RIIIIIOOOOOO!!! i love this place sooooooo much! Got here thursday afternoon, checked into our hostel and legged it over to sugar loaf mountain before sunset. I had to cram all the sights of rio into 2days so didnt stop the whole time i was here! Rio is possibly the most gorgeous city i have EVER seen. There is no room for it to expand anymore as all land that could be built on is occupied, the city is surrounded by sea and mountains its gorgeous! You can only pi...

Into argentina, we are still camping and it is still FREEZING! this is no exaggeration during the day to keep warm i had to wear: socks, walking boots, jeans, linen trousers, tshirt, two long sleeve tops, two jumpers, my coat, scarf, gloves and my hat and i was only just warm enough!!! that was pretty much everything i owned!! Salta was an alright place, mainly for night life, and had some famous argentinian steak too. for someone who doesnt like steak it went do...

Flying to south america...possibly the longest day of my life...in fact it was EVER! left new zealand about 5:30pm and arrived in chile 10:30am the same day! magic! Santiago was not like i imagined, looked like russia i suppose, not that ive ever been there but from what ive seen. lots of stunning buildings. at the time the students from the university were protesting every day about the cost of studying bit rowdy! Went to valparaiso for the day too, apparently t...