darragh murray

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La Paz, Bolivia, is one hell of a city, and it’s a royal shame that I could only stay 3 and a bit days. For an Australian, it is a city of constant comedy. If there was one image of La Paz that I will remember forever, it is the sight of kids dressed in [...]

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As I write this on these crazy South American keyboards, I sit in a hostel in La Paz, Bolivia, a crazy sort of city. But more on that later, for the moment, let me update you on my last few days in Chile.
Steve, Moss and I headed down to Pucón, in the lakes district of [...]

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Donde están los homosexuales?

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

The words contained in the subject of this post where the words my travelling companion, Steve, assured me would be the only ones he would need during his entire trip throughout South America. I can´t comment for the reasons behind him choosing these words, I´m guessing he only meant this in jest, even if they [...]

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The Dogs of Santiago

Friday, February 29th, 2008

History says that the South American continent fell to the swords and faith of the Spanish and Portuguese. History is quite clearly wrong. Eons have past with little or no recognition of the true rulers of South America and yes, my friends, I refer to the almighty dog. I write this from the city of [...]

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Santiago, Chile

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

I´m currently bunking down in Santiago - the capital of Chile - been a bit haywire at the moment, I´ll have more to report soon. Jetlag ++.

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My Big Trip - 2008.

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Well, after a small hiccup with servers, my site is back up and running.
If you didn’t know already, I’m a bit over a week away from hitting the travel trail again – this time taking in South America, the states, and back to Europe. From time to time I’ll attempt to regale with tales [...]

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