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Central Celestial Scenes Our second installment of South America covers the alien and celestial landscapes of Bolivia and Northern Chile La Paz Spirit of the Andes sculpture in Valle De La Luna Salar De Uyuni We tried to be friends... San Pedro De Atacama The Pukara de Quitor Arica San Marco Church, designed by Gustave Eiffel Overview European Ecstasy Adventures in Asia Pacific Paradise Southern South American Splendour Central Celestial Scenes Incan Delights Heading North

Teresopolis The many fingers of Teresopolis We decided to have a break from the city and head in to the mountains for a few days staying at Teresopolis. Teresopolis is a small town that on a quick google search promised a number of fun sights to see, and of course a fun hike into the mountains. The first day we gathered our trusty satchel and headed to the information centre to get some information on how to enter the park and for a few things to do, we stopped at one of the trusty sights the fountain of Judith on the way. The fountain was quite Dutch in style, mostly porcelain tiles with a blue flowery nun on them. Lots of the local used this fountain to fill up their own water bottles. There was very little information at this location but we assume this saint made drinking water in a land where the tap water was bad. Perhaps she was the first to filter water with her stockings, perhaps she secretly boiled the water with her wrath behind her fount we will never know. ...

Beautiful Bosnia I didn't really know what to expect when we were going to Bosnia. We'd made our way up the coast from Split before cutting across the Bosnian border. The journey there was beautiful winding our way along the blue sea past lots of little villages and farms. On the way to Mostar there were two border crossings (one from Croatia and one from Bosnia). The whole journey was rather long, mostly taken up by the border crossings. Upon arriving in Mostar we were even more unsure of what to expect as we felt very uneasy on our arrival, there were a few beggars around the bus station, the main road that we had to follow was being dug up in it's entirety, and several of the buildings were riddled with bullet holes. We were slightly convinced we'd come to the wrong place. However whilst walking down the broken road we saw many glimpses of the Old Town that had undergone much restoration in the early 2000s. Large photo to show the divide Context To pro...