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Hola desne San Pedro de Atacama mi amigos!!! These blogs are coming thick and fast now - I only have 11 days before I fly back to London from Rio, and I reckon this will be the second to last blog before I go home. I have no intention of spending too long in a dingy internet cafe when I have Ipanema and Copacabana beach outside waiting for me in Rio! I have spent the last week travelling around of the most unusual landscapes I have ever seen, from Uyuni in Bolivia to San Padro de Atacama here in Chile. It really has been like spending time on another planet, the scenery has been so surreal. I read that NASA used this part of the world when they were testing their probes for their expeditions to ... read more

Hola once again mi amigos Apologies for the gap in correspondence. The Travelblog website had to close down for a week because of a huge server problem - it reopened the other day, but had lost 11 of my most recent blogs in the internet ether (cue slight panic). Luckily I have been able to retrieve most of them via Google - I have lost all my Machu Picchu photos though - and also all of Marnie and I's first week or so in Peru. Could have been worse I guess! Also this blog you are reading was completely wiped, which is really annoying as I was about to publish it when everything crashed. Never mind - my memory is still good, even if Travelblog's server isn't, and I'll try and remember everything that happened for ... read more

Hello again everyone Well I finished my last blog worrying about whether I could go on the Inca Trail with diahorrea and nausea after my dogdy night out in Cuzco. Of course, nothing but a major problem would keep me away from doing the trek - I woke up on the morning of the trek at 4.45am feeling slightly better after all my medication. I got all my stuff I needed together in my rucksack and put everything else into storage at the hostal. I took a brisk 10 minute walk to Plaza Regocijo and our 5.45am bus to take us the start of the trek at Piscacucho, also known as Kilometre 82. Everybody on the bus was half asleep, and the hour and a half journey to the start of the trek gave everyone a ... read more

Hola from Mendoza, the wine capital of Argentina! I've had a top week out here, with so much to see and do - Mendoza is awesome! The town itself is very pleasant, with giant sycamore trees lining the wide avenues, lots of nice plazas and a brilliant 420 hectare park. There are dozens of wineries in the surrounding area, and with it's close proximity to The Andes, day trips to the mountains and loads of outdoor pursuits are easy peasy. It was nice to arrive here suitably recovered from that nasty cold I had in Cordoba. I really wanted to make up for lost time in terms of getting out and doing things, so when I arrived at my hostel (nice place out of town called Chimbas), I immediately organised loads of trips through Claudio, the ... read more

Hola from Buenos Aires everyone. What a fun city this is - the past two weeks have zoomed by since I arrived here from Ushuaia. I've just said goodbye to my old mate Terry, who came over to join me for 10 days from London. We squeezed in a lot in that time, including a three day jaunt to Iguazu Falls, but more on that later. It was good to see a familiar face. My first night in Buenos Aires (before Terry arrived) was quite eventful. I was on a 7.30pm flight on Saturday evening from Ushuaia that got me into BA for 12.00am. I had an email earlier from my Torres Del Paine buddies, Wayne and Danny saying that Saturday was their last night in BA before heading for Peru, and that we had to ... read more