Crickey

Where to start? I´m sitting at Salta airport about to head off to La Paz. There tiresome overnight buses got the better of me so I elected to buy some energy and fly into Bolivia. Only a week in Argentina was obviously not enough and sometimes regretting trying to shove so many destinations into such a small amount of time really as it has only been a small sample of each place. Anyway, enough of the tired whinging. Vive Árgentina! Buenos Aires I know ive written about this place before in the last post but i was pretty hungover and probably didnt do it too much justice. BA and the portenos (people of BA) are truely amazing. I really didnt know what to expect from the first south american city i arrived into but I was ... read more

8/10/11 Before I embark on my trip to Latin America, I have a small matter of 3 final exams to get through so this will be brief. My interest in South America was born out of stories from friends about various sights and wonders mainly including the treks of Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands. After a long lost cousin from Scotland had visited a few years ago and told us of her plans to travel to see the ancient ruins, I felt compelled to reignite my own travel after an epic Euro trip in '06. Ancient civilizations have always interested me to find out where we came from, how far we have come, and what thoughts and ideas are shared and are not shared over such a long time. The Inca and Aztec empires were ... read more