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The past two weeks have been a cultural rollercoaster ride.
I've been volunteering in Lima's largest shanty town, I've travelled down south into a desert oasis and voyaged through the heart of the Andes to see the real Peru...
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Posted on 08/30/06 at 23:20:29 by Jesse Doyle
Category: A: South America
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Hey Jesse...
Yes, it's quite confronting (for a person from a 1st World country) to see that level of poverty for the first time.
You really think about your own life in a different way (from that moment on).
Dad
Jesse, that all sounds fantastic. Jamuna gave me this site address when I rang about Heather's 50th. Keep up the good work
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They call the flight from Australia to South America the timeless flight.
You fly out of Sydney and arrive in Santiago, Chile three hours before you've left Australia. For me it was a time to have a good hard look at where my Spanish was up to and how I was going to get by living in a completely different world for five months...
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Posted on 08/14/06 at 19:14:22 by Jesse Doyle
Category: D: General
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Hey Jesse,
I am just back from ur Mum's 50. I can't believe you were that organised and put together her prezzie so long in advance: U R really amazing! U certainly missed a great dinner. Hope you R having the time of Ur life and stay healthy. Love Mathilde and the Bussis
jessssssssssss...hey its ursula here. looks like ur having fun. in the sun.
Hi Jesse...
I look forward to hearing about more of your adventures. When you get back home you can teach me how to swear in Spanish.
Corey
http://www.coreystewartonli...
Well done Jesse...
I guess you won't be making presumptions about who speaks English and who doesn't anymore?
Dad
http://www.blogtheevent.com
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Leaving Australia...
They call the trip from Sydney to Santiago the timeless flight. It's a fourteen hour trip and you arrive in Santiago four hours before you leave (Australia)...
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Yes, it's quite confronting (for a person from a 1st World country) to see that level of poverty for the first time.
You really think about your own life in a different way (from that moment on).
Dad