Egypt in 13 days...... Starting off in Cairo and visiting the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx - don't think I need to describe how amazing it was to see them! And how fantastic it was taking a camel ride around the Pyramids in the Sahara? An overnight train took us down to Aswan, not the height of luxury but quite an adventure. The hotel in Aswan was really quite cool, from the window of our hotel room we looked out over the hotel swimming pool, the Nile and the Sahara Dessert! We visited the Philae Temple and the High Dam but the trip to Abu Simbel didn't happen - for no apparent reason all the flights there were cancelled! The next two nights were spend aboard a felucca, two lovely relaxing days cruising up the ... read more

A day in Colonia - 10th November 2007. A 50 minute fast ferry takes you to Colonia, Uruguay. We had a lovely day wandering the streets, it's pretty and very peaceful. ... read more

25th - 27th October 2007. A few towns in Chile..... The first town we arrived at was called Entre Lagos, we needed Chilean Pesos, luckily this small town had a bank and an ATM. But it was a very small and poor town, all the houses looked like wooden shacks. We found a café and had a great chicken, avocado and tomato sandwich…makes a change from the usual cheese and ham sandwiches in Argentina! We decided to drive to Osorno, again it seemed a very poor town and not particularly pleasant, so we decided to keep going and drove another 200kms, (by the end of the day we clocked up 400kms) to Punto Montt. We were expecting a bit of a tourist town but it was another run down, polluted and very busy city. We drove ... read more

El Calafate 21st - 24th October 2007 WOW.......is really all I can say about Perito Moreno Glacier.... The scenery was amazing from the plane window, the lake is massive and the mountains huge....El Calafate is an interesting town, no town planning seems to have taken place and there are buildings dotted about the landscape with lots more being developed. But it´s a nice town..rather more expensive than other places but I guess it survives on tourism alone pretty much. My hostel was lovely, very friendly staff, warm and clean - Lago Argentino Hostel. I booked to go horseriding on the day I arrived. That was lovely (very cold!) we rode up quite a high hill and the views were stunning, you could see a mountain in Chile. After a couple of hours riding we had dinner, ... read more

Tigre & The Delta - 15th October 2007 Waterways, stilted houses, quite walks along riverside pathways....restaurants and great Vino Blanco!! We took the train up to Tigre and hopped on a river taxi which dropped us at a lovely point on the Delta. We strolled along the peaceful pathways admiring the quaint houses and happened upon an enticing restaurant.....the steak was great, the intestines were not so tasty!! But the wine....well it was so good we just had to keep ordering more and more! We ended up staggering about the Delta and having such great fun.....we took a taxi back to Buenos Aires and continued the night drinking cocktails in PuertoZuelo until the small hours....but there are no photos from the evening!!!! A fantastic day out and a few sore heads the following morning....... ... read more