Nick and Rinske

Antigua Rin: Our first few days in Antigua I spent in bed with the worst ear infection I think I've ever had. I then proceeded to have a chunk of tooth chip off, from rice of all things, and so had to visit the dentist.... Which unfortunately meant that we weren't able to make it up to the organic finca in the mountains for a few days of wholesome recuperation...Grrrr... It did mean that we were in town when there was a shoot out a block up the road though. After a few days, on a recommendation from Isabella, we decided to go on a small hike up a volcano to see some molten lava with Hamish and Cathy. As usual, trying to get a sense of how difficult the walk would be was a challenge. ... read more

Nick: So here we are sitting in Miami, Florida. Saying to ourselves - are we still on planet earth - because it feels like we have just been transported to somewhere very alien. Not to say that we didn´t necessarily not like Miami, what with its interesting people, cuban influences, street life and nip-tuck- botox culture. But its just that bang for your buck we´d rather be in a cheap as chips crazy place than another crazy one which is costing us close to a couple of hundred a day. Thats when Rin and I decided to cut our 4 days of Miami back to 2 and fly our butts back into the lands well south of the border. Panama Panama city is.... well... quite a city. You get that rough round the edges feel when ... read more

Hi all, Nick Here: yes, its time to say goodbye to Bolivia, land of cheap food, cheap thrills, and cheap gastro and enter the tourist wilds of Peru. We took a bus from copacabanna on the shores of lake titicaca through to puno, and with a quick "Amazing Race" style negotiation managed to jump aboard a moving bus to Arequipa within 5 minutes of our arrival. And amazingly without totally being fleeced of all our cash. Arequipa is a town most renowned for its proximity to the worlds two deepest canyons. Now many of you have heard of some of the natural disasters that the Andes throws out. Especially in Peru where there have been some devastating earthquakes in recent history. Now we recently managed to escape by a few weeks the chaiten volcano disaster. Attached ... read more

Rin here: Landing in El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia quickly put our travels back into perspective and our travelling mojo has returned with gusto! We had an amazing flight from Santiago to La Paz during which the sun rose quickly as we flew ever closer to the altiplano - we even had a glimpse of the salt plains! Walking out of the airport with stunning views of the nearby snowcapped mountains we threw our bags on the roof of the local micro bus, piled ourselves inside the soon to be overcrowded bus and descended into La Paz city proper. There´s nothing quite like a little bit of chaos to keep you on your toes - with that in mind we dropped our bags off at the hostel and set out in search of some lunch. We ... read more

Hola Chicos y Chicas, Well this is a very belated blog posting. Rin and I have been buzzing along from Chiloe, and we are pretty much a month behind on our blog. Well you cant blame us.... travelling takes up your time, but we are thinking about all of you back there. Also we have had a few hickups along the way including bouts of gastro for rinny and a tent slashing and robbery in Chile. So here´s some pics for our lakes district adventure... more to follow shortly.. The Lakes District Rin and I have spend the last two weeks enjoying autumn in the lakes district. We thought that the cooler and wetter weather had finally put the proverbial tupperware lid on our adventures in the andes, and snap locked our memories of pategonia. We ... read more