Once again I was on an avernight bus and in Mendoza around 6am. Despite the hostel not being far I decided to get a cab as it was arrived pitch black and was only a couple of quid. I was not able to check in to my room until after 2 as there were people in there, so I had some breakfast and went for a wander. There is a nice square and four smaller squares off each corner and just above the houses you can see the Andes mountain range to give an impressiv...

The bus from Buenos Aires was Pretty non eventful, and arrived around 7am in Cordoba. I had a coffee in the bus station to kill some time and then decided to walk to the hostel to get some exercise for the old ankle. Everyone was busy on their way to work, yet rather than observe everyone and my new surroundings I soon realised that you had to concentrate on the floor....it was dog poo central, the place was covered in it. For some reason in South Americ...

I had already booked my bus from Iguazu to Buenos Aires (or just "BA" to us seasoned travellers...Okay yah). Its quite a decision as you book according to the type of seat you want, and there are three to chose from....... cama, semi cama, cama suite. The difference is how far the seat back reclines, and obviously how much you pay. Everyone I had met had told me to pay the extra and go for the cama suite as you get the full works and basically a business cl...

So eventually I made it to the bus terminal and waited for my bus to arrive for my 24 hour bus journey to Puerto Iguazu for the Iguazu falls. Well actually I had to go to Foz De Iguazu on the Brazilian side and then get across the border. Years ago I had heard about people coming over from Europe on a bus that took a day and tried to comprehende how anyone could spend so long on a bus, and yet here I was about to do the same thing. Apparantly you can usually...