Comida tipica de Sud America: This part of the blog Kelly has allowed me to write, as everyone knows Kelly's definition of daring food is eating both burger and bun in unison! Here are a few of the things that we ate and drank in South America, and before you ask I'm not sure which one of them was harbouring Kelly's parasite, but if it was done on a ratio basis it was more than likely a helado (ice cream) Empanadas- Deserve their own section as they are a stapl...

So, I have an irrational fear of heights. Irrational, is the important word here. The fear doesn´t exist when I stand in a tour agency weighing up options on how to while away the days: Maybe it´s the clean faced sales assistants, maybe it´s the effort of speaking Spanglish, maybe it´s the sun shining assuring me all will be well... whatever it is, it isn´t knowing myself that allows me to keep booking trips that terrify me! Examples: 1. Inca Trail. 2. D...

¡Hola Chicos! (I´m never going to get bored of saying this and yet, dum, dum, dum... we leave South America on 10 Feb, it´s so close, maybe I should stop using these phrases now? I feel a little ache in my heart, the bit that doesn´t miss good customer service that is, at the thought of leaving this simply insanely wonderful place.) We are really living the dream, rubbish phrase I apologise, here in Patagonia (I really wish I hadn´t thought this was its own...

So, in brief, we are back in Argentina, as far down as El Calafate this time, and are braving the wilderness that is Torres Del Paine as of tomorrow... the bit that isn´t burning obviously. (If you haven´t heard this story, a huge section of the place was on fire because a tourist set fire to his toilet paper. In the height of summer. Idiot.) We are dead excited but a little nervous as it´s 3 days of trekking and carrying our own stuff, (most of which will be ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!Firstly, I apologise profusely for the lack of email contact in the last month. I know, due to dull British skies, you must yearn for our exotic tales. Maybe they help you get through the day, or feel closer to the sun.It has been hectic here. A month of madness. A month of mistakes.Mistake numero uno: We paid an extortionate for the privilege to be in Rio for NYE. 60 pounds apiece for a 6 bed dorm for 5 of our 11 nights. Getting here therefore, wa...