Hi, Today I woke up nice and early to walked to the bus station to book up our tickets to Montevideo, it was a 2 hour bus drive and cost about $300 peso. We had a free breakfast of bread and marmalade. It was ok, standard breakfast in SA, I can’t wait for a bacon sandwich!! Our bus was at 1100 so we just packed up, got the last of the good Wi-Fi and headed to the bus station; we also made sure that we could book up another night here in Hostel el Espanol for when we come back in a day as it was a good hostel (and the cheapest one in Colonia). The bus was no problem, just that it stops a lot and ends up with people stood close to you, this ... read more

Hey Party People, Buenos Aires is literally a city that never sleeps! It is also expensive along with the rest of Argentina. We were lucky enough to be offered a room from the couch surfing website for a total of 6 nights by this lovely couple (Romina and Pablo) who are in their mid-30’s. When we arrived into BA airport, Pablo had offered to pick us up from the airport, which is a good 1h30 from their house! When we arrived to their place in Lomas de Zamora they gave us a whole house to stay in by ourselves-amazing! They have their own house at the front, which is divided with the house they gave us by a small garden and swimming pool. That night they cooked us a traditional Argentinean BBQ with wine that we ... read more

Hola, This area was recommended to us by Cristian, who said as we only have one day left to see something other than Santiago we should make the 2-hour bus trip to the port of Valparaiso. It use to be the leading merchant port through out the Pacific Ocean routes, however since the 1906 earthquake and opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the popular use of the port and the financial income that went with it declined. Today it is used for the cruise ships and fruit exports. The city was given an UNESCO, so being marked as a world heritage site and also being voted cultural capital about 10 years ago the tourism has boomed. Neil and I spent the day here wandering around the cobbled streets. The best parts come when you take ... read more

Hi Everyone, So after the mess that was yesterday, we woke in our freezing cold room, well according to Vick I was toasty. We got our free breakfast, of tea or coffee and 2 biscuits not the breakfast we were looking for bud it was something. Also the owner offered to drive us to the bus terminal so we were happy. We packed up and soon were at the bus terminal, so far in South America we have found that the buses all run very late, both turning up and getting to your destination. Today was no different, the bus was about 30 mins late and it ended up 4 hours late!! YES 4 HOURS!! The seats on the buses are really good called semi-cama, which is half bed, the drive was amazing, the views are ... read more

Hi All, We spent 4 days in Mendoza because we managed to get the bargain of the year for an 8-dorm hostel. We didn’t do a whole lot in Mendoza apart from drink decent wine and watch TV series. So we arrived in Mendoza about 9.30am on Sunday; the coach was meant to arrive at 6.15am so I don’t know how we could have been 3 hours later when there weren’t any long stops along the way. But anyway, after the total bus journey from Cafayate to Mendoza was 19 hours for a total of £65 we made it. When we arrived we knew the direction to the Itaka hostel we had booked-it was about 1.5 miles from the station but we thought we would stretch our legs and get breakfast on the way. We had ... read more