Resting our bones in our favorite city of this journey, BsAs. An update of our escapades will appear later this week. PaS  

Almost a month has passed since our last update. Time enough we thought. Our rapido blast across Southern Africa and the first phase of South America did of course offer many great experiences. That said its a bit like chocolate cake. Wonderful stuff, but you can't just keep on eating it. So a break was in order. As previously described, we found ourselves a nice apartment and settled down in the beautiful city of Buenos Aires. Live has taken on some degree...

Having survived an earth tremor of sizeable proportions, a plethora of annoying backpackers and a day trip to Vina Del Mar (which John McCarthy accurately describes as Blackpool meets Oxford Street), we left Santiago and made tracks for Argentina. An 8 hour schlap over the Andes to the winelands town of Mendoza. Sue has banned Phill from bragging about the summer weather here, for fear of causing upset. That said it was hot enough in Mendoza to boil a llama. The ...