BeckyB

Hola Just to let you know their is a blog before this one called "Argentina" and for some reason the notification did not work. Anyway , last Wednesday we flew from Argentina into La Paz in Bolivia. The plane was yet again a crappy old thing which was delayed by a couple of hours but none the less got us their safetly. We arrived in La Paz late at night and got a taxi to our hostel in the centre of La Paz where we pretty much crashed straight out. Bolivia is probably the poorest country I have ever been too. They are in the top five as recipients of world wide aid and from what we have seen they are always begging for more. They don´t like tourists although we bring in lots of much ... read more

Buenos Dias Well what a crap week we have had! Hopefully now it is starting to get better and I guess that all backpackers experience a bad week at some point and we have been pretty lucky up until now as to how smoothly everything has gone. Anyway when I last wrote our luggage had been lost by the airline and we were on our way to see Pilah who was our contact over here for the Inca Trail. Well we went to meet her and the good news was that she spoke very good English, this being very unusual here in Peru and thus our Spanish phrase book having become our most prized possession. Anyway Pilah was lovely and started to talk us through the itinery for the Inca Trail starting with day 1 and ... read more

Kia Ora (hello in Maori) Well the weather has improved thank god and it is nice and sunny although only reaching the early 20's. I know you probably all think I am ungrateful as you are all sitting at home freezing I expect but I don't care! Anyway, have had a mad week and have done loads although have managed to pick up a lovely stomach bug like the one I had in Thailand which has made me feel rubbish for most of the week but I have got on with things as did'nt want to miss out as only a few dys left here. Well on Monday we decided to drive back to Rotorua, this is where we first started out and we liked it here. There was still alot we had'nt done there and ... read more

Hi all Well spent my last week in Australia in Brisbane. After the fuss with the hostel we ended up with beds on the 2nd night as they had a couple of no shows which was a bit of luck so luckily we did'nt have to spend the rest of the week sleeping in the lounge area. The hostel was nice as very small which meant you got to meet everyone there and it was quite a sociable place. On the Friday we went for a wander round Brisbane and really liked the city centre as a big pedestrianised area with loads of great shops and lots going on. It did seem strange being so busy as everywhere we have been previously was very quiet. This was mainly due to the Ashes though and there were ... read more

G'day all Well we had a good last week in Queensland although it keeps getting hotter and hotter and very humid so makes you very sluggish. Arrived in Cairns last Friday and spent a couple of days here just looking around and then on the Sunday we booked a day trip to a town called Karundra. It's a small little town about 15 minutes north of Cairns and is beautiful as surrounded by the rainforest. We arrived at Cairns railway station where you board a Scenic Railway which takes about 1 hour to climb up to Karundra and on the way you pass the rainforest and waterfalls and is one of the most spectacular rail journeys and it was certainly pretty amazing. Once in Karundra we had the day to wander around and Rob managed to ... read more