Wrap up South America

Good people all over the world....

VENEZUELA WRAP UP
A most excellent time of hiking, rappelling, meeting good looking
locals and spending a lot of time of bloody freezing buses was
climaxed by an allnighter with my good Global Village friend Enrique
in Caracas. An awesome bonus in extra time!

SOUTH AMERICA
Done and dusted, I have done every country I wanted to except
Columbia. I laughed, I almost cried, I danced with beautiful women,
froze my nuts off in tents next to glaciers, made great friends, ate
awesome food, joked with cool locals and drove myself nuts with trying
to get to grips with Spanish.

FAMILY REUNION
My backpacking days are now concluded... sort of. All first class from
here as I travel with my family (who I haven[t seen in a year) through
Guatemala, Belize and Mexico. First real family holiday in 10 years...

BACK TO GLOBAL VILLAGE!
Countdown has begun to going back to GV07 in Pennsylvania, I will be
stopping by with a whole bunch of friends before then, you know who
you are... see you soon! September looms for the going back home
date...

Take care sports fans!

--
Pieter

www.coveyfan.blogspot.com

Thoughts become words... words become actions... actions become
habits... habits become character... and your character becomes your
destiny!

TRAVEL UPDATE: ECUADOR

It has been many days since my last confession... how are all those
really really ridiculously good looking people doing out there?

Short and sweet, the highlights are:

LIMA!
Had a blast with Fico again, got my US visa and hightailed it to
Ecuador after a week of good company, some Spanish Classes and even a
barbeque (I overcooked the meat). My Boy just got the callup to back
this year as a guide at GV, THAT IS AWESOME!

ECUADOR...THE BEACH!
Hanging out in hammocks, having cheap delicious fish meals and miles
of pristine sand, shared with gorgeous Peruvian Christina... who can
beat it?

ECUADOR... BANOS!
Erupting volcanoes, powerful waterfalls, hot pools, losing at scrabble
and Sex and the City marathons... we even did some yoga! Dig it.

ECUADOR... GALAPAGOS!
Swim with sea lions, check out giant turtles, chill out with big
lizards... all in a day`s work. Had a great boat and a great crowd,
didn`t even get seasick!

ECUADOR... QUITO!
The hostel is party central, there is loads of hiking to do in the
area while I try to sort out all my visa issues (might not get into
Columbia after all) and just found a great place with hukas and cheap
beer. Party on Wayne...

WHAT`S NEXT?
Depends on the Columbians. They deem me to look too much like Johnny
Depp and therefore either international cocaine smuggler or wannabe
guerrilla, I am not getting in, which means more hiking in Ecuador...
and maybe back to hppy camp in Guatemala before the folks arrive for
the family holiday. Let`s see...

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for photos, updates, you
know the drill.

Take care true believers!
--
Pieter

www.coveyfan.blogspot.com

Thoughts become words... words become actions... actions become
habits... habits become character... and your character becomes your
destiny!