Our flight to Bogota was spot on time with the added benefit of surprisingly decent food too which is rare for any airline let alone a South American one! Our taxi took us through the centre of Bogota (which was nothing like the war zone we expected) and into a residential street which looked like the last place you'd find a hostel. Thankfully trusty old Hostelworld came good again and the place turned out to be a very nice conventional house with the bedrooms us...

The Iguazu Falls sit right on the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina and we had booked a 2 day trip to see the falls from both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides.We were met at reception by our guide and as we jumped in the minibus it started to rain. The rain got heavier and heavier as we got nearer the falls and basically didn't stop all day! The falls were truly spectacular with the Devil's Throat (the huge mouth of the falls) being a particular highli...

After our whistle stop tour of Bolivia we were quite pleased to be heading back for the familiar feel of Argentina.After a dust storm at the bus station and an almighty free for all with a load of drunk Argentineans as we boarded the bus in Villazon we headed down to Salta. Salta came highly recommended by our fellow travellers and we weren't to be disappointed. Our bus arrived at midnight and for the first time we had nowhere booked to stay. As is often the way,...

We arrived at the office of our tour company a few minutes early and the town was deserted apart from a few stray dogs and a couple of homeless people sleeping it off in shop doorways. There was a little trepidation on our part due to the horror stories we'd heard about bogus tour operators, drunk drivers and sub standard vehicles so when our departure time came and went we started to wonder. Thankfully we were just operating on South American time and by 9am we ...

The journey into Chile was once again by bus which meant we could take in the views of the Andes which we had to cross in order to get from Argentina to Chile. The views were very impressive and the roads were a feat of engineering as we snaked our way up,down and through the mountains. Once at the Argentina/Chile border we disembarked to go through immigration where I foolishly left two bananas on board the coach. Transporting food between countries is a no-no a...