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Phil Vinter and Sophie Cross are a couple of journalists taking a little jaunt through Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and anywhere else the wind takes them!
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Not quite the World Cup: ‘Hot pants’, haircuts and prayers, playing rugby Peru style
As the fireworks begin, turning the all black Auckland sky into a dazzling celebration of colour, I feel a little alone. When I discovered that a little drinking hole in the Peruvian city of Arequipa was screening the Rugby World Cup … Continue reading
Posted in Arequipa, Uncategorized
Tagged Arequipa, Arequipa Bulls, Arequipa Lions, boots, Chile, jersey, llama, New Zealand, Peru, prayer, rugby, rugby world cup, sun, Tacna
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Toot toot, hey, beep beep!
Driving in Latin America is always fun, if sometimes mildly terrifying, and only the bravest of drivers should attempt it. I don’t really know why they bother having gears because they seem to go from first straight to fifth, beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Tagged beep, car horns, definition, driving, Latin America, south america, toot, translation
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Shiny teeth and ancient temples in Trujillo
Covered in sequins and sashes, Miss Brazil’s pearly whites gleam in the mid-afternoon sunshine bathing the Pacific coastal Peruvian city of Trujillo. One of a dozen lucky lasses chosen as a queen in this year’s Primevera (Spring) procession through the … Continue reading
Posted in Peru, Trujillo, Uncategorized
Tagged beer, carnaval, chan chan, karaoke, procession, sipan, solid gold, Trujillo
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