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Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
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¡Viva México!
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Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
Brazilia Road Trip
Paraguay: Land of Water
The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
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Antarctica: The Ice
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Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
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Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
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Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
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Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
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Across Canada
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E Caribbean Cruise
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Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
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Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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» Day Trip to Alexandria, EG
Lowering the ground water level to protect the catacombs
a sarcophaghus
Entrance to Catacombs
Looking up before descending
one of the tombs
inside the catacombs
depicting the mumification process
many burial slots
the cistern
entrance to the cistern
a row of sarcaphagi
an above ground tomb
headless lions
entry into one of the above ground tombs moved here
one of the frescoes closer up
a fountain
a statue of the king
an ancient sundial
Alexandria library (3)
Alexandria library (4)
Alexandria library (5)
Alexandria library (1)
in front of library
a row of sarcaphagi
buildings in Alexandria (2)
buildings in Alexandria (3)
buildings in Alexandria (3)
buildings in Alexandria (4)
buildings in Alexandria (5)
buildings in Alexandria (7)
buildings in Alexandria (1)
us with a city tram
Alexandria Bay
the citadel
a colourful mural
citadel from a different angle
Entrance to citadel
artist's rendering of the Alexandria library
fisherman off the corniche
view down the corniche
standing on the wall on the corniche in Alexandria
favourite beach spot in Alexandria
The Stanley Bridge
bedoiun lunch
truck full of oranges
driving onto the flat bed
we're inside the car on the flat bed
just before we got dropped off at the Marriott