After reluctantly leaving our perfect little temporary home in beautiful Buenos Aires we were faced with a 17 hour bus ride to Mendoza. Yey. We eventually pulled in to the pleasantly leafy desert town of Mendoza, famous for good wine and extreme sports (both at the same time perhaps?). Our stay here revolved around our one last big blow-out for our entire trip: a winery tour up in the Andes capped off by a fancy 5 course dinner. Not cheap, but when in Rome... S...

So our Buenos Aires adventure continues, although adventure is probably the wrong word to use. The last few weeks have consisted of lazy mornings, chilling out and eating good food, with a few trips past our front door thrown in for good measure. We've completely blended in with the life and pace of this city, and we've totally succumbed to its charms. I'll pick up where Darren left off which is the day after our night out at The Gibraltar Pub in San Telmo w...

After leaving the icy winds of Patagonia behind, the first thing that hit us when we exited the Buenos Aires airport was a wall of heat. The sun was out, the skies were blue and the massive Rio de la Plata river was just across the street! So we jumped into a taxi with the plan of following a tip we received about exchanging US dollars into Argentinian Pesos at one of the many 'cambio' shops on Florida Street. Basically you get double the amount of pesos for ...

We had the strangest flight down to Patagonia were we stopped off half way, waited on the aeroplane while people got off and some more got on… it was like a bus! We also got two meals because it was technically two flights, usually you're lucky to get a drink and a packet of pretzels. I'm not complaining though, I love plane food, all the little packages! Arriving in Punto Arenas we literally spent one night there before getting on the bus to Puerto Natales w...

After the heat of the Atacama Desert we found our next destination to be surprisingly cool in comparison. La Serena is on the coast, a long bus ride south from the desert. It has lovely, sunny, sandy beaches that remind me of Australia.. except the breeze was chilly and the ocean froze the tootsies when you dipped one in! The town itself didn't really offer us much to see or do, but we did happen to be staying in the best hostel we've stayed in on our entire tr...