Alison: We arrived in BA (that's what the cool crowd call it) after an 18 hour overnight bus journey. The journey was fairly comfortable as it was a cama bus (almost flat seats) and we were right at the front so had a bit of a view and some extra leg room. We also met a nice Argentinian lady from BA who offered to show us around. The downside of the journey was the food. We got a snack pack as we got on which was a nice touch but it got to10pm and no evening ...

Nigel: Other than Machu Picchu and Christ the Redeemer, for me, there was only one other place that I really wanted to visit on this tour - Welsh Patagonia. For Alison maybe not as much. After an overnight bus we arrived at a place called Puerto Madryn, south east of Patagonia. The main reason why I wanted to come here was to see the Welsh settlers who ventured over in 1865 to try and set up a new life by escaping the political, religious and social changes which...

Alison: We arrived in Bariloche after a 19 hour journey on a semi-cama bus (only partially reclining seat and nothing to elevate your legs on) and we were very ready to get off! We quickly forgot the tightness of our swollen ankles when we saw the view......a huge lake and snow capped mountains everywhere. Bariloche is well known for skiing, chocolate and beer. It is a really attractive little town that looks in parts like a Swiss ski village (we imagine, having ...

Nigel: Our next journey was from Santiago (Chile) to Mendoza (Argentina). This involved an 8 hour bus journey, crossing the land border between the 2 countries, and passing through one of the biggest mountain ranges in the world, the Andes. We had to ascend for around an hour and our heads started to feel funny due to the altitude and the quickness of the ascend. We were so high, we were passing ski resorts which are used during the winter but were closed when we...

Nigel: Our arrival into Mendoza was a disaster! We had happily been relaxing on the bus for 8 hours and it was only when we were almost there that we realised that neither of us had written down any details of the hostel we were staying at so we only had a vague idea where it was. I thought I knew the name and Alison knew roughly what direction it was in but that was a good as it got. Normally we probably wouldn't have been quite so worried but it was now pit...