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After 5 days in Queensland, Australia, we spent a few days in New South Wales, which is the region where Sydney is located on the southeast corner of the Australian continent.
Our experiences in Australia have been quite pleasant, as there is much to see and do and the culture is pretty laid back [...]

Day 10
After three days of amazing diving out on the Great Barrier Reef, the next two days were jam-packed with guided tours to see the surrounding areas of Queensland around Cairns.
Our tour to the Daintree Rainforest (which claims to be the oldest rainforest in the world!) and Cape Tribulation was [...]

Day 6
Boy, was it a looong day. And the way this trip is planned, there are many more just around the corner! So, after waking up at 3:20 AM in Auckland (which turns out to be 1:20 AM local time in Cairns), we made it to the airport where we caught our [...]

Day 4 – Waitakere Ranges
Today,
we ventured out west in our rental car to explore the Waitakere Ranges
on the southwestern corner of the North Island of New Zealand.
Driving
on the left side of the road was definitely an interesting experience
as was sitting on the right side of the car. Picking up the driving was
pretty quick [...]

Turns out that internet access may be readily available most places that we’ll be going to… and in order to keep my memories straight, I figure I’ll just try to jot everything that I remember down each night so that they don’t become distant and hazy memories by the time we get back home and have a chance to [...]

Location: Los Angeles, California

Dear Friends and Family,
My five months of “study abroad” in Chile have come to an end, and I’ve just arrived back home in Los Angeles… It’s different to be back and I don’t know whether to miss being abroad or to be happy to be home. =)
Anyway, I just wanted to [...]

Location: Santiago, Chile

Dear Friends and Family,
After two weeks of traveling throughout the region of Patagonia, I finally returned to Santiago to rest for a few days before I’ll be heading back to Mexico City, Los Angeles, and eventually, Philadelphia. My study abroad experience is nearly over and I can finally say that I’ve done [...]

Location: Puerto Natales, Chile

Dear Friends and Family,
After four exhausting, but very worthwhile days trekking through PN Torres del Paine, I’ve returned to civilization and am finishing up my Patagonian adventure. In another three days, I’ll be back in Santiago and another three days after that, back home to Mexico City.
Anyway, I thought I’d share [...]

Location: Campamento Italiano, PN Torres del Paine, Chile

Dear Friends and Family,
I had originally planned to summarize my trip to PN Torres del Paine in one update but after two full days of spectacular sights, there was no way that I was going to be able to share everything at one go. So, I figured [...]

Location: Ushuaia, Argentina

Dear Friends and Family,
After two days of sailing across the stormy Drake Passage to return through the Beagle Channel, I found myself in the Argentinean city of Ushuaia which prides itself as being “The End of the World, The Beginning of Everything.” Anyway, I wanted to quickly share about the events of [...]