After a mediocre meal and an early night we booked an afternoon bus tour around the circuto chico so had an explore of the town before this left. Bariloche is a bit like a Disney version of Switzerland with bits of England thrown in. We resisted having our photos taken with one of the Saint Bernards - until the next day at least! The town is geared to tourism but has not benefited from any apparent planning laws so there is a real mismatch of architectural styl...

Anither bus journey crossing back into Argentina - they are starting to merge into one. After failing to find the right way to walk to our hostel we got a cab and were glad we did as the hostel was down a long hill then up another one - one to be avoided given my propensity to fall over! We were greeted at the hostel like long-lost friends and immediately felt welcome. Out room was not yet available so we left our bags and headed into town for lunch. A quick ex...

Arriving in Ushuaia was a bit of a culture shock after the hustle and bustle of Buenos Aires. The flight in weaved through mountains before landing in a barren land. The drive to the town and the town itself really reenforced the name "The end of the world" The town is very low rise with lots of corregated iron buildings - a real feel of a frontier land. Arrived at the airbnb to be greeted by Monica - and her lack of English - time to start practicing. Shortly ...

After the incredibly long journey I arrived in Buenos Aires and now just had to wait fot Helen to arrive. The bad news was that her plane was delayed but the good news it meant I was able to get a beer! By the time she arrived I had decided one beer was definitely enough as I extremely tired having only had about an hours sleep in the last 48 hours! We got a taxi and headed to our airbnb - not very reassured when our driver said it was not a good neighbourhood!...