Ian and Lauras world trip

Hi everyone hope your all good, So we arrived in Sao Paulo after an interesting over night bus trip. We decided to pay the extra to take the nicer more expensive bus to Sao Paulo as we heard it was more comfortable. When we got on we were glad we did as we had lots of space. But at 3am our bus broke down in the middle of nowhere. Thankfully another passing bus took us on board and brought us to Sao Paulo but the bus was tiny and so cramped with no leg room but we were all so exhausted we slept anyway. When we arrived at the bus station we were refunded the extra money we had paid for the nicer bus so turned out OK in the end lol. We took the metro ... read more

Hi Everyone, So we took another over night bus to BA with Andesmar. We're getting used to the level of service we receive and the routine of these trips. First we play bus bingo, then watch a movie along with wine or coca cola and get our first feed, then our second feed with top ups on our drinks, then another movie followed by sleepy time (which is easy as the seats are very comfy) Then we are woken for brekkie with tea & coffee followed by another movie and then we usually arrive at our destination !! So not too bad of a journey haha We checked into our hostel America Del Sur we stayed at their other hostel in El Calafate and loved it and this one did not disappoint. As we arrived pretty ... read more

Hi Guys, So we have arrived in Argentina in the beautiful town of El Calafate! We took a 6 hour bus from puerto natalies which was fine and got checked in to our hostel America del sur which was a tad hard to find but otherwise very nice. We got talking to an Irish guy Alex who is working there he is from Galway and he was very helpful with telling us what there is to do in the area. We headed down into the town for some lunch, we struggled to get money all day the atm's all seemed not to be working so we had to put everything on the card. We had lunch in this lovely cafe and Laura just loved how they brought out some smarties when you got your tea or ... read more

We arrived into Santiago after a long flight from Auckland with Lan airlines. We had a 6 hour delay in Auckland due to the grounding of the Boeing 787's. We were pleasently surprised with Lan the airline the staff and food were excellent. They even gave us proper cutlery and glasses which is not the norm haha. When we got to Santiago it was 4pm, this was 6 hours before we left from Auckland. So we went back in time apparently! We got a taxi from the airport to the happy house hostel which is in the barrio Brazil area. Our room was huge but one downside was that it faced onto a noisy road. We were starving when we got there so we immediately decided to head out and get something to eat. After passing ... read more

We arrived in Taupo in the early afternoon and we immediately thought the town was lovely. We first had a look around a few different tour companies to book some white water rafting. We decided to book with one company that offered a short floatplane flight first across the lake because Ian has always wanted to fly in a floatplane so we booked it for the following day and headed off to see the Huka waterfall and the craters of the moon thermal park. The geysers were mad, the whole area was steaming as we were walking around. There was mud bubbling everywhere and the strong smell of sulphur or rotten eggs! It really did look like something out of this world. On the lake in town they have this hole in one challenge and Ian ... read more