Hello all! as you can tell from me writing this blog - I´m not in chile at the moment and have therefore avoided the earthquake. Spent the last few days in Bariloche which is a popular destination for vacations in argentina - a ski resort in winter and outdoor activities in the summer! Yesterday we went cycling around the main lake and mountain range here which was a 27km cycle. Was actually quite good fun and the scenary was stunning. At one point we mana...

Hey All! Its been another very busy and cold week in the south or Argentina and Chile! Last saturday we went to the perito moreno glacier in el calafate which was stunning. We took a boat ride right up to the glacier where ice continually fell off creating a thunderous splash and cracking noise. The ice was a really pure looking bright blue and due to the ice melting and runing into the lake the water was also a very surreal turqoise. Following el calafate we ...

Hello everyone!!! What a busy week it has been! Buenos Aires was fantastic and subsequently we were out all day and all evening for the last week and I wasn´t just being lazy and blogging but literally didn´t have time!! We went to the Boca match last sunday night that finished in a 0-0 draw but was the most electric atmosphere I had ever been a part of. The crowd were jumping and chanting for the whole game and the stadium was actually shaking - i though...

Hello all! having moved to our hostel on friday we´ve been continuing our sight seeing in Buenos Aires. On friday we walked around san telmo, went to the national congress building and went on a walk to find ´the jewish area´ that emily wanted to see that turned out to be a normal living area where we failed to see one jewish shop! so whether it was in fact the jewish area we don´t know but I´m guessing not so in other words we did some more walking on fr...

Hello all!! Its been a few days now since I´ve had a free internet connection so only just getting round to updating you all! Following montevideo we got a 2 hour bus to Colonia which is a very small town on the edge of uruguay. It is very beautiful and full of old cobbled streets and lovely restaurants and stalls so it wasn´t hard to enjoy!" However, it was very small and we covered all the main sights in around an hour! From Colonia we got a 1 h...