frostythenomad

A selection of daft photos taken in South America...... read more

Richard Frost - Manchester I'd forgotten how cold it gets in Manchester. Or maybe I just preferred not to remember. After 6 months living it up in South America, we've arrived back in the UK wholly unprepared for the ice-cold chill that greets us. In retrospect, it was probably a mistake to go straight from Rio de Janeiro to Manchester. More than that, to go straight from Brazilian summertime to British wintertime - a 30-degree temperature difference. But even though I'm shivering like no-one's business, at least I can comfort myself with the memory of being roasting hot on Copacabana beach. And even though I don't have a job anymore, and I'm crashing on friends' floors till we find somewhere to live, at least I can comfort myself with the memory of what we achieved. Like ... read more

Paraguay My rating: 5/10 Daily budget (travel, food and accommodation): USD $60 = 39 pounds When: 24 January - 27 January 2013 Base: Asuncion Main sights: Independence House, Cultural Centre of the Republic - Town Hall, Railway Museum, Pantheon of the Heroes Random facts: Paraguay was the 1st country in South America to declare independence. Former dictator Dr Francia was so convinced everyone wanted to kill him that he slept in a different bed each night. He also rebuilt Asuncion in a grid system, destroying countless historic buildings along the way, to remove hiding places for would-be assassins. Ciudad del Este is known as the Supermarket of South America. This crazy border town is where Brazilians and Argentinians go to buy fake goods, gadgets and drugs on the cheap. Impressions:/... read more

Argentina My rating: 8/10 Daily budget (travel, food and accommodation): USD $70 = 44 pounds When: 19 December 2012 - 20 January 2013 Bases: Ushuaia, El Calafate, Bariloche, Mendoza, Salta, Cordoba, Buenos Aires Main sights: Beagle Channel boat tour, Train at the End of the World, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Perito Moreno Glaciar, Companario Hill, Little Circuit bike ride, Maipu Valley-La Rural vineyard and Entre Olivos olive farm and Trapiche vineyard and Di Tommaso vineyard and Carinae vineyard, The Vines of Mendoza Blending Lab, Cafayate Ravine, Cafayate-La Banda vineyard and Nanni vineyard and Domingo Hermanos vineyard and Museum of Vine and Wine, Salta Town Hall-Historic Museum of the North, San Bernardo Hill cable car, Cordoba Church Cathedral, Cordoba Jesuit Block, House of Che Museum, Alta Gracia Jesuit Farm National Mu... read more

Bolivia My rating: 6/10 Daily budget (travel, food and accommodation): USD $25 = 15 pounds When: 28 October - 11 November 2012 Bases: Copacabana, La Paz, Sucre, Uyuni, San Pedro de Quemez, Huayllajara Main sights: Isla del Sol, Juan de Vargas Costumbrista Museum, Litoral Museum, Murillo House, La Paz Cemetery, Cretaceous Park, House of Liberty, Train Cemetery, Uyuni Salt Flat, Galaxies Grotto, Devil Cave, Colorada Lagoon, Morning Sun geysers, Polquers thermal springs, Green Lagoon Top 3 experiences: 1) Southwest Circuit 2) Day of the Dead at La Paz Cemetery 3) Sucre Southwest Circuit If truth be told, the Southwest Circuit is hands down the best thing about Bolivia. It´s a surreal, otherworldly region in which everything you thought you knew about lakes and lagoons and mountains is twisted and turned on ... read more