We caught an evening flight on LAN Airlines to Lima, Peru from Buenos Aires and were transfered to our hotel where we joined our GAP Adventures group. Having heard many negative reviews of Lima we were prepared for the worst but were actually pleasently surprised. We spent two days in the Miraflores area which was clean, modern and as safe as you can expect in South America. The views of the Pacific Ocean and the cliffs high above the beaches were spectacular. Wi...

We are about to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu tomorrow morning and have returned from the Amazon jungle. Below is the GAP Tour brief itinerary details. We will do a blog update when we complete the tour in about a week or so. In The Shadow Of Machu Picchu Day 1 Lima Arrive in Lima at any time. Day 2-3 Amazon Rainforest Take a morning flight to Puerto Maldonado, on the edge of the Amazon. Travel by motorized canoe up the Tambopata River to our rainforest...

After spending 4 days in the big city of Montevideo we felt it was time to hit the countryside and see what the Uruguayian coastline looked like. We took a 4 hour bus ride up to La Paloma with the hope that we would be able to catch some surfing in this sleepy little surf town. From all that we read this was to be a good place to hang out for a couple days and not pay the big city prices... lesson learned, don´t believe everything you read! It wasn´t that it w...

We woke up early to catch the slow ferry to Colonia Uruguay, followed by a 3 hour bus ride south to Montevideo - the capital city that many refer to as the little sister to Buenos Aires. We were looking forward to our trip to Montevideo because we had used Airemiles points to stay at the Four Points Sheraton in a huge room with a jacuzzi bath. We jumped in a taxi from the bus station and, after some time trying to figure out what our taxi driver wanted as payme...

After traveling 4 hours by bus, followed by a 7 hour wait in the Quito Airport, followed by a flight back to Guayaquil Ecuador, followed by a flight to Santiago, we finally arrived in Buenos Aires... and it only took 25 hours! Our trip started with an interesting event. Just as we were about to board our LAN flight Cameron`s name was being called by the flight attendents. All they would say is "you have to go with the policia". With thoughts of ´brok...