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Cool things Matt has done (on this trip)

... besides all the fantastic little things each and every day.
  • Hiked the Inca Trail and saw Machu Picchu
  • Visited Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world
  • Scuba diving in Brasil, Easter Island (Chile), Great Barrier Reef and Yongala Wreck (Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia [ Pictures 2 ]
  • Hang gliding in Rio de Janiero, Paragliding in Salta, Argentina
  • Visited Iguazu Falls in Brazil (Iguacu), and Argentina (Iguazu)
  • Ate the biggest, juiciest, best steak of his life in Bs. As.
  • Went to some incredible night clubs, one described as "4000 people on Ecstasy" (Bs. As.)
  • Visited Punto Tombo, the largest penguin colony in South America (1 million+)
  • Visited Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, at the end of the world
  • Saw the awesome Perito Moreno glaciar
  • Backpacked for 5 days in Torres del Paine [ Pictures 2 ]
  • Sailed through the nearly uninhabited patagonian Chilean fjords for 3 days on the Navimag Ferry [ Pictures ]
  • Climbed a live, smoking volcano near Pucon, Chile [ Pictures 2 3 ]
  • Four day tour of southwest Bolivia, including the Salar de Uyuni [ Pictures 2 3 4 5 ]
  • Went White-water Rafting in Chile, New Zealand
  • Horseback riding in Brasil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile [ Pictures ]
  • Went fishing for piranhas in the Pantanal, Brazil, and caught several
  • Driving a campervan all over scenic New Zealand [Pictures]
  • Took of tour of the Outback in Australia, saw Ayer's Rock, ate Kangaroo meat [ Pictures ]
  • Snowboarding in New Zealand and Australia [ Pictures ]
  • Taking tours in Australia of Cape Tribulation, the Great Ocean Road, Kangaroo Island, the Barossa Valley, the Northern Territory, and Kakadu Natl Park. [ Pictures 2 3 4 5 6 ]
  • Staying in a village guesthouse in Tufi, Papua New Guinea [ Pictures ]
  • Climbing Mt. Wilhelm, the highest peak in PNG, and the highest mountain I have climbed [ Pictures ]
  • Seeing the traditional costumes at the Goroka Xmas Show in PNG [ Pictures ]
  • Visiting the Baliem Valley in Papua, Indonesia, with my friend Wendy

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