CHILE | Monday, 11 Apr 2011 | Views [233]
April 11 - 14 Originally we had a bus ticket for the journey from Mendoza to Santiago, Chile scheduled for 11pm (overnight buses mean that you save a night on accommodation and you don't waste a day) but after everyone telling us that the drive through ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 7 Apr 2011 | Views [169]
April 7 - 11 Next stop, the wine capital of Argentina, Mendoza. As I have a new found love for red wine it would be rude not to visit. Mendoza isn't as pretty as our trusty Lonely Planet made out but it was a refreshing change to be back in the warm ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 4 Apr 2011 | Views [189]
April 4 - 7 As I dragged us so far south it meant that we then had to get back north. Considering that Argentina is the size of India we knew that these few weeks were going to be a whirlwind of long bus journeys, lots of checking in and out and the ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 2 Apr 2011 | Views [168]
April 2 - 4 This morning we got up at 6am to take a flight to El Calafate, which if you look at our route map is right in the south of Argentina. Now after a week long party in BA we were both broken and very, very tired. After a flight of 3 hours ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 26 Mar 2011 | Views [168]
March 26 - April 2 After a long bus journey of 24 hours we arrived in Buenos Aires. This is what Ashton has been looking forward to for a very long time, for me it looked cool but I had no idea what to expect. Even though we were shattered from the ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 25 Mar 2011 | Views [167]
March 25 - 26 March 25 was a special day as it was Kate Ashton's 27th birthday. After her initial sadness about saying goodbye to 26 (a good year all round) and being that one step closer to 30 we packed up, waved goodbye to Brazil and crossed the ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 24 Mar 2011 | Views [283]
March 24 - 25 Today we headed over to Foz de Iguazu, the town next to the Iguazu Falls. After yet another check in (our 6 hostel in under 2 weeks) we went to see Iguazu Falls. As the falls borderboth Brazil and Argentina you can see them from both ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Monday, 21 Mar 2011 | Views [214]
March 21 - 23 So it was bye bye Rio and hello Florionopoliois. After an 18 hour bus journey we arrived in the surfing paradise of Brazil. Again on arrival it was grey but we stayed at a lovely hostel called Backpackers Sunset. It was like arriving ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wednesday, 16 Mar 2011 | Views [198]
March 16 - 20 The arrival in Rio wasn't as I imagined. It was grey, rainy and all in all not ideal although Ashton was reunited with her bag so it was smiles all round. Thankfully as we learnt over the few days that we spent there, Rio has tropical ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 15 Mar 2011 | Views [170]
March 15 Today the excitement of a day in NY was hindered by the loss of Kate's bag, a very late night and the fact that it was extremely cold and we had nothing to wear, oh and throw in the fact that the New York transport map has nothing on the tube ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 14 Mar 2011 | Views [130]
March 14 Monday 14th March was the beginning of the 3 month adventure. The start of caprinihas, big fat steaks and trying to figure out the spanish lingo. The date had slowly been approaching and weirdly enough came along without a nervous, excited feeling ... Read more >
