So sorry it has been so long since I've written. Hope everyone has a sweet, happy & healthy new year ... Its so cold here. Still. Yes. Spring seems colder than Winter! I am still sleeping in two pairs of socks, two pairs of pants, three sweatshirts, my hoods up and the small thin blanket wrapped around me in cocoon. There isn't any insulation here and there are these huge glass doors that lead to a itty bitty teeny tiny balcony but they don't really close completely. I have a very busy day tomorrow. I can't believe how busy it will [View Full Entry]

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We are off to Buenos Aires, Argentina this morning on the 9am flight from Mendoza. This small town has been a nice and restful stop for us, except for our driving escapades. But look at it this way. We got our money´s worth on the 200km a day rental car mileage allowance. Dinner last night was a rather quiet deal. We first had a bottle of the champagne that Mike bought in the hotel lobby. No corkage fee. Some futbol team arrived amid great fanfare, but we don´t know or care who they were. Everyone else did, however. We took the [View Full Entry]

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Hey Hey, fly out tomorrow just testing this works! [View Full Entry]

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Bit of a late start to this, but better late than never eh? We're now down in Bariloche in the North of Patagonia. But first I'll fill in some details of Buenos Aires. We arrived on a pretty average morning feeling fairly wiped out from the flight. Picked up a cab to the hostel (Hostel Del Sur). Once we'd unpacked we were told that there was a short walking tour round the centre of BA. We were totally knackered, but decided it would be a good way of getting out and around town and also a good way to stop ourselves [View Full Entry]

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We broke up our trip to Buenos Aires with a day trip to Tigre and Tres Bocas out in the suburbs. Tigre is a cute town on the river, Tres Bocas is a little neighborhood in the deltas. We left the hostel with a few other travelers and took the suburban rail to Tigre, where we walked around, saw the marketplace, then took a commuter boat out into the river deltas. It is hard to imagine that this region, so wet, green, and beautiful, is so close to Buenos Aires proper! I was thrilled to be here! After about an hour, [View Full Entry]

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Boca! the "mouth" of Buenos Aires, is a working class port neighborhood. Everyone I had talked to said that Boca is a dangerous place, yet it also has one of the most touristy spots in Buenos Aires – it is the home of tango. I wasn't quite sure what to expect here, having just heard a story of a police chase from another traveler, but Pablo and I thought it would be an interesting place to check out. We took a bus through town and walked down the road along the water towards the tourist area. Immediately the difference here from [View Full Entry]

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We did a lot of walking today! My feet are not so happy in my new shoes (I know you're not supposed to travel like this with new shoes, but that's what happens when the dog chews them up right before you leave), but I am happy that I got to see a lot. We walked and walked, from our hostel to plazas around the city, down Av. Florida, to the Casa Rosa, the pink equivalent to the American White House. Walking up and down main streets and side streets all day long is exhausting, but a great way to see [View Full Entry]

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A quick update on the last 4 days in Buenos Aires -the first stop on our whirlwind trip around South America! After a long (and crap) flight on Qantas (they only fed us twice in 13 hours and woke me up to give me a lemon ice cream, nice) we arrived in BA, the Tango capital of the world. We stayed in a really nice hostel, the Arts Factory, in San Telmo, the bohmenian and arts district of the city. Bags down, we headed straight out for a beer in Plaza Dorego (the main square) and instantly felt like we were [View Full Entry]

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Back in Buenos Aires again, this time with a big group. The truck arrived in the afternoon and we checked into our hotel, no hostels this time, altho it was next door to where i stayed previously. It was a decent place, and nice to have a bed after a good bit of camping. We headed off into town for a few beers. We found a great restaurant with amazing food, and great wine. After the meal we had a pub crawl around town and found some really good bars i hadn't been to before (there were a few), and ended [View Full Entry]

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I have been travelling for a number of years in Latin America I love everything about it the people & culture & history and the way of life so now Am planning a trip on foot through Latin America it's a lot of work but Am sure it pays off the pleasure of going from one place to another meeting people learning from them making friends and hopefully staying there for ever. It going to cost not really much to walk from one country to another but I need a sponsorship I need someone to beleive in me and sponsor my [View Full Entry]

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