http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Wherever-I-lay-my-hat/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Wherever I lay my hat en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:03:27 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:03:27 +0000 So the final part of my SA blog is finally here...time has indeed flown away with itselfOur next part of the trip was up to Iguazu Falls. We did both the Argentina side and the Brazil side. There were so many places to walk around in the Argentina side and so many vantage points to check out the falls. We also took a boat trip which took us Under the falls which was great fun. We got completely so http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Santa-Teresa/blog-378610.html So after a very very long bus ride we eventually made it to Buenos Aires. I instantly fell in love with the place. From the stunning architecture the cat park the tango and street music everywhere you turned to the cute boutique shops and busy vibrant atmosphere it had everything you wanted and so many things to do and see that our 4 days wasnt really enough.They are unsurprisingly quite big o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Corrientes/Mercedes/blog-377147.html SO Cordoba and Mendoza...via the lake districtI never really had a chance to write much on Cordoba. But had a lot of fun hanging out there for the week learning spanish doing a salsa class where i tried to avoid the very slimey men trying to dance with me and visiting Ches house which was pretty cool. It also held one of the biggest folklore festivals in South America so we checked that out to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Rio-Negro/San-Carlos-de-Bariloche/blog-367020.html Greetings from Argentina....Ive seen a lot of places since the last blog so I shall start from Salta our first stop in Northern Argentina. Wow I really did love Salta. A perfect place to start off in and I was quite upset to leave. Not too big and not too small with a pretty plaza with bundles of al fresco dining and music on the streets. We spent a few days here chilling out and wandering aroun http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-367019.html So the Salar de Uyuni trip. Well what can I say it was quite a breathtakingly beautiful experience. I have added as many pics as I can to give you an idea but really it doesnt compare to seeing the real thing. Apologies I hope im not rubbing it in or anything .The trip was spent travelling for 4 days in a jeep stopping at passing lagoons of all different colours with various types of flamin http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Salar-de-Uyuni/blog-361507.html Wow its been so long since Ive written in my blog but Im back and ready to hopefully fill up a couple of pages with more news..so let me start from our journey since La Paz....The jungle never happened which was a real shame. We waited and waited for the plane and gave up after 3 days of rain and no sign of us going anywhere. So we decided to head off somewhere else for Christmas and chose Sucre http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Potosi/blog-361487.html Am presently holed up in La Paz waiting for a yay or nay of whether we can fly to Rurrenabaque in the jungle it was cancelled yesterday because of bad weather. So may as well do a little recap of Bolivia while I wait.So Copacabana...Its supposed to be a chilled out hippy place which I thought was right up my street or potential street at least. Found a very pink looking hostal to crash and the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Copacabana/blog-356925.html Just a short blog entry for my final stay in Peru.Left Cusco early morning to catch the bus to Puno which only managed to break down once luckily another bus was only 30mins away. Arrived in Puno late afternoon to the pouring rain so got the first available hostal dumped our ever increasing rucksacks there are too many amazing textiles and jewellery to purchase and went for a wander. Puno http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/Uros-Island/blog-355129.html So I made it back from Machu Picchu in one piece hooray Just sat in an internet cafe downloading the 200 photos Dont worry I wont bore you with them all...just a few to wet the appetiteWhat an amazing experience though. The scenery en route to machu picchu blew me away the most such varied terrain and every turn had spectacular mountain views I felt so high up in the world. We went throug http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-354214.html Hola back againJust thought that I would write a final note before the end of my time in Cusco. Its been a week or 2 since I last wrote and Ive managed since then to learn some salsa play the pan pipes experience mountain biking for the first time ouch and gain a 40hour intensive spanish school certificate hooray Last weekend we had a day out visiting various Inka ruins near to Cusco http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Sacred-Valley/blog-352548.html Sorry its taken so long to write ive not had chance to catch my breath...literally. The altitude is a bit of a killerSo here is the latest so far....Arrived in Lima late last thursday wow just realised its been a week since I left the UK. Had a day out in Lima which to be honest isnt much to write home about so I wont Caught a bus that same evening to Arequipa. A 15 hour bus ride which act http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/blog-349124.html The night before the big trip...aaah im scared So people I have finally taken the plunge and made the leap into the big unknown that is travelling well for me at leastRight now I am bloody petrified but in the knowledge that many fantastic and exciting things are ahead of me well at least once Ive got over the hurdle of an 18 hour journeyAs you can see from my blog name I've decided to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Hampstead/blog-346661.html