My mind has been blown! The Iguazu Falls were incredible and make a mockery of all other waterfalls we have marvelled at so far on our travels. Our flight from Rio to Foz do Iguassu went off without any problems and we arrived on the Brazilian side of the falls just after lunch with plenty of time to get a few buses across the border to our hostel on the Argentinian side of the falls, gaining our 3rd entrance stamp to this country. Our hostel was very impressive...

Hola. What a start we have had to our South American adventures, if only I could understand a word of what anyone was saying! But fear not as thanks to some Spanish classes we will be attending this week I will be speaking like a local in no time (that is to say I will be speaking very quickly and I won't be smiling!). We have just arrived in the gorgeous sun blessed town of Bariloche in the lake district of Argentina. Our first view of the 50th biggest town in t...

Last time I wrote this I was walking round like the hunchback of Notre Dame in the sweltering heat of Byron Bay in Australia. Today, I am back in what we call our New Zealand rig. That is, as many layers as possible to combat the cold! Patagonia is cold and, just like New Zealand, it is awesome! But enough of our current situation, now seems as good a time as any to reminisce about being warm in our last weeks in Australia. Byron Bay was a great town and we ende...