VIETNAM | Saturday, 6 Jun 2009 | Views [2046]
It was an inauspicious start to the trip. We had slept through the alarm and were awoken by a heavy thumping on the paper thin bedroom door. The thoughtful receptionist had given us a 20 minute headstart before the promised air conditioned minivan ... Read more >
Tags: boat, cave, island, karaoke, mate, passport, tour
URUGUAY | Wednesday, 3 Dec 2008 | Views [1110]
The bus was scheduled to arrive in Chui
on the border with Uruguay at about 8am. A lot of people got off and
there seemed to be a lot of toing and froing just after 7. We were
supposed to get off the bus to get our ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, cabin, ipod, mate, rain
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 | Views [1101]
We got up early for a quick brekkie in the bus terminal and a minibus to Cafayate, one of the centre of wine making in the Salta region. Our mission was to be wine based for the day and shrug off the damage that Bolivian Rum had left in its wake. The ... Read more >
Tags: mate, meat, old cars, thermos, vineyards, wine
CHILE | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [1332] | Comments [1]
The border between Bolivia and Chile isnt really anything apart from 2 flags and a place where the road begins, the 4x4s turn back to the desert and the minibuses pick you up to take you to the oasis of Atacama. Not a passport check in sight - that all ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, bribe, chancer, chile, mate, meat, oasis, truck
