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Getting to Pompeii and Vesuvius on a day trip from Naples

Getting to Pompeii and Vesuvius on a day trip from Naples

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When I was researching our trip to Italy, I struggled a little to find clear information on getting to the Pompeii archaeological site from Naples independently. And more importantly how easy it would be to get from there to Vesuvius and then back to Naples. Luckily, when we got there, it was, (as you can imagine for trip done every day by thousands) very easy. This post describes just how easy. From Naples to Pompei The Circumvesuviana rail service runs from Naples to…

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Nine South American Sunsets

Nine South American Sunsets

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A paddle in the Pacific 1. Lima: Our first South American sunset was in Peru’s capital Lima, where on day one of our 6 month trip, I enjoyed my first ever paddle in the Pacific Ocean as the sun went down. We then walked up the path from the beach to Barranco – the arty area of town we were staying – to enjoy a cold one as the sun  disappeared below the horizon on our first day away. The Peruvian…

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Hanging out in San Pedro de Atacama

Hanging out in San Pedro de Atacama

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Sunset from Valle de Luna with the Licanbur volcano San Pedro de Atacama is really cute and chilled out little town in the middle of the driest desert in the world. It is now largely centred on tourism, but this hasn’t ruined its small town outpost feel.  San Pedro’s main drag – Caracoles It is very wild west and you could easily imagine cowboys riding into town to challenge each other to a duel. Happily, this doesn’t actually happen ……

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The highs (and lows) of our visit to the Bolivian salt flats

The highs (and lows) of our visit to the Bolivian salt flats

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Our trip to Bolivia’s salt flats and other worldly landscapes of the country’s southwest was somewhat cursed from the start. First off we missed the bus that we had intended to take to Uyuni (where most tours to the salt flats start), as we struggled to find a taxi and then the police decided to check our taxi drivers papers. We arrived at the bus station, just as the very full bus was leaving. This was not too much of…

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