http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/HeatherandPaul/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from HeatherandPaul en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:56:28 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:56:28 +0000 We feel a bit like frauds filling this in now we are back in the UK but here is the last entry for your enjoymentAfter another night in Cuzco we headed off for the Amazon basin and Manu Biosphere Reserve. After another early morning seems to have been too many of them this trip we started out on what would be an 8 hour bus journey up and over the Andes and into the jungle.On the way up we sto http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Manu-National-Park/blog-215361.html Sooo just finished the 4 day Inca trek and we are both absolutely cream crackered But what an amazing experience. We chose to carry our own backpacks rather than inflict them on a porter well you need a challenge dont you.Theres always the worry that you end up with a group of eejits but we had luck on that front. We had a perfect group a mixture of canadians and English oh and 1 Slovack. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Inca-Trail/blog-208312.html Ok folks here we go again with another enthralling entry...La Paz was fun a little crazy muchos traffic muchos fumes. The old buses crawling and i mean crawling up the steep hills were a sight to see.Travelled to Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca. Not quite the Brazilian version but it did have a beach and it was our finest views of the lake. Took a boat over to Isla Del Sol and spent http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-206176.html So sorry for another delay in updating the blog. Weve been moving around so much its difficult to keep you up to speed with where weve been.After a long bus journey from Pucon we had a brief stay in santiago. Not our favourite city as it holds bad memories from our last visit. We flew into Calama on the edge of the Atacama desert and near to the border with Bolivia. We stayed for one night in http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Salar-de-Uyuni/blog-203389.html Hello campers. Well started again. Had a decent journey over well as decent as a 12 hour flight can be. I have a new method of flying tranquilizers Slept for nearly 10 hours without having to resort to alcohol. Heather was out for even longer. If i hadnt woken her she'd probably still be on the flight.BA was as cool as ever ate about our own body weight in cow and drank some more fantastic http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Araucania/Villarrica-Volcano/blog-200498.html SoooooooooLeft Puerto Natales in Chile to go into Torres Del Paine National Park. Was looking forward to 5 days hiking in fantastic scenery. The weather was perfect when we got there cloudless sky and high temperatures. Just what you need when you are going to be walking up hill for most of the day carrying our big rucksacks. Still better than wind rain and snow which is a possibility at any t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Magallanes/Torres-del-Paine/blog-130474.html El Calafate Into the AndesMoved further west and into the foothills of the Andes and the Los Glaciares National Park. El Calafate very much like Banff in Canada so Heather felt at home.Took a day trip to the Perito Moreno glacier a small chunk of ice of only 20Km long 5km wide and 60m high...... Although its not advancing it is the only one in the world not retreating. Its growth is in e http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Cruz/Perito-Moreno-Glacier/blog-120414.html OK here we go again...Flew into Trelew old welsh colony they moved there because they were fed up of the English and it appears most have moved away from here because they were fed up with the Argentinians.....Stayed in Puerto Madryn which is on the Valdes Peninsular a large sealife reserve on the Atlantic coast. Its where they filmed the famous orca footage of them taking sealion pups fr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-120039.html HolaWe left Iguazu and headed for the Iberas Marshes this was kind of my idea because of the fantastic wildlife on offer. We knew it would be a long trek but not quite as bad as it was a ten hour bus journey followed by a 3 hour bus journey followed by another 3 hours bus journey this time in a very old beat up bus on a very rough gravel track that kept dissapearing into vast pot holes. A http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Santa-Fe/Carlos-Pellegrini/blog-118548.html Just spent three days at Iguazu falls so beautiful. Tried to also take a full moon walk but it was too cloudy in the evenings. We spent two days on the Argentinian side and one on the Brazil side. Both spectacular.Just finished a 10 hour bus journey to Corrientes Northern Argentina and now waiting for another bus to take us Mercedes so we can go into the Esteros del Ibera which are the wetla http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-117029.html Happy new year everyoneStill hot like you would never believe 43 degrees today. Had a good new years eve. They dont do the whole partying thing stay in with the family apparently until after 2am. None of the bars were open so ended up drinking beers from a sandwich stall on the Harbour with all the others from the hostel. The fireworks were good though and atleast we didnt have hangovers.Saw http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-115296.html Hola First entry in the blog. How exciting Heather and Paul have a blog Just a quick line to announce the arrival in Buenos Aires. Spent first day sweating and fully expect more sweat.Walked around a huge graveyard and Evitas grave along with approx 1 million others. Thinking of buying a plot next to the Perons.....BA is very busy and loud big ticker tape parade tonight think its for lead http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-114694.html