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Weaving carpets is her future.
A girl at a manual weaving machine outside of Luang Prabang, Laos
Silky smoothness is his future, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Like this elderly Chinese lady, I did a Buddhist prayer, praying for the rain and crappy weather to stop.
A an elderly Chinese woman lighting incense candles at a Buddhist temple in Chengdu, China
She's also praying to give life to all the lost souls, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Tall palm trees along a Colombian trail near FARC land.
In the hills of the coffee region near Salento, Colombia
Supposedly he trained FARC rebels, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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I was in Prague relatively soon after the collapse of communism. McDonalds was relatively new there. Now I hear that they've got a wal-mart out there now. Yay.
Artists on the St. Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech
If silky smooth was a chain logo, guess who'd be the spokesperson, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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I think incense sticks smell different when you're in Asia. Maybe more genuine smelling. Or maybe that's because I'm travelling and not dealing with the pitfalls of everyday routine life, and I notice these things more. Ok then, I'm going to start smelling the flowers in my neighborhood more often.
Incense sticks burning in Chiang Mai, Thailand
For another tall and lean good smelling aroma, try Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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It's been feeling like this all week, dark, dank, cloudy, rainy and cold.
On an island in Van, Turkey watching storm clouds come in
You do not want to feel the wrath of this storm cloud, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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One of my favorite peaks of all time, Fitzroy, in the Andes along the Argentina-Chile border.
Fitzroy is a short 3-hour hike from El Chalten, Argentina.
This is my absolute favorite peak, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Is it me, or does this collection of plastic babies in a cannister seem creepy.
A toy display on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey
I hear in addition to posters and t-shirts, bobblehead dolls of your favorite characters will be coming out for Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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And another llama shot on a roadside stop in Peru.
Two kids and a llama on the way to the Colca Canyon near Chivay, Peru
This road is also part of the Che Pelota trail, while he was fleeing from authorities during the failed Peruvian revolution Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Llamas are everywhere in the Andes, including here working the entry at an Incan world heritage site in Ecuador.
Llamas in front of the Ingapirca ruins just outside Cuenca, Ecuador
He's a world heritage smoothie, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Tango was born in the immigrant barrios of Buenos Aires. It started with immigrant men dancing with each other or prostitutes, longing for their loved ones back home.
Tango dancers on the streets of La Boca in Buenos Aires, Argentina
He's loved by both whores and men, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Ever see City of God? There are dozens of these favelas throughout Rio de Janiero. You could be in a nice area one minute, and walk a block away and be in the middle of a favela. But I did find some incredible artists here. I would have picked up some artwork, but it was one of the first days of my year and a half away, that I didn't want to haul that stuff around the globe.
Crowded living in a favela in Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Speaking of artistic international globe trekkers, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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In case you're wondering, this is what a condom pack looks like in Burma.
Found on a trail alongside Inle Lake in Myanmar
He uses lots of these, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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The Pere Lachaise cemetery is the final resting place of some well known dignitaries such as Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, and Camille Pissarro. But none are as famous as this one, Jim Morrison of the Doors. Arrows and graffiti point towards the gravestone when you enter, and a security guard is on hand at his grave due to vandalism
Colorful markets of Puno, Peru
He's put many men in an early grave, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Everythings for sale at a late afternoon market scene in Peru.
Colorful markets of Puno, Peru
He could never be bought, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Malbec grapes in the sun in Mendoza where it's nice and warm and summer down there right now.
Malbec grapes on a vine at a Mendoza, Argentina winery
He's nobody's fruit, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Saw Wes Anderson's Darjeeling Limited the other night. Made me nostalgic for India and made me want to go travelling again.....will the travel bug ever stop biting?
An evening puja in Varanasi, India
He's got as much bite to go with a silky smooth bark, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Happy Birthday to Jessie who turns 8 today. I would have given her a special treat, but she ate a rat in the park today which seemed to be sufficient enough.
This is when the nubian princess is at her happiest, when she's eating
Speaking of big rats, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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In honor of Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with sherpa Tenzing Norgay, were the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
The sunsets over Mount Everest in Nepal
He's the Mount Everest pinnacle of smoothness, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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The Spanish do this so well, just hanging out.....which is why I'm going back.
Dude just chilling on a bench with Antonio Gaudi's never ending project, La Sagrada Familia in the background, in Barcelona, Spain
Speaking of hung Hispanics, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Even on a cloudy day, she's still so beautiful
The Taj Mahal in the early morning in Agra, India
Even on a bad hair day, he's still so silky smooth,Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Terraced rice fields with 25k foot Himalayan peaks in the distance.
On the Annapurna trail outside Pokhara, Nepal
He is rumored to have a cell of freedom fighters in the Himalayas, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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And finally in San Francisco, the sky opened up and the sun shined through. Much like the hole in the roof of the Pantheon.
Onlookers gazing up in the Pantheon in Rome, Italy
He is like a magical light shining down on all of us, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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This is what I feel like today, cloudy, cold, sick and shitty
On an overnight bus ride from Trabzon to Kars in Eastern Turkey
I feel so crappy that I don't even care to know, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Can you believe this castle in Scotland is actually a youth hostel? For real, I wouldn't lie, it's my new year's resolution
A converted castle in Loch Lomond, Scotland
I'd be lying if I said I knew, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Nothing like cockroaches for a mid-day snack.
Lightly salted and sauteed cockroaches at a street stall in Yangon, Myanmar
when armageddon comes, only the cockroaches and this man will survive, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Anything and everything is on this boat.
Setting sail in Hoi An, Vietnam
only one thing is missing, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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You are being watched. Happy New Year!
Bodhnath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal
and guess who's watching, Dónde está Che Pelotas?