santiago, Chile

Santiago 8th April 2009 We woke up this morning in Auckland knowing that today was going to be a very, very long day. After a late night yesterday finishing off our packing, we were up at 7…

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Apr 7, 2009

Taupo and Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand 17 - Taupo & Waitomo

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Fabiano Andrew, Once again this is Mom. Your black and white photos are aanizmg!! It seems so serene. I hope you have a similar feeling as you sip your tea. I look forward to learning about your adventure in finding the hostel. Love you!

Oct 20, 2012 re: Dozing in the shiny new hostel

Mateusz Hadn't seen this new brilliant Rugby League dsatsier yet - but seriously you should make some cards and market a starter kit to all the NRL clubs - your pictures are perfect. Perhaps you may need to keep the words to a minimum?!?

Aug 31, 2012 re: Townsville, Queensland

Akhere CourtneyI love this cape! I was going to try to attempt it msylef but it would be even better to win one! Ok, so my name is Courtney and I live in Queen Creek and I have a blog, which I think you can link to by clicking on my name. If not, it's tcmoss.blogspot.comMy 2 year old calls himself Superman all the time when he pretends to be Spiderman. I think he would love this.

Aug 29, 2012 re: Cape Tribulation, Queensland

Natalis It does depend on the siatution. However, if a company facilitates a trip for a blogger surely it would be good for the relationship between blogger/pr/company if a negative siatution does arise, for the blogger to fact check before writing a negative review. Or, at the least, follow up a negative review with an explanation as to what went wrong once all the facts have been established.

Aug 28, 2012 on the message board

Gina So where are you now? Am missing the updates!

Sep 2, 2009 on the message board

Doug Mate - New Zealand looks sooo good on every photo whether it's a Pro shot or a tourist shot - cant tell you how jealous I am :O) Lookng forward ot you getting back to Blighty and catching up with you Doug

Jul 27, 2009 on the message board

Pride of 'Umpshire Willenhall Town - Pre-Season Friendlies so Far - updatedTuesday 14th July- Ludlow Town- Away 7-45pmSaturday 18th July- Darlaston- Away 3pmThursday 23rd July-Cradley Town- Away 7-45pmSaturday 25th July-Bridgnorth Town-Away 3pmTuesday 28th July-Stafford Rangers- HOME-7-45pmSaturday 1st August-Bilston Town - Away 3pm - John Martin TrophyTuesday 4th August-TBC-Saturday 8th August-Romulus-HOME- 3pm

Jul 6, 2009 on the message board

Pride of 'Umpshire I see, so you coming back in time for the Reds pre season ?! Thursday 23th July 7.30 - Cradley Town vs Willenhall Town. Sat 25th July - Bridgnorth vs Willenhall Town - 3pm Tuesday 28th July 7-45pm Willenhall Town vs Stafford Rangers Thursday 30th July - Tividale vs Willenhall Town 7.30

Jun 11, 2009 on the message board

Burntwood cronies Mr Bean's changed his car then??

Jun 9, 2009 re: photo from 21 March 2009

Dave & Jem Hola Chicos! Apologies once more for not being more up to date with the blog... we're busy jazzing around the sights and sounds of this crazy continent! However, we have made the momentuous decision over the last few weeks that it's time to come home, so we have a flight booked back to the UK for mid July. We are currently in Sucre, Bolivia, and working our way up to Peru, before we fly from Lima back down to Santiago for our Easter Island trip. After that, we leave South America for a few days in New York, before flying home. We plan to get the blog up to date as and when we can between polishing up our CV's, applying for jobs and doing as much touristing as we can in the time we have left. Hope everyone is ok, thanks for all of the messages and we look forward to catching up with everyone soon! Dave & Jem

Jun 4, 2009 on the message board

Old Skool Lunch Gang Great news Jemma - you know the old Strykers closed down and moved to Bently Bridge (the old Healthland building) and is now AMF Bowling, well the old Strykers building is now re vamped and open as Strykers !!!

May 7, 2009 on the message board

Pride of 'Umpshire Sunday 26th April 09 Barry Stobart Benefit Game Willenhall Town All Stars 1 vs Wolves All Stars 1

Apr 28, 2009 on the message board

Pride of 'Umpshire Unibond Northern League Division 1 - Southern Division Sat 25th April 2009 Willenhall Town 1 vs Sheffield 2 www.thelockmen.co.uk Ended the season 15th

Apr 28, 2009 on the message board

Pride of 'Umpshire Unibond Northern League Division 1 - Southern Division Sat 18th April 09 Spalding United 2 vs Willenhall Town 2 www.thelockmen.co.uk

Apr 20, 2009 on the message board

Jem & Dave Hi everyone! We´re enjoying Chile so far, and have managed to make it south from Santiago to Puerto Montt, where we catch the Navimag ferry tomorrow down to Puerto Natales - it´s four days and three nights on a semi-cargo ferry, check it out: http://www.navimag.com/english.asp Hope everyone is well, we´ll wave at the icebergs for you! Lots of love, Sailors Jem & Dave ps. we´ll update the blog in a couple of weeks

Apr 16, 2009 on the message board

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