Woah, what a week its been, travelling is hard work… since leaving home we have spent 70 hours on buses making our way from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Chile and up to where we wanted to be - Arequipa in Peru, but more of that later.. We spent a day in Washington whilst waiting for our next flight to Argentina. Got to see the White House, the president´s helicopter and George Town and had a good day walking around the very clean and sprawling city in the sunshine. Next stop was Buenos Aires and a 22 hour bus ride to a small coastal town in Chile called Vina del Mar that was not much but Nick and I did enjoy watching the crab fisherman off the pier. The funny thing was that the fishhead bait was ... read more

Well, writing about a STAG do is a little taboo. Suffice to say we had an excellent weekend. Sampled the amazing Slovenian Alps around Bovec, canyoning and hydrospeeding and a little drinking and eating. I recommend the Pink Panter (not a typo) night club! We also spent an excellent two nights in the capital, Llubjiana. A beautiful city, compact but with everything on offer for culture hungry STAGS. We stayed in a hostle that used to be a prison. A very individual place with quirky rooms and in an area full of arty people and buildings! Much more interesting than a travel lodge! Obviously we spent time walking around the city - went to the castle and were lucky enough to see a medieval parade. Over the weekend we had literally no sleep and returned exhausted. ... read more

After a fun but cold time in Uyuni we decided to head across back into Chile. The journey is not that far but again on terrible roads! We left Uyuni in the middle of the night and I don't think I have ever been so cold! The bus made good time to the border but that was when things slowed down to a walk/crawl. We were kept there for over 4 hours. During that time we had our bags searched, people were turned back to Bolivia and a dog wee'd on an american girls leg whilst we were waiting! Once through we thought we'd get on our way to Calama and then San Pedro - no such luck. The bus decided firstly to stop for lunch, then we had a flat tyre, then the fan belt ... read more

Going back to Bolivia was quite exciting and after a couple of months of relatively easy travel it was going to be quite a shock! We crossed the border and instantly everything was different - but in a good way. This is South America and Bolivia is unique. We spent the day waiting for our overnight bus to Potosi. Only a couple of hundred kilometres but it was going to take us about 8 hours. The roads were exactly as they had been 8 years ago - terrible. The bus journey wasn't the worst but certainly not comfortable. We arrived in the dead of night to a deserted Potosi. It was absolutely freezing and we really struggled to find anywhere to stay. We eventually settled on a hotel but were given the most awful room you ... read more

After an awful overnight bus journey from Malargue we arived in Mendoza feeling a little tired - and hungover. A crazy hostel tout bundled us into a taxi and sent us to his "amazing" hostel. It was pretty good apart from the fact they played loud music all night and early in the morning (and that was the staff). Not the place for us oldies to stay! We moved the next day to a great place called hostel Lao. Run by an English guy and his Argentinian girlfriend it was just what we were looking for. Graham and Lynny came along too and we had our own little room with ensuite out in the garden - perfect. It even had a swimming pool if the weather turned out finer. Mendoza is a pretty city with tree ... read more