Category: Countries
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2008 March Photos Posted
Photos of our travels during March 2008 are now posted at: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-03-March/
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2008 January & February photos posted
We are back in Chile and finally got a good internet connection, our best in a couple of months. I uploaded January & February’s photos and added some to the Fuso collection. Photos are here: January: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-01-January/ February: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-02-February/
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The Operator
If my foulies could talk, I’m sure they’d have expressed mixed feelings. Sure, they were grateful for finally breathing fresh air again after being packed away since sailing across the north Atlantic, but this was fresh water running off of them. “What is up with this?” I’m sure they’d ask if they could, “Where’s…
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Northbound on Ruta 7
04/09/2008 01:52:37 GMT 04/08/2008 21:52:37 Local It’s very dark now, but still raining hard, as it has for the last week or so. The work crew left a couple of hours ago. The hoe operator, who spent his time in the cab, was dry and happy. The other three guys, who had been standing out…
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Tough on Tires
Here’s a shot of one of our rear tires with a newly mounted spare behind it. Total mileage is ~19,000 miles / 30,578 kilometers, with ~5,000 miles / 8,047 kilometers in South America. Most of the wear is from the gravel roads we’ve been on down here.
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To Tell the Truth
We were westbound on the Chile Chico road when we saw them. We’d been through the rough stretch from town to the mine and the subsequent narrow, single lane portion that clings to the cliffs along the south side of Lago General Carrera with its stunning views. The huge lake, deepest and second largest in…
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Best New Photo Gear
For this trip I left my trusty Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod at home. I wanted to get a tripod that was better designed for low shots, but I wanted to stay within the Manfrotto family so I could continue to use the quick release clamp system. I ended up with Manfrotto 055XProB legs, which are working really…