Hi all, thanks again for all the birthday felicitations! We shall start at the beginning, for that is always a good place to start......the bus ride here was as amazing as it professed to be - fully reclining, massive seats, good food, sweets, wine, champagne, our own flat screen tv and charlottes web to boot! - just wonderous! However, andrew did suffer a little cos he had a mini waterfall on his head cos there was a load of condensation on the hatch thing just ...

We are back in BA and relative heat! Soooo happy to be back here! However, Lonely Planet have delivered us to yet another corker of a hostel - it states book ahead to reserve a bed with satin sheets - err NO! The lobby looked great - modern and bright - then we were taken to the room...... it stank of pure wrongness, and is decorated, well, just imagine the interior of a battered motel room in America in the 70's - nice. LONELY PLANET ARE WRONG IN THE HEAD! Desp...

Well, while you lot are getting rained on back in England, we are busy getting pooed on in Buenos Aires! Yesterday, we were strolling around a park in San Telmo, trying to distinguish if the birds that were flying around were parrots - Sophie is convinced that they are, no matter what anyone says - they are bright green and blue and fly like parrots!!! We were sat on a bench watching these birds when one of the little b*****s dropped a little package down to ear...

Hi all, well we are back in the capital now, except this time we are in a great hostel called Portel del sur, no mold in sight! We are feeling very refreshed and fit and tanned after our skiing expedition and are raring to go out and explore the city properly - you never know, we might actually make it on a night out (people dont go out here til 1am!!!). ooo, by the way, something i forgot to mention on the blog - when we were on the verge of heart attacks at ...

Back in Malargue, which after Uyuni, is probably the deadest town in South America! Feels particularly unlively after a weeks skiing! So spending all day on the net, updating the blog and emailing everyone!