Blogs from South America - page 5679

Geo: 3.45686, -76.5224The Good...and the "Not so Good" First the "Not so Good" story...Really not bad at all so that's why it's just "Not so Good"...It's Latin America...You might get robbed...or simply at this example the cunt might just try robbing you and gets beat up trying...I was walking down an Avenida with my Swiss friend and suddenly as I put my hand in my left pocket I am feeling another hand in my pocket...I freaked out for a second and a black guy behind me trying emptying my pockets...My friend immediately reacted and kicked him hard in is nuts...As he lying on the floor trying to pull out his knife...I simply kicked the shit out of him...Suddenly he knew that we are no easy targets...Fagets do look for easy targets and quickly give up on ... read more

Greetings from La Paz, Bolivia. The internet here is sooo slow that it has just taken me the best part of 40 minutes to read 3 messages. So, thanks to all of you who have written, and I will try to reply when I next get to a computer with a decent connection! The last few weeks have been mad since leaving Pucon (the volcano place) where I last e-mailed. We went straight up to Santiago, the capital of Chile, and met up with a Chilean friend who took us to his house and made us a home cooked meal (not had one of those in a while) and then drove us into the mountains to see Santiago by night. We could spot our hotel, the Sheraton, shining brightly...!?? When you think of Chile, what do ... read more

I'm just going to throw some pictures in here for the time being and then add my notes from the trip when I get the chance. This was the first real travel experience of my life. 3 months in Latin America. Que bueno. ... read more

I am now in Puerto Montt, Chile. Tonight we are getting a boat south into the glaciers of Patagonia. It is for four nights and five days but we are not entirely sure what is included as our Spanish is pretty shaky. Just been to the supermarket and stocked up on biscuits and wine, just in case! After leaving Buenos Aires, we travelled to Sierra de la Ventana which is about 8 hours south of Buenos Aires. It was a small countryside village with a MILLION stray dogs. Most of you will know that they are not my favourite animal, but they are even more scary when they travel in packs and might be carrying rabies! As we got off the bus we were met by two particularly mangy-looking ones. By the time we had fought ... read more

Here I am in the main street of Buenos Aries. We had a massive thunderstorm last night and it is still raining.It is still warm though so we are wandering around in T -shirts and shorts in the rain! The last few days were spent in Foz De Iguassu,on the Brazilian -Arentina border. The youth hostel was one of the best I have ever stayed in. It was out of town in the country side,and part of a campsite so had beautiful landscaped gardens and a swimming bar with a bar playing Samba music -very tropical. We spent two days exploring Iguassu Falls. On the first day we did the Brazilian side. We arrived on the bus to be greeted by little strange little chipmonk-like creatures with ringed tails.They were almost attracting more attention from tourists ... read more