Hackansnapper

It was so strange arriving in Auckland after South America. It felt really English, especially as it was raining! Being so similar to home made us feel quite homesick; we expected to see friends and family, but of course you weren't there! We soon perked up, however, when we tucked in to our first fry up for 4 months and the sight of Wagamama, our second home in London, was also rather reassuring. Appropriately enough, given the jetlag, our first outing in Auckland was to a coffee festival. Bruce first discovered 'Flat Whites' in a Kiwi coffee place in Soho and was eager to sample them in the land of their birth. He was not disappointed. Even though I don't like coffee, I really enjoyed the festival, because they had a competition where they had to ... read more

Next was a return bus to Buenos Aires, where we treated ourselves to a boutique hotel for a night after the privations of the jungle. Life for the first week in B.A. was quite relaxed because it is not a city where there are lots of sights to rush around seeing but more somewhere to soak up the atmosphere. It is so cheap in BA we ate like kings. We borrowed the Wallpaper city guide, which in most countries would contain restuarants that are completely our of our price league, but are affordable in Argentina. We therefore had the most amazing meals, from champagne brunches at designer restaurants to superb bottles of Malbec with meat and cheese platters to sushi at minimalist Japanese establishments. Not forgetting of course the steak, which is the most amazing we ... read more

Hola amigos! I can´t believe we´ve been in three different countries since our last blog. If I carry on at this rate, the next blog will be written when we get home! After our last posting, we travelled out of Mexico City to sample the colonial areas. We went to Cuernevaca, which had been recommended to us, but we didn´t really like it. We stayed longer than we should have done there, as it seems to have taken us longer than most to grasp the concept that ´travelling´ means that if you don´t take to a place you move on! Our next stop was Taxco, which we really loved. It is similar to Positano in that it is set on a mountain and all the houses cling to it. It has windy cobbled streets and ... read more