We arrived in La Plaz in the late afternoon with a view of this extraordinary city which stretches out on a high altitude stretch between two mountains. There were snow capped peaks on the mountains which surrounded La Plaz. Not long after arriving we caught up with Brook who travelled over to do the La Plaz to Cusco leg with Machu Picchu included. We caught up and had a few beers over dinner, before heading out for a night on the town. Brook was very well be...

Bolivia adventures. From San Pedro de Atacama in chile we headed up into the mountains to cross one of the highest border crossings in the world as we made our way to the small village of Villimar. Todays drive was done at altitudes between 4000m and 5100m with the border crossing around the 4800m mark. At least there was no trekking so altitude sickness wasnt really a factor. Not long after the border crossing we entered Bolivia´s national park which is ...

Greetings from Chile for the last time. After finishing the awesome Antarctica trip it was onto the plane and up to Santiago to join Dragoman for overland truck adventures. The first day involved us driving up to the beach side city of La Serena. Here we didnt get up to too much except for chilling out on the beach and starting the truck chores such as shopping for meals for 24 people. The beach at La Serena was very beautiful, with a good size surf for bod...

What a hectic couple of days leading up to the trip. On the 10th we rocked up to the port, full of excitement and were greeted on the boat and asked to have a seat. Did the right thing and tried to get to know a few people, and then came the call for silence. This was followed with the news that the trip was cancelled. I quickly ran through the date, just to make sure it wasn't Aprils fools days, and then I suddenly realized this was real. We were then informed t...

Ola from Patagonia, Have just got back from doing some amazing trekking in the El Chalten area and had a fantastic time.Below is a bit of a day by day guide to the trek. Day 1: After arriving in El Calafate we went to our hostel for a meet and greet sesion followed by dinner.Our group is a bit of an international mixture with people from Canada, America, Scotland, England, Austria, Germany and then us Aussies.Had a quiet night with a 8am departure the following...