The Sassy llamas

We woke in the morning and started our day, singing Happy Birthday to Laura! Anticipation was high as we started out our second jam packed day in Medillon. We started with the Pablo Escobar tour. This had been highly recommended by everyone! We were greeted by a bubbley tour guide. She explained the history behind Pablo Escobar. We visited his graveyard and a family home where we met his notourious accountant brother Roberto Escobar. He loved all the lady visitors! He was kind of a weird guy who only spoke spanish. So everything he said to us was translated by the tour guide. We were shown his brother's first drug mule car, family photos, the hiding places where they used keep their billions and we even got a photo with him! You would nearly forget all the horrible things he had done to people....nearly! After the tour we grabbed some snacks and headed to our walking tour. Hernan was our tour guide! He was very nice and remembered all our names! (I guess to make sure he got good tips!) He was very informative. It was great for learning about the history of Colombia and about the troubles the city had faced in the last few decades. Hernen tried to show us how the city was changing and evolving through showing us the art and culture of the city! I think we all agreed for such a historically troubled city it was very impressive! Hernan also surprised the birthday girl with a slice of traditional colombian cake! Needless to say, we tipped him quite well!
We then dragged our tired bodies for food! We ended our jam packed day with birthday celebrations for Laura! An enjoyable night was had by all!

High: Celebration of the birthday of Laura
Low: Our exhausted bodies!
Steps: 12,240

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Day 28 and 29 - Medellin

June 11, 2015

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Columbia

We woke in the morning and started our day, singing Happy Birthday to Laura! Anticipation was high as we started out our second jam packed day in Medillon. We started with the Pablo Escobar tour. This had been highly recommended by everyone! We were greeted by a bubbley tour guide. She explained the history behind Pablo Escobar. We visited his graveyard and a family home where we met his notourious accountant brother Roberto Escobar. He loved all the lady visitors! He was kind of a weird guy who only spoke spanish. So everything he said to us was translated by the tour guide. We were shown his brother's first drug mule car, family photos, the hiding places where they used keep their billions and we even got a photo with him! You would nearly forget all the horrible things he had done to people....nearly! After the tour we grabbed some snacks and headed to our walking tour. Hernan was our tour guide! He was very nice and remembered all our names! (I guess to make sure he got good tips!) He was very informative. It was great for learning about the history of Colombia and about the troubles the city had faced in the last few decades. Hernen tried to show us how the city was changing and evolving through showing us the art and culture of the city! I think we all agreed for such a historically troubled city it was very impressive! Hernan also surprised the birthday girl with a slice of traditional colombian cake! Needless to say, we tipped him quite well!
We then dragged our tired bodies for food! We ended our jam packed day with birthday celebrations for Laura! An enjoyable night was had by all!

High: Celebration of the birthday of Laura
Low: Our exhausted bodies!
Steps: 12,240



1.

Day Zero - Journey to San Fran

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Day One - Golden Gate & Alcatraz

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Day Two - Lombard Street, Pier 39, ChinaTown & Coit Tower

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Day Three - Golden Gate Park, City Tower & Painted Ladies

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Day Four - Trip to Yosemite & Grizzly Bear Trees

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Day Five - Vernal Waterfall & Glacier Point

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Day Six - Vegas bound

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Day Seven - Grand Canyon & Hoover Dam

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Day Eight through Ten - Las Vegas

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Day Eleven - Holy Jim Hike & Brae

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Day Twelve - Universal Studios

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Day Thirteen - L.A., Santa Monica & Hollywood Sign

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Day 14 - Harbour and Beaches cycle

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Day 15 - San Diego Zoo

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Day 16 through 18 - Newport, Huntington & Laguna Beach

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Day 19 and 20 - Cartegena & Coco Blanco

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Day 21 and 22 - trip to Santa Marta & Minca

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Day 23 to 25 - Tayrona & Guachaca

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Day 26 & 27 - Guatape Rock & cable car

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Day 28 and 29 - Medellin

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Day 30 and 31 - Bogota

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Columbia Summary

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Day 32 and 33 - Quito

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Day 34 - Cotopaxi

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Day 35 and 36 - Banos

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Ecuador Summary

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Day 37 - 44 - Mancora

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Day 45 - 47 - Huanchaco

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Day 48 - 55 - Cusco (and Inca Trail)

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continued...

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continued....

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Inca Packing List

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Peru Summary

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Day 56 & 57 - Copacabana and Lake Titicaca

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Day 58 - 60 Amazon Trek

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Day 61 - 64 La Paz

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Day 65 -68 Salar de Uyuni

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Bolivia Summary

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Day 69 - 72 San Pedro

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Day 73 & 74 Salta

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Day 75 & 76 - Cordoba

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Day 77 -82 - Mendoza

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Day 83 - 87 - Santiago

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Day 88 - 93 - Buenos Aires

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Chile summary

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Argentina Summary

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Day 94 -97- Igauzi Falls

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Day 98 - 108 Rio de Janeiro and El Grande

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Day 109 - 110 - Journey Home

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Brazil Summary

51.

Packing

52.

Money Matters

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