We arrived in Iguazu at around 2pm after a long journey. We had managed to sleep well on the bus though, so a nap wasn´t required once we got into town. The first thing we noticed when we got off the bus was the heat. It had been warm in Buenos Aires, but this was a real step up, and must have been +30°C. There isn´t a great deal to do in the town itself, but the main attraction is the famous Iguazú Falls, which is just a few miles down the road. When w...

We spent 6 nights in Buenos Aires, which was a nice break for us between really long bus journeys. The journey was ok, really long. Unfortunately Alan was struck down with a migraine on the busduring the night which wasn´t too fun for a few hours but it wasn´t too bad in the end luckily. Our hostel was really nice, right in the centre of town. Unfortunately we were in a dorm with the loudest snorer since the begining of the trip. Absolutely awful, nothing worse...

Puerto Madryn is a small town on the Argentine coast, situated in an area of Patagonia that is famous for both coastal wildlife and the continuing influence of Welsh settlers that arrived here in the late 1900´s. We arrived in town at about 7am after a 16-hour overnight bus journey and we hadn´t had a great deal of sleep. We made our way to the hostel and took advantage of the free breakfast, then found out we had to wait until 2pm before we could get into ...

We stayed in Bariloche for five nights in total. We weren´t sure how long to stay but our hostel had a deal on: stay four nights and get fifth free so that settled it for us. Bariloche was the first place we stayed in Argentina and we didn´t really know what to expect. It is a ski town in the mountains on the shore of a lake. Nice scenery. There was a terrible icy biting wind, coldest of the trip so far I´d say. It certainly was nippy. It is a pretty town full...