Today is our last day in Argentina - we are both going to be very sad to leave as it has been a fantastic country with loads of freindly people, brilliant food and drink and some fantastic scenery. We are off to Bolivia tomorrow which should be incredibly cheap from the reports we have had. Salta is a large town in the north of Argentina it is famous for empenadas, they are like mini cornish pasties, beef, chicken or cheese - absolutely delicious. We took a day...

Yesterday we were picked up before sunrise - we were headed deep into the high Andes - close to the Chilean border. We headed into the 'lower Andes' and met the Mendoza river which we followed through some fantastic scenery until we stopped in a village called Uspallata (Alt. 1750m) to get some warm trousers and boots, the day before we were there it was -23oC here, when we arrived it was about -8oC!! We carried on going higher and higher, following the vall...

Well we arrived in Mendoza to snow and sub'zero temperatures!! Snow in the city of Mendoza is quite rare, what is even more rare is the snow they experienced in Bs As today (first time sine 1918). We spent Sunday just looking around the city, it was completely deserted as it was a bank holiday weekend (it was Argentina's independance day on Monday). It was unbelievably cold, it didn't get above -5oC all day. Mendoza is a lovely city, full of plazas. It was nice ...

For the past 2 nights we have been in Cordoba with new found friends Julio, a wicked Argentine from El Calafate in Patagonia and Emanuel, a Brazilian from Sao Paulo. Argentina continues to exceed expectations for both me and Sarah, the people are unbelievably friendly, we feel pretty safe and it is excellent value for money!Cordoba is Argentinas second biggest city after Bs As. A historic Argentinian University town steeped in history, it also houses many churche...

Another few days have whizzed by with us hardly noticing, time goes so quickly when you are enjoying yourself!! Sarah did enjoy watching the tango on Tuesday night, they were incredibly talented - i much preferred my steak. I am pleased to report that the promises of steaks the sizes of bricks have been fulfilled - we will be dining very well in Argentina. On Wednesday we ventured onto the metro for the first time, it seemed to be very efficient and you can go ...