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October 12th 2009
Puerto Iguazu, Saturday 10th Yiippppyyyy arrived 37 hours later fully loaded with bags, wallets and gadgets all accounted for. We were booked in to stay at Hostel Inn ( http://www.hostel-inn.com/ ) (which is apparently awesome) but found out that Marcopolo Inn ( http://www.marcopoloinniguazu.com/ ) across the road from the station is the sister hostel accommodation there so swapped our booking , Really recommend this hostel, really clean, beautiful garden and pool, good breakfast and very helpful staff - 100%! And easy to get the bus to falls and to your next destination as the terminal is across the road. We managed to get straight off the bus and onto a half day tour ( stinky stonkers !) Visiting the Brazilian side of Iquazu falls ($ 40 park entrance exc Which ended up being $ 49 - ... read more
October 8th 2009
Saturday 3rd Left at 8:40 for our incredible trip through the Andes to Mendoza, Argentina (we went with Tur bus) - and what an awesome trip it was. Beautiful snow-capped mountains, massive gorges and canyons, a ski field running right down one face of the mountain (we ran right through tunnels under them - pretty damn amazing) It was just amazing meandering up and then through the mountain itself. After crossing over into Argentina the landscape was unreal, just beautiful (different color rocks and sand) and so vast with the ever present Andes contrasting beautifully with the various red mountains. We arrived just before 4pm (bus trip 7 hours) so made our way straight to our hostel The Monkey House ( http://www.monkeyhostel.com/ ) Which was okay but to be honest not the nicest hostel but the ... read more
October 3rd 2009
Santiago Arrived safe and sound on the Wednesday 31st Sept way warmer than expected it must have been about 20 degrees yyyeeahhhhaaaa. It is really cool having the snow-capped Andes towering over the town, you can pretty much see them from everywhere, can wait to get closer. The town itself is pretty dirty and very smoggy but the hostel we are staying at, La Casa Rojer is great.( http://www.lacasaroja.cl/ ) Really big and clean - huge rooms, large common areas and awesome outside garden and pool area with bar. Hola Chile! After getting cleaned up we ventured out for a walk around town, made our way to the two markets, Central Market (meat etc) and La Vega (fruit and veg) pretty cool, not the gourmet stuff you get in the coolers at home, but fresh from ... read more
Goodbye Vancouver - Hello Toronto & Niagara Falls
Published: October 14th 2009North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto
September 29th 2009
After our year in Vancouver the time has come for us to move on - you know a still stone gathers moss or however that goes!!! So we flew out of Vancouver on the 26th September after a night of drinks with Al and Deb (needless to say a little hungover) and into Toronto and made our way to our hostel, The Clarence Castle ( http://www.clarencecastle.com/ ) which was rated the best hostel in Toronto, lucky for us it wasn't too expensive! First impressions were not the best, it didn't help that it was wet and grey and we were tired, so decided to have an early night and get a good start on the next day. We got up early and headed straight down to the waterfront - crazy looking out and knowing it's a ... read more
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