Mendoza, Argentina Hola, amigos Had an OK nights sleep on our last night in Valparaiso but there was some political election going on outside and involved people pomping their horns a lot!! We got up at 6.45am luckily my cheap watch woke us up in time to catch out bus to Argentina. We left Valparaiso, and headed east to Argentina, we were going to get a night bus to save cash but we saw someone else's blog and they advised that the drive was amazing, and they ...

Valparaiso & Vina del Mar Mishee's Spanish is really coming on, and getting us by, however I am still struggling to remember 1 - 10! Leaving Santiago couldn't have been easier, we got the Metro to the bus station and waited only five minutes and got on a bus to Valparaiso (travellers don't bother booking in advance, no need). This is considered the cultural capital of Chile, its 120km North West of Santiago, and whilst its a little rough around the edges it ...

Santiago Hola We left Auckland at about 4pm on the 13th of January, and took a very very bumpy flight to Santiago, Chile,on an airbus a340, although everything was rattling around and Mish and I were both terrified, Lan airlines was pure quality. I managed to blag a bad back and got us four seats in the middle all to ourselves so we had loads of room! Lan had wicked entertainment and games. Lan also had real cutlery and glass for our drinks which was classy 37...

Last NZ blog ;( Hey all, sorry for the lack of blog's recently, we have been busy bears. So Mum and dad got down to Queenstown on the 23rd of December, they came up to the tennis club to see Mishee and I, it was awesome seeing them as hadn't for 8 months. They had an amazing motor home (more like a bus than a motor home!), it was huge and had loads of space. We stopped at Mark's (my boss) house for a few nights while mum and dad explored the area around Queens...

Last NZ blog ;( Hey all, sorry for the lack of blog's recently, we have been busy bears. So Mum and dad got down to Queenstown on the 23rd of December, they came up to the tennis club to see Mishee and I, it was awesome seeing them as hadn't for 8 months. They had an amazing motor home (more like a bus than a motor home!), it was huge and had loads of space. We stopped at Mark's (my boss) house for a few nights while mum and dad explored the area around Queens...