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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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two wheel wanderings (Australia to Iran)

rode local, cheap, small motorcycles from Australia to Iran via eastern europe. Have a look at the images! woo!

Andrew McLagan Travel Photography - Iran, Chile, India, Asia, Bulgaria, Romania, Malaysia, Nepal
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rode local, cheap, small motorcycles from Australia to Iran via eastern europe. Have a look at the images! woo!

Andrew McLagan Travel Photography - Iran, Chile, India, Asia, Bulgaria, Romania, Malaysia, Nepal
Great stuff Andrew! Be sure to enter the Photo Contest!
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rode local, cheap, small motorcycles from Australia to Iran via eastern europe. Have a look at the images! woo!

Andrew McLagan Travel Photography - Iran, Chile, India, Asia, Bulgaria, Romania, Malaysia, Nepal

"woo" is probably the understatement of the century.
I really enjoyed your photos. Thank you.
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Thank you both for the comments :-)

Im actually home 4 months now and planning my next foray.. this time Chile from Atacama to Patagonia. Going to include some horse time and kyak time. Anyone know what the locals ride in that part of the world? honda?? or some local branded bike... at least 200cc or above...

Also.. where do i find the photo contest?
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Nice photos. Thanks for sharing.

Did you manage to buy and register the little Honda in Iran or did you just borrow one and went "local"?
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ya i met some guys who sold it to me with a fuel card and then later on bought it back. Got really lucky. all paper work was in their name so not sure what would have happened if the police cared. but they did'nt. had a fake lisence made in photoshop haha.
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