We left Puerto Iguaza (Argentina) and crossed the border to Brazil and Foz Iguazu. Having spent two full days in awe on the Argentinian side, we were expecting great things from Brazil which has the best panaramic views of the falls. The views were great but so were the masses who came to see it. It ended up being a bit frustrating, the highlight of the day was bumping into Marc Owen from Old A´s rugby club right under Diablo (the devils throat) once again provo...

Twenty hours north on a bus took us to Salta. Here we booked into a hostel that was having a BBQ night. As the third massive piece of tender tasty steak was slapped onto my plate I had to admit defeat. I have to mention that Zo, not a big meat eater, was all the while tucking in next to me. Again the wine flowed as we chatted with about 6 different nationalities. As the night went on I learnt that our host and Braai master was from Tucuman and a big rugby fan. Wi...

We left Bariloche to discover the heart of Argentina. namely red wine and red meat, both of which we consumed with much enthuisiasm over the next three weeks. San Martin de los Andes is a quiet chocolate box town a couple of hours north of Bariloche. We chose this as a place to have some down time, we strolled around the town and did a very pleasant walk to a viewpoint over the lake and town. On route we spotted Banded Kingfisher and other exotic birds. Feeling r...

Santiago came as welcome relief from the chaos of La Paz. A clean modern city surrounded by dramatic snow covered mountains. It reminded us both of good old Cape Town. Unfortunately our hostel belonged back in Bolivia, dark, tiny room and very noisy. Not a good introduction to the hostel world, thankfully that was our only unpleasant hostel in Chile. We spent one day looking around the city, we go back for two more days before we fly to New Zealand, then headed n...

We have come to the end of our Tucan tour. It has been an extremely hectic but rewarding week. Our first two days in Lima were a bit of an eye opener, a sprawling mass of humanity set to a sound track of constant car hooters. From there we headed into the Jungle which was beyond description. A two hour boat ride up river took us to our base came complete with swimming pool, bar and wild parrots. From there we took a number of walks into the deep jungle. We fed ...