Well has anyone seen Bronwyn and I dance??? Well after being in Buenos Aires for a week we could not pass the opportunity to learn, listen and watch the Tango and I think we did all of these to the best of our abilities. On arriving in Buenos Aires we went to a free concert of Tango at the City`s Municpal Hall. This featured live music tha Tango Music which was re-vamped Beatles music. Who would have ever thought that this music could be converted to th...

We're getting closer to finishng our Sth American trip but it aint over until the fat lady sings (sorry Bron Im not implying anything!) We arrived here thinking we would see a bit of the Lakes District of Chile and Argentina however as of yet we have just seen Bariloche and it looks like we will be staying put for another few days over Easter before heading up to Santiago to fly to Buenos Aires. So what have we done: Bike Ride: Around Lake Nahuel Huapi vi...

Hi all...and CONGRATULATIONS JO & MARK on your wedding!! We are in Argentina again (this crossing borders from Chile and back into Argentina is becoming tiresome) and this time in the most southerly city in the world. Surprisingly it is not as cold here as I first thought even though glaciers beckon us to climb them on the near by Mts. As usual with us we are walking everywhere, yesterday was the glacier. We took a chair lift up the Mountain only realising i...

In the last week of volunteering I (Bronwyn) got a fantastic opportunity to go along with one of the local workers to visit a nearby community. The idea is that the money the tourists would bring to the community is to help them improve health and education standards. The community was fairly removed from any main commodities with it taking around 6 hours on a bus from Tena, then a 10 minute canoe ride down the Rio Napo followed by a one hour walk through the ...

Well it had been a while since I completed a hike like this on and I now think it will be a while again before I do another like it...lets just say it was bloody hard!! Day 1... After spending the night in Tena (our closest town from Jatun Sacha) and buying all our food supplies the day before - an experince in itself, we headed for a 5am bus to the Volcano. Volcano Sumaco is supposebly the most remotest Volcano in Ecuador and sits at a height of around 38...