Having said good bye to the guys we met our new tour leaders for the next leg of the trip Pascal and Mauro and welcomed Alison and Leslie from Seattle to the group. We congregated in Clair and Angies room for some Christmas tunes, nibbles, bubbles and a bit of a get to know you before heading out for that traditional of Christmas eve meals a Ruby. The rest of the guys headed out to a crazy arse party in a hostel and with a certain amount of restraint I headed bac...

After another night bus sin sleep (although I did manage to watch a stack of questionable movies including the last Harry Potter flick which they turned off 10 bloody minutes before the end... I need closure!?!) we arrived in Bariloche, checked in to the hotel and headed off for a wander. The city is famous for its chocolates and Swiss-style architecture so we had Mexican for lunch (Cat was hanging out for it). For the first time since hitting South America (than...

Having woken up bright as a button on Christmas day (which can't be said for the rest of the group) and having made a few calls home it was time for us to make our way to BA coach station for a festive 20hr journey to Bariloche... Happy Christmas : ) It was also time for another sad fair well to the amazing Aussie girls Lauren (who was flying home) and Jo (who was staying on in BA) who waved us of from the hotel. As a Christmas treat we upgraded to a 'Full Cama' ...

Truth be told this wasn't an action packed day but this entry is dedicated to Alice, Eddie and Val who said good bye to Team Wonderland. At 10am and still absolutely hammered from the night before we congregated in the hotel reception for a Mc D breakfast bagel and a few emotional fair wells. Awesome Alice (who was indirectly responsible for our team name) was the first to depart followed not far behind by the Vivacious Val. It was then back to bed before heading...

Day 2 in BA began at a leisurely pace after a rum and coke session til 3am with Tom, Lauren and Jo the night before. We made the Cementerio de la Recoleta our destination and took a few sights in on route before jumping on the budget tour (that's the wander about aimlessly trying to follow a map scribbled on the back if a fag packet) of the Cemetery in search of Eva Perons final resting place with unsurprisingly not much success. It was a fascinating place with s...