Hello, well the bus journey turned out to be only 19hrs thankfully - which sounds alot, but aint that bad! (Compared to the possibility of 28hrs!)So, we are in Puerto Madryn, and our sole reason for being here is to watch whales! Which we will hopefully be doing tomorow. We are staying at a cosy little hostel run by a woman called Gladys, who could talk the hind legs off a donkey, but is very lovely and very helpful. There aint much to do here, other than see the...

hey, thought we'd just keep you updated on the things we forgot to mention list. Yesterday in Mendoza we were walking along the street when suddenly we were amidst a flock of giants! It only turned out to be the Harlem Globetrotters!! Crazy! Even Andy, who has himself felt like a giant for the majority of this trip, was dwarfed by atleast a couple of feet! In other sporting news, we stalked an Argentinian rugby player around the supermarket in Mendoza yester...

Well we made it to the other side of the continent! Had an ok bus journey - two films - in ENGLISH!!!! and the highlight was the bingo!!! AMAZING! Bus bingo! It should be made mandatory! However, we didn`t sleep, as usual, and the guy in the seat across the isle kept peeing in a sprite bottle - ugh. So we arrived about an hour ago, and we have only just found a hostel with spare rooms - it smells of mushrooms and is so damp we have a dehumidifier in our room! Bu...

hiya! Just to let you know that Nick (Andy?s brother) also has a blog - www.offexploring.com/philandnick - (ours is better tho! teehee!)Today we have been reinacting the film `sideways`and cycling around the vinyards of Mendoza and sampling their fine products! Went to three vinyards (the first was the best - family run and organic, the second best was the last and the third was the second we visited - both of which were huge company run things which produced abo...

Fifth country and counting! After a GRUELLING boarder crossing (it took TWO AND A HALF HOURS!!!!) we have arrived in Mendoza! The scenary coming across the boarder was pretty spectacular - snow capped mountains etc. but my god, nearly 3hrs sat on a stationary bus is boring. We have settled in a nice hotel solely picked due to its gym and pool facilities! (we feel fat!) Thus, we have spent the last hour in the gym (andrew) and the pool (sophie) and so we feel mu...