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Recent content by bdahunter

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    Perspective - Use it or Lose it

    A friend sent me this pic and it really drove home the point about how important perspective can be. [attachment 217262 384159_2759560958871_1553205146_2914690_936750765_n.jpg] Out of the mouths of babes.:lol:
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    Travelling for a Year, what's it like?

    Most of you already know that my wife and I have been travelling since we left Bermuda a year ago, we started in Brazil and travelled to Antarctica by cruise ship, then we travelled around South America for 6 months before heading back to Canada before continuiing across North America. We've...
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    BDA:cool: is head to Galveston, TX

    I'm hoping to run into GulfHunter in the surf while I'm there. Cheers, :cool:
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    A Visit to the Banco Central de Ecuador

    [attachment 198533 IMG_4793.JPG] The Ecuadorian Central Bank is located on top of the ruins of the old Inca Capital of Qurikancha, so it doubles as a Museum as well as a Central Bank. The Currency Exhibit is amazing with all manner of gold and silver coinage going back to the 1500's. The Inca...
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    A Pirate Looks at 50

    Turned 50 years old today, checked the back of my birth certificate and couldn't find any warranty.:clapping: Life is good and whatever 50 is supposed to feel like I'm not feeling it, have to check on that again when I turn 60. (it could happen):laugh: A little something from Jimmy...
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    Expat Easter Dinner

    [attachment 196162 IMG_4673.JPG] If there is one thing that most Expats like myself tend to dread it's Holidays. All your family are usually thousands of miles away, the airlines have jacked up their prices in celebration of the holiday and you have to content yourself with a long distance...
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    1 week of spanish classes are almost over:surrender:

    My wife and I have been taking spanish lessons this week in Cuenca, Ecuador and it has be a real eye opener for us. We've both done a lot of learning over the years but we were surprised at how hard it has been to take in a new language, even though we have some experience with it. We've...
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    Anybody ever heard of this guy - Stan Grist

    I'm looking at gold prospecting in Ecuador as we are staying in the town of Cuenca for a month, every google search on gold panning and ecuador brings up this guy - Stan Grist. http://www.adventure-trader.com/ Wondering if anybody has heard of him and if so is he legit? Thanks, Eric
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    Chilling it Anconcito, Ecuador

    After a run up the coast of Ecuador looking for a nice place to just kick back and relax, we have come full circle and are back at the beginning of the Costa del Sol in Anconcito. We saw lots of beach towns over the past week, some were surfer towns with lots of 20 somethings looking for a wave...
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    La Capitana Treasure in my hands

    I was talking with the owner of the small hotel we are staying at in Guayaquil this morning and she commented on how surprised she was when I arrived at her hotel a few days ago. My email account is 'surfpirate' and she had assumed that I would be some young surfer guy instead of a 50 year old...
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    Iguana Park in Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Guayaquil is an old city, founded in 1538 and because it is a major shipping port and the center of industry for the small country of Ecuador it is also the largest city in the country with a population of 3.3 million people. That's why it is so wierd to find a park in the middle of this...
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    The Sword of a Spanish Conquistador

    In 1535 a small group of Spanish Conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro founded the city of Lima, Peru which was the first step in the conquest of the Inca Empire by the Spanish, at Pizarro's right hand was Captain Jeronimo del Aliaga. Aliaga and Pizarro had been brothers in arms through...
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    ALL ABOARD!! The train for Machu Picchu is Pulling out of the Station

    For those who haven't been there yet, you can't drive to Machu Picchu, you must take the train that runs from Cusco to Agua Calientes and then hop a bus that takes you 2 miles up from there. You can hike it in 4 days along the Inca Trail, which is the stone highway built by the Incas more than...
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    On the Trail of the Incas

    We've been in Peru for several weeks and are headed for Ecuador as part of our South American Adventure. The price of airline tickets to Ecuador from Peru are exhorbitant so we had to wait on better prices before we booked the next leg of our trip into Ecuador, in the interim we headed to the...
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    Arica to Arequipa - 500kms, 2 borders, 2 new friends, a robbery and 7,800 feet of altitude

    We got up early yesterday in Arica, Chile for the long trip to Arequipa, Peru which is also called the 'White City' (Cuididad de Blanco) - 500 km, two border checkpoints and 7,800 ft of altitude in 12 hours. We cabbed it to the bus terminal, then spent a bunch of time sorting out the bus system...
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