Not all sun & cerveza today - storms arrived yesterday and stayed for the night (and most of today). We ventured out for some eats last night after the asado we were promised in the hostel was washed out :-( Got up today feeling slightly groggy but we headed out anyway to get our flights sorted out for the next part of this big adventure. The local travel agency had said that we could get flights only as far as Puerto Madryn, about half way to Tuerra del Fuego, so we went for it. Unfortunately, when we got the tickets back [View Full Entry]

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Hello! This one is for all you doubters out there who thought we´d never make it...all safe and well here in hot & sweaty Buenos Aires. The BA flight was quite long, not aided by the slobbering character sleeping beside me on the plane (no, not Laura) and the 25 Argentinian teenagers returning from their degree course in the Finsbury Park School of Applied English (cash only, terms & conditions apply). Got here without any hassle and safely checked in to the lovely Garden House Hostel in the San Telmo district of the city. Great place - not too many people [View Full Entry]

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Well - for the first time in my life I'm officially unemployed. Not so sure it's sunk in just yet, but it'll probably grow on me. In fact, I think I like it already. AAAAnyway...the trip....we leave in 3days for Buenos Aires and successfully emptied the flat of most of our worldly posessions the other day following a 12-hr packing stint driven by late delivery of boxes and an early arriving lorry to take the stuff to storage (Storing.com is recommended - you don't have to lug your kit downstairs and they're very good value). Just the final run through t [View Full Entry]

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Well - first entry in what I hope will be a long list of these...Christmas is past and it would appear that we'll be leaving in approximately 6 weeks. Obviously we've no flights booked nor actual itinerary sorted out, but we'll get there. Buenos Aires will be the first port we wander into, and given the time of year we'll most likely be heading South to Patagonia for some wildlife / ice before hitting the wines in Mendoza and making for Bolivia & Peru where we may jump onto a guided tour for a few weeks. [if anyone out there can [View Full Entry]

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