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100,000kms the Americas, and hardly ever the Panamericana.

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"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo.

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it, to tell the tale." Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel García Márquez.

"They never taught wandering in any school I attended. ... they never taught the art of writing a book, either. It's all so mysterious."
"Wandering is an art in itself. Wandering and writing don't mix"
"Writing demands commitment and if one thing your wanderer is allergic to is that very quality of commitment, for once one is committed he runs that very risk of failure ..." Wanderer - Sterling Hayden.

"Photography enables you to grasp a place first time round. ... Photography is a means of exploration, it's a vital part of travel, almost as essential as a car or a plane. " - Wim Wenders.

"The worst prejudice we acquire during our youth is the idea that life is serious. Children have the right instincts: they know that life is not serious, and treat it as a game..." , Egon Friedell.

"How far you gonna go. Before you lose your way back home" - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Achtung Baby, U2.

"If you want to be a hero well just follow me." - Working Class Hero, John Lennon.

"When I think of all the things I have done, I know that it's only just begun." - I love you, Lou Reed.

"One does not escape the Sahara - the Sahara let's you go or not" - Touareg.

"Planet earth is blue and there`s nothing I can do" - This is Ground Control to Major Tom, David Bowie.

"Glory for the crazy people/in this stupid world" - Ahmed Fouad Negm.

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Going to America, a road journey.

Map of the Americas.

Adventures away from the Panamericana.

The Yaghan, also called Yamana are the indigenous peoples of the Southern Cone, who are regarded as the southernmost peoples in the world.
Hitch hiking Ushuaia to Buenos Aires.
Grey glacier is below.
Torres del Paine walk, Mar2013.
O'Higgins lake and glacier.
Careterra Austral, O'Higgins glacier.
The Chaiten lahar spilt into the sea, Chilean flag, for hope.
La Serena to Puerto Varas.
Geysers de Tatio.
San Pedro Atacama to Antofagasta Dec2012.
Laguna Colorada, red.
Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama.
Coipasa, island on Salare Coipasa, Bolivia, great Aymara fiesta, great indigenous people.
Huayna Potosi to Sajama, Coipasa, Uyuni.
Up in the clouds Machu Picchu mountain.
Lima, Machu Picchu, La Paz.
Cusco, plaza de armas with la catedral and la compania, Peru.
Puno and Cusco, Aug2012.
Volcanoes Pomerape and Parinacota, high up, northern Chile.
Pomerape and Parinacota, Aug2012.
Dancer in red decorated bikini and feathers, extatic dance, Arequipa Day.
Arequipa Day 2012.
Tradition has it to offer beer, splash it around on the dust of the bull fighting arena, or better hit the bull. Old woman in red traditional bollera and hat splashes beer. Huambo, Arequipa, Peru.
Colca Canyon tour, Aug2012.
There are worse places in the workd to pee, than in Huacachina desert dunescape.
Huacachina, Paracas, Nasca.
Hat and a white mask, men on Lima Independence Day in Peru.
Lima, Peru, Independence Day.
The road and Cordillera Blanca, Peru on 4,000m.
Jul2012, Cordillera Blanca.
Outside San Francisco, Cajamarca, more people gather in protests of Newmont's Conga mine project, after clashes with police in Celendine have killed 3 people during the day.
Cajamarca protests.
Canoe journey. A short rest on banks of Huallaga River. Peru.
Peruvian rainforest.
Deathly face.
Sipan, Chimu and Mochica tombs.
Four ponchos, four hats, Indigenas fiesta of horses, Salinas de Guaranda, the Ecuadorian Andes.
Salinas, Chimborazo, to Cuenca.
Preparing yuca/cassava/manioc flower. Yuca bread in Ecuador Amazon basin.
Cotopaxi to Amazon Rainforest.
Salento, Colombia.
Bogota, Medellin, Salento with twins.
Man and hat on main square of Villa de Leyva, Colombia.
Cartagena to Bogota Mar/Apr2012.
Kuna man.
Kuna Yala San Blas islands, journey in boats.
Lonley on glisten ocean. Kite surfing, Punta Chame.
Beaches, sun, ocean.
Eleborate head gear, tembleques, pollera dresses, Carnival de Panama in Las Tablas.
Carnival Las Tablas Feb2012.
Surfers looking out on Caribbean Sea, Manzanillo, Costa Rica.
Costa Rica Feb2012.
Augusto Cesar Sandino. Nicaragua managua, mural.
Sandino and Nicaragua Jan2012.
Names of families murdered in El Mozote massacre 1981, El Salvador.
El Mozote, El Salvador, Jan2012.
Garifuna in Livingston, Guatemala.
Flores to Rio Dulce, Livingston to Antigua.
Maya Pyramids sticking out of the jungle, Tikal, Peten, Guatemala.
Maya Tikal, the El Mirador hike.
Mam man and daughter, Western Highlands, Guatemala.
Guatemala Dec2011.
Fiesta de quince anos. Mitla, Oaxaca.
Fiesta quince anos, Oaxaca Nov2011.
Calle Aldama Indio mural. Near Guerrero, Mexico City.
Mexico, Frida, Teotihuacan.
This is not North Korea, actually it is nurses marching on independence Day march in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Mex. Independence Day, Sep2011.
When the waves come. Pacific Ocean, Boca del Cielo.
Pacific Beaches, the waves come.
My boys in St. Quentin, the Lacandon Jungle.
Chiapas, Zapatistas, Lacandon.
Ras, Hopkins, Belize.
10 days Belize Aug2011.
My boys on top of van are reluctant to come down.
My boys during repairs Jul2011
First pink flamingo encounter Rio Lagartos.
Chichen Itza and Flamingos Rio Lagartos.
Uxmal, The Adivino, the Pyramid of the Magician. Maya site, Yucatan, Mexico.
Uxmal, Edzna and mission churches.
Up 20km from Papacatepeti volcano, my boys start Mexico.
The boys start Mexico July2011.
Red Hot Mexican Chili Peppers.
Mexican road May2011.
Burt out Ford Explorer, Copper Canyon.
Copper Canyon May2011.
Cardon Cactus sunset Baja California.
Baja California Apr2011.
Pelicans California.
South after Oregon Apr2011.
Monument Valley.
Grand Canyon, Navajo Nation.
Joshua Tree.
Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Nov2010.
Surfer California sunset.
Portland to San Diego, Nov2010.
Flattery Cape, WA.
Seattle, Olympics, Oct2010.
Taxis, Manhatten, New York.
New York, Oct2010

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