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Monday, 02 Jun 2008 00:00

Travel Blog - South America

Monday, 02 Jun 2008 00:00

Rhian drinking yuca in the Ecuadorian Amazon

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Rhian Nicholson has swapped the bright lights of London for a three month journey across South America from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast.

From Ecuador, she is heading down through the Andes, trekking through Peru and Bolivia and sampling the wine region of Argentina before finally crashing out on the beaches of Brazil.

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