Sleeping Bag Man

Vietnam 5

marcus — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:57:49 +0000

SBM in Halong Bay

VIETNAM

Days 3-4 : HALONG BAY

Jean-Marc (from France) a.k.a. « Dad »

Laurence (from France) a.k.a. « Mom »

SBM wonders « Ha Long did it actually take Mother nature to build this Bay » ?

Pia (from France) a.k.a. « Daughter »

Leo (from France) a.k.a « Junior »

Werner & Susi (from Switzerland)

Sung Sot Cave

SBM always carefully reads the Rules & Regulations of the sites he visits…

Pia, SBM & Leo

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A French version of « The Addams Family »

Marc (from Belgium)

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Duc (from Vietnam)

Hung, Huy & Hung (from Vietnam)

Quyen (from Vietnam)

Seung (from South Korea)

Vietnam 1-2

marcus — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:50:02 +0000

SBM in Halong Bay

VIETNAM

Days 1-2 : HANOI

« S »

« B »

« M »

« Yellow Power » Trinh (Vietnamese/Canadian)

In Vietnam one says : « Put on your thinking helmet » (not cap) !

The Ho Chi Minh

Mausoleum

Students visiting the Mausoleum

Ho Chi Minh souvenirs

Huy…

… SBM’s guide in Hanoi …

…from Vietnam

Every morning starting at 4:30am Vietnamese do their morning exercises…

Some do push-ups…

…some do Tai-Chi…

…some do stretching…

…some play badminton…

…whilst others do the « hummingbird » !

Werner (from Germany)…and family !!!

Eleonore (German/French)

Raphaelle (from France)

Clara (German/French)

SBM is proud to have friends who wear SBM T-shirts to dinner !

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marcus — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:15:44 +0000

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Uruguay

sbm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:11:23 +0000

URUGUAY

Calle de los Suspiros

Day 1 : COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO

Giovanna (from Uruguay)

Fabian (from Uruguay)

Yves (from Belgium)

Joao, Michele y Claudio (from Brazil)

DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.

Peru

sbm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:10:06 +0000

Amantani Island (Lake Titikaka)

PERU

Days 1-3 : LAKE TITIKAKA (PUNO, AMANTANI, TAQUILE & UROS)

Elias (from Peru)

Efrain (from Peru)

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Pablo (from Peru) and…

…his wife Francisca (from Peru)

Days 4-7 : AREQUIPA

Two magnificent condors

Days 8-9 : CUZCO

Carmelo (from Peru)

Paola y Rafael (from Peru)

Pedro (from Peru)

Andres (from Peru)

Pedro (from Peru)

Rafael (from Peru)

Juan (from Peru)

Fabio (from Peru)

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Days 10-11 : MACHU PICCHU (AGUAS CALIENTE)

The train to Aguas Caliente

Machu Picchu or « Old Peak » (in Quechua)

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Ella & Mark (from England)

DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.

Galapagos Islands

sbm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:08:50 +0000

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Days 1-5 :

A land iguana

Marine iguanas

Jose (from Ecuador)

Marine iguanas (from the Galapagos Islands)

A sea lion with her 2-week old baby

Sea lion (from the Galapagos Islands)

Sally lightfoot crab (from the Galapagos Islands)

The Charles Darwin Station

The giant Galapagos turtles

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Alec & Kya (from the USA)

DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.

Ecuador

sbm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:06:52 +0000

ECUADOR

The Train of the Andes

Day 1 : CUENZA

Production of the world-famous Panama hats

Fernando (from Ecuador)

Cuenca

The flower market

SBM’s guide Carlos (from Ecuador)

Carlos’s nieces Salome y Claudia (from Ecuador)

The Andes Train

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Andres y Cristian (from Ecuador)

Andreas (from Austria)

Days 2-7 :

Liseth (from Ecuador)

Melissa (from Ecuador)

Lisa (from Ecuador)

Wendy (from Ecuador)

Yari y Franklin (from Ecuador)

Segundo (from Ecuador)

Mercedes (from Ecuador)

The Chimborazo volcano is the highest summit in Ecuador. Its’ summit is generally regarded as the spot on the surface farthest from the centre of the Earth (since the Earth is not a perfect sphere, a distance of 6,384.4 km) it is therefore closer to the sun than Mount Everest !

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Kathleen & Sue (from the U.S.A.)

Gonzalo (from Ecuador)

Segundo (from Ecuador)

Edison (from Ecuador)

Red-bellied piranha (from Ecuador)

SBM’s guide in the Amazon : Francisco (from Ecuador)

Simon (from Denmark)

Days 8-10 :

DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.

Chile

sbm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:05:34 +0000

CHILE

Salar de Atacama

Days 1-6 : ATACAMA DESERT

DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.

Brazil

sbm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:04:13 +0000

BRAZIL

Salvador da Bahia

Day 1 : IGUACU

Left side Argentina & right side Brazil

« Border crossing »

« Caipirinhas…this direction »

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Martina (from Argentina)

Vicent (from Spain)

Anamaria (from Argentina)

Days 2-7 : SALVADOR DA BAHIA

Debora (from Brazil)

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Vanessa (from Brazil)

Days 8-10 :

DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.

Bolivia

sbm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:02:55 +0000

BOLIVIA

Sol de Manana (4800m)

Day 1 : THE BOLIVIAN ALTIPLANO

Agrippina (from Bolivia)

Freddie y Johan (from the U.K.)

The Uyuni Salar

Sebastia y Nadia (Global Nomads from Spain/Argentina)

Alfredo y Aurelia (from Bolivia)

Flamingoes at Laguna Colorada

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Days 8-10 :

DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.