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I made it!  Yes, a year ago today I set foot on a plane with a one way ticket and a wad in the bank, partly wondering what the heck am I thinking, but on the other hand, overjoyed with the possibilities ahead.  I wasn´t sure I´d make it a year.  My sister and I joked that if I came back early she´d hide me in her basement and I would tap out blog entries from there, pretending to be abroad.  Heck, maybe the stories I could´ve fabricated would´ve been more adventurous....

I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I´ve had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures.

We arrived yesterday on the 6am bus from Popayan. It was so bumpy and dusty. The road is actually only 160km from Popayan to San Augustin, but takes 5 to 6 hours due to it being unpaved and windy. We booked into El Maco, which is about 1km out of town and walked into town to book a jeep tour as we had been stopped by a guide once off the bus. Couldn't find him anywhere so we went to the tourism office and asked if we could book - no luck there, although they did give us a free map of the area...