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Brazil From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (688 days old)

The bus from Montevideo, turned out to go to Sao Paulo, not Florianopolis, which was a pain. Since I had a friend waiting for me in Florianopolis who'd struggled to get a bed booked for me. But, I t… more

Uruguay From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (688 days old)

Colonia_del_Sacramento Apologies for this post being so out of date. Thanks to John Brewer for reminding me of my duties! I've now started work with Shell in Aberdeen so I've been rather preoccup… more

Buenos Aires From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (718 days old)

After Patagonia and my ice cap trek, I was pretty short of time. Shell required me to take a medical before I start work in December and luckily they let me organise it for Buenoes Aires! I had to g… more

Continental Hielo Del Sur From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (718 days old)

Hielo Continental del Sur The Patagonian Ice Cap is the third largest ice cap, after the two poles and is often referred to as the Third Pole. The field is roughly split into two halfs, North and … more

Ushuia to El Chalten From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (718 days old)

Julien and I eventually got ourselves together to leave Ushuia. It was a bit tough for Julien because he`d not been able to do much since Torres del Paine because of his knackered knees, and also he … more

Ushuia From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (718 days old)

Ushuia Officially the Southernmost city in the world. apologies for being so late with this blog. I`ve had a lot on, but I`ll try and write it up now. The photos, you will have to wait a bit for… more

Torres del Paine From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (743 days old)

Torres del Paine The Torres del Paine National Park is the jewel in the crown of all of Chile`s Parks. There are two regular circuits, either the big W or the complete circuit. The complete one i… more

Navimag, Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (743 days old)

Navimag, Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales This isn`t just a ferry, this is Navimag`s Patagonian Fjord Ferry. Three nights and basically three days sailing south from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales … more

Pucon From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (752 days old)

Pucon I got back to Santiago after Rapa Nui and then just bummed for a few days. Hostal de Sammy in Santiago is really comofortable, with everything you need included in the price, and a supermark… more

Easter Island From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (758 days old)

Easter Island I'm quite tired now as I write this, so I really hope I can do the island justice. Easter Island, so called because Dutch admiral Roddenveen was the first island to land on it in 187… more

Bus ride from Iquique to Santiaog - 27 hours From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (758 days old)

Bus ride from Iquique to Santiago, 26 hrs... The Atacama is known for it's aridness, not it's wind. I decided to mix up their climate a bit and get some food poisoning just before the bus ride. I… more

Getting from Rurrenabaque, to Iquique From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (758 days old)

Bolivia to Chile For those of you who don't know, and I suspect that's most, Rurrenabaque is in the North-West of Bolivia in the Amazon rainforest, and Iquique is in the North-West of Chile, in the… more

Rurre and the Pampas From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (775 days old)

Pampas Tour Sam, Anna and I decided to go on a pampas tour together. The pampas is very flat land that floods seasonally so is covered in grassland with trees lining the depressions which are rive… more

Jungle ride to Rurrenebaque From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (775 days old)

Jungle trip to Rurrenebaque To simplify things I took a ride from La Paz with Travis, to Coroico, where the death road ride terminates. Then spent the night in a hostal there, before catching up w… more

La Paz From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (775 days old)

La Paz I hung about in Potosi for a while, getting my head round where I wanted to go next. It turned out to be La Paz, for some more mountain biking, and jungle and pampas tours before I go to Ch… more

Potosi From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (787 days old)

Potosi Julien and I arrived about 3 in the morning at Potosi, just outside the terminal since it didn´t open until 5. We decided to get out and walk up the hill to the hostel we were aiming for, b… more

Tupiza From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (789 days old)

Tupiza This place just looks like the Wild West, and one always expects Butch and Sundance to appear behind a mesa! This is actually pretty close to where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ro… more

Route from Paraguay to Tupiza From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (789 days old)

After getting to the police checkpoint at midday on Sunday, I waited hopefully for a vehicle going to Bolivia to hitch with. There wasn´t a bloody thing going to Bolivia though, so I figured I´d just… more

The Chaco From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (790 days old)

Chaco What an awesome place, but hard to survive! The Chaco is most of Paraguay´s Western side, and is hot as hell - even at night! I had intended to go out to Defensores del Chaco - a massive … more

Loma Plata & The Mennonite Communities From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (797 days old)

The huge Western part of Paraguay is called "El Chaco". It's mainly a dust bowl and it turns from deciduous trees to dense scrubland where everything has thorns all over it, to desert with cacti. … more

Asuncion From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (800 days old)

Northern Paraguay The boat got back to Concepcion at about 4 on Sunday morning, and then I had a choice of waiting another day on the boat to get down to Asuncion, or going by bus and arriving midd… more

Foz de Iguazu, Foz de Iguaçu From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (805 days old)

Foz de Iguazu / Iguassu / Iguacu (Depending on country!) The most impressive waterfalls on Earth some say. Nancy Reagen said "Poor little Niagra". They do in fact resemble each other loosely in p… more

Uyuni and the South-Western Circuit From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (805 days old)

Salare de Uyuni & The Southwest of Bolivia We took one of the worst bus rides I´ve ever had overnight from La Paz to Uyuni, immediately after riding the Death Road. In fact, we hurried the gro… more

The Death Road From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (805 days old)

The Death Road The Death Road - n. the road to Coroico, the most dangerous road in the world. During the wet season and before the new road was partly paved, in the wet season the dusty road becam… more

Puno From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (805 days old)

Lake Titicaca Can´t say I was over impressed with Puno. We were there to visit Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, and it´s islands. The first island, Isla Taquile was int… more

Concepcion From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (805 days old)

I'd heard about this lovely little place in the middle of Paraguay called Concepcion. The boat trip from there down to Asuncion was also supposed to be idyllic. So I set off for Concepcion with a vi… more

Machu Picchu From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (806 days old)

Machu Picchu Gutted, I got things out of sequence! All because i decided to leave a special page for Machu Picchu. We took a bus from Cusco and spent a day exploring the ruins at Pisaq and Olla… more

Cusco From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (806 days old)

Cusco Cusco is a fantastic place. It was the centre of the Inca world, and the city was laid out in a Puma shape. Only a few bits of the shape remain such as the jaws at the Sacsayhuaman ruins bu… more

Arequipa From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (806 days old)

After the nightmare bus trip I was happy we weren´t moving anywhere. Mars was out cold for the first day, and dozed most of the second. I slept on the sofa-ish thing in the hospital room, which at l… more

Pedro Juan Caballero From rogan in Rogan´s Big Adventure (806 days old)

Or, Paul John the Cowboy! This wee place in the North-East of Paraguay hasn't got much going on. I felt obliged to get moving though and there's a supposedly gorgeous National Park called Cerro Co… more