NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 5 Oct 2009 | Views [74]
(Sweet as is a phrase we hear every where in N.Z, every one says it and it means, cool, great, excellent sometimes it means yes or thanks or your welcome etc. ) New Zealand is all it’s cracked up to be! Amazing scenery and non stop adventure…! The ... Read more >
Tags: south island, kayaking, heli hiking, glacier, milford sound, whale watching
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [78] | Comments [1]
We arrived in New Zealand after a long flight from Chile where we not only lost a day due to crossing the international time line but Stephen also lost his birthday…! After catching up on some much needed sleep we spent a couple of days seeing ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, north island, caving, sky dive, zorb, all blacks...
CHILE | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [94]
Arica So after a few exciting days in Huacachina we got yet another overnight bus to the border town of Tacna, Peru. When we got off the bus we had two options for crossing the border into Chile , wait four hours and get the train to Arica, ... Read more >
Tags: chile, arica, iquique, paraglding, santiago
PERU | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2009 | Views [257] | Comments [6]
This entry is written by Laura and not Stephen, for a change! After another bus breakdown and a very long bus ride we arrived in the city of Arequipa from Cusco. We got a taxi from the bus station to our hostel and as has been the case with so many ... Read more >
Tags: peru, arequipa, huacachina, sandboarding
PERU | Tuesday, 21 Jul 2009 | Views [128]
Friday morning we left Bolivia behind and boarded a bus for Cusco. We were delighted to get going after being held up by the strikes. We arrived at the Point Hostel Cusco late in the evening. Next day we explored the city. Cusco is a colonial city ... Read more >
Tags: peru, machu picchu, sacred valley, cusco
BOLIVIA | Sunday, 19 Jul 2009 | Views [114]
We returned to La Paz from the jungle and decided to spend a few days chilling out. We checked back into the Wild Rover for four more nights of good food and drink. That Thursday myself and James done the Worlds Most Dangerous Road (WMDR) cycle. ... Read more >
Tags: worlds most dangerous road, la sende verde, bolivia, lake titicaca, la paz
BOLIVIA | Friday, 3 Jul 2009 | Views [168] | Comments [3]
On Monday we flew to Rurrenabaque (Rurre), a small town at the edge of the Amazon. The flight from La Paz was an experience… The plane was a turbo prop plane and it was tiny. There were only 19 seats in single row on the plane. It was so small ... Read more >
Tags: amazon, pampas, wildlife
BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 1 Jul 2009 | Views [110]
After the awful bus trip from Uyuni we were all wrecked after our Salt Flats trip. We decided to spend a few days in Potosi which is the highest city in the world at 4060ft above sea level. The altitude at this level was a killer and just doing simple ... Read more >
Tags: bolivia, potosi, sucre, la paz
BOLIVIA | Friday, 19 Jun 2009 | Views [215] | Comments [3]
After crossing from Bolivia at 7am we had a eight hour wait for the train to Tupiza. The Bolivian border town is a dirty, dusty and very basic town. The wait was long and cold; the food was bad and we were wrecked. We eventually got the train ... Read more >
Tags: salt flats, bolivia
ARGENTINA | Friday, 19 Jun 2009 | Views [125]
From Valle Fertile we got the overnight bus to Salta, a city in the north of Argentina. The city at first appears rough around the edges but after some exploring its attractive features showed, especially the beautiful European style plaza with a pink ... Read more >
Tags: salta, argentina
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 6 Jun 2009 | Views [224]
Next stop after Buenos Aires was the town of Bariloche in the south of Argentina. Bariloche is in the north of Patagonia, a scenic region in the south. After bite to eat we went for a drink in an Irish bar. We got totally ripped off and swore of Irish ... Read more >
Tags: mendoza, bariloche, valle fertile, valle del luna
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 20 May 2009 | Views [185]
Saturday May tenth we left Iguazu and headed twenty two hours south to Buenos Aires (BA). After a quick nap and some showers we went in search of some famous Argentinian steak. After tasty t-bones in a pirate themed restaurant we moved next door to ... Read more >
Tags: buenos aires, argentina
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 9 May 2009 | Views [212] | Comments [1]
We arrived to Foz du Iguacu Sunday afternoon after a twenty three hour bus journey from Rio. After a bite to eat near our Pousada we headed to a bar in the city. We were quietly having a drink outside when fireworks went off from a nearby apartment ... Read more >
Tags: iguazu falls, brazil, argentina, foz du iguacu, puerto iguacu
BRAZIL | Thursday, 7 May 2009 | Views [211]
We spent a week on the coast south of Rio in what is known as the Coste Verde. Our first stop was four hours south of Rio in a small colonial town called Paraty. The journey down was amazing. The road hugs the coast and around every corner was another ... Read more >
Tags: costa verde, brazil, paraty, ilha grande
BRAZIL | Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Views [298] | Comments [1]
Rio. What an awesome city? 7 nights there just wasn't long enough. None of us wanted to leave this incredible place.
The hostel was cool and all the staff were really nice. Especially Bill
the night porter who continually threw us out free ... Read more >
Tags: rio de janeiro
