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...

Hello from a cold Montevideo. We have only been here for one night, but that was just about enough to see most of the main sites. It seems as though the whole of Uruguay is in somewhat of a timewarp - horse-drawn carts still mix about with the traffic taking goods here and there, they seem to cope extremely well with the traffic. Montevideo has a very European feel about it, lots of old architecture, and plaza's. The old port area reminded me quite alot of the...

Hello from Uruguay!Today we added another country stamp to our passports and got the ferry across the Rio de la Plata to Colonia del Sacramento.The difference to BA is amazing, the air is clearer, it is so peaceful and the old colonial buildings are beautiful! We have found a nice hostel and are going to stay here a couple of days to recharge our batteries before heading on to Montevideo.Colonia del Sacramento is tiny though, we did a walking tour today and cover...

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 ...