I feel like a right housewife this morning, alittle bit of shopping, coffee, strolling around Mendoza enjoying the sunshine. It´s been a lovely couple of days here. Mendoza is so different from Tucuman, quite modern, big wide tree lined avenues, earthquake prove!!, people sitting out having coffee on all the pedestrian streets. Monday I chilled after my lovely suite bus experience. Hiliarious, you almost forget you are on a bus. Wine before dinner, hot meal ...

It's siesta time but considering I only got up three hours ago i feel abit guilty about going back to bed. It's too hot to do anything so it's time to blog! I'm back in Tucuman in Northern Argentina this week staying with the De Rosa Family. I spent a summer with them after my final year at Uni so after four and half years I came back to say hello and catch up alitte. Tucuman has changed a lot, alot more affluent than before, a buzz of activity and purpose in th...

I have literally landed back in civilisation after four days discovering the wonderful landscape of Southern Bolivia. After a nice chill day on Tuesday, Steve, I and a random american headed for a walk up a canyon behind Tupiza. We got chatting to three guys from Argentina as you do while taking a breathier and so we ended up having a late long lunch together. One of them is currently doing a PHD in History so I acted as Official Translator as I was so deemed aft...

Well alittle further update from yesterday!Got organised, did my picnic shopping for my whopper bus ride , pick up laundry and headed back in plenty of time to the hotel to get a taxi to the station.'I don't think so love, you are going to have to walk as all the roads are closed for the carnival. well, there we go, the nightmare of it goes on. I head off dragging all my bits and pieces down the little narrow streets of Witches Lane until I come across a group of...

My patience are wearing thin.. the internet is really slow and someone just tried to charge me for changing a note into smaller notes. I mean really!I just looked at her and said in spanish ' are you joking??!!. Bolivians just seem to either stare at you blankly ' i don't know' or they try and fleece you. I just laugh with taxis, i got one back from the station earlier. I had 7 bolivians in my hand as i had paid to go which is the going rate. He turned smiling an...