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Photo by Ellen Delis, Lagunas Ojos del Campo, Antofalla, Catamarca

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Ellen Delis,
Lagunas Ojos del Campo,
Antofalla, Catamarca



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Ian Hibell (1934 - 2008), remarkable
Ian Hibell, cyclist who pedalled world, killed by hit-and-run driver - Times Online

Legendary global cyclist dies in Greek road crash | World news | The Guardian
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Met him in 2005 in Russia somewhere between Chita und Chabarovsk in the middle of nowhere. Tough old man on bicycle - his tent had been stolen but he would not give up his trip across Russia, sleeping in huts at bus stops or at some other sheltered place. Except that these places would not keep him protected from siberian Mosquitos.

We had only one afternoon, but he made a deep impression on me.
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I'm so sorry
What an impression this man made on me when I read his journey through central America.

I hope he did not suffer too much.
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