Well we finally left Bariloche on Tuesday and caught the bus up to Mendoza, arriving early Wednesday. It was only when we started trying to find a hostel that it dawned on any of us that it was Easter, and because of that finding a bed for the night was not at all easy. We managed to sort out a place for Wednesday night, but were getting worried after we rang literally every other hostel in town and nowhere had a bed for Thursday. Thankfully, the hostel we wer...

What an eventful week it has been in Bariloche! Firstly, in the early hours of last Sunday we were all supposed to be getting the bus up from El Calafate when Zoe became really ill out of nowhere and couldn't stop being sick. Despite leaving it to the last possible minute (3am!), she just wasn't fit enough to cope with a 33 hour bus journey, so we moved the girls into another hostel for the night and Karl, Lex and myself caught the bus. The first change was at...

On Thursday we flew down to El Calafate, which is in the Patagonia area of Argentina. Having to wake Stef up at 6 in the morning to say goodbye was flippin' hard. We had one of those awkward goodbyes, before I walked across Av. 9 for the final time in the early morning sunshine, with a slight tear in my eye (there's my feminine side for you!), to meet the rest of them at the hostel and get a cab to the airport. Thursday was then spent just getting our bear...

As a prologue to this journal, I should explain how I am now basically travelling as a group of 5, with myself and Karl joined by Lex (who we met in Rio) and two 28 year old teachers (they will love me for letting everyone know that!) Emma and Zoe from London, who we met on our first night in the Millhouse hostel in Buenos Aires - which, by the way, is a wicked hostel situated next door to a 24 hour porn house! Already we are like a group of best friends. Anywa...

Flippin' heck! What a mental few days it has been - so much has happened and I am bound to forget loads of it, but here goes! Firstly, I think I am still drunk from my birthday celebations last nite! I got in at 9:30am this morning - a fine effort I think! We went out to an amazing steak restaurant and then clubbing, so I think I can safely say I celebrated in style! The hostel we are in is brilliant and we have met some wicked people. There is a gr...