Rob writes We got the bus to Cordoba the next morning at 9:15, which was supposed to take about 10 hours. We ended up getting into Cordoba at about 22:00, a lot later then we were expecting. I wasn’t too keen on walking through an unknown town trying to find the hostel at this hour but we made it without incident. On arrival we learnt from the hostel that the room (£23) had been double booked so rather than having a double bed we had to settle for two single beds. We didn’t come off to badly though as the hostel discounted the price for the inconvenience. Breakfast here was a bit pants unfortunately, but this seems to be common over Argentina where sweet pastries and cakes seem to be the norm in the morning. It ... read more

Rob Writes: We weren’t quite at Argentina yet, we still had to visit the Brazilian side of the Iguaçu Falls. After the 21 hours on a bus the plan was to head to the hostel where we would leave our bags and head to the falls. Only problem was, we didn’t actually know where the hostel was. Fortunately there was a McDonalds nearby where we could fire up the net-book and take advantage of the free wifi. It also turned out we took advantage of the new boy serving us who gave us two free burgers. I was due to pay R$9 for my burgers, gave the boy R$100 note and he gave me R$101 change! Obviously I never noticed his mistake until it was way too late to go back do the honest thing. Shame. ... read more

Rob Writes Before we could set off for Ilha Grande we had a few things to do. Firstly, bring the washing in. Not something I enjoy doing at home but it was made worse by the fact I had to hang out of a window to reach our clothes, which weren’t even dry! So again we went down to the hostel kitchen and stuffed our faces with all you can eat breakfast while waiting for our transfer to Ilha Grande (£28). The transfer was by a small van, which wasn’t too bad really. Air con and leather seats are more than we were used to. We were then taken to a small town where we would then have to catch a boat, which was a bigger pain in the arse than it should have been. The ... read more

Rob Writes Trying to piece together the last few days has been difficult due to the sheer amount we have done. I wasn’t sure where to start writing from and what to write about, but I’m going to go back to when I actually felt this trip was ‘happening’. In my head it all started when I turned off my Xbox at about midnight on the 31th of August. Tina and I had to tear the house to pieces and box it up, in order to take it to Tina’s mums the next day. Playing Black Ops until midnight wasn’t a good idea. We were still dealing with the house at about 3:30am, at which point we threw in the towel and went to bed. We were up at about 8am, boxed up the last few ... read more