Hi all Heading off to the galapagos islands, jungle and then the cloud forest....quite a time then for a few weeks. Saved up and broken the budget but we hope to enjoy the animals in all these places!!! Out of touch for a while and hope to top up the tans in galapgos on the nice catamran and then be washed out in the jungle. Off to Costra Rica in mid June so keep an eye out for the updated photos on close ups of iguanas, sharks and all sorts of creepy crawli...

Hi there Have arrived to do the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu at long last and may not be so happy after 4 days of camping in the cold and wet!!! I am in the Sacred Valley seeing the ruins at Ollantaytambo and the salt pans at Salinas. They have been spectacular and I hope the photos will show this, or maybe not! It has set a high standard for Machiu Picchu which is after spanish lessons in Cusco, word perfect by end of next week, not... Rich is off in the...

Hi all We are on the move again from Pucon having climbed the most active volcano in South America yesterday!!! A bit of a treck to nearly 3000 meters in snow and ice. We saw molten lava and at one stage had to run quickley to avoid the hot rocks being sent flying out. One of the group went to pick up a black bit of magna to notice it was melting snow and red in the centre. The gas made the old eyes and throat not their best. It was easier to get back down ...

Hi all We have arrived in Bariloche, the choclate capital of Argentina in an attempt to relax for a few days ie no travel or early morning day trips!! Feel sorry for us I am sure... we are now in the south of the Lake District in Argentina again as it is a lot cheaper and much nicer accomadation for the money. It is rather like a swiss ski resort and at the moment it is getting quiet as we are in the start on Autumn here. We hope to sort the website and cat...

In Chile now, in Patagonia, the land of big scenery of mountains and glaciers, with bitterly cold winds which take a bit of getting used to after the forty degree heat in Paraguay. We have just come back from the Argentinian side, where we walked on the Merino Glacier, and took a boat trip into the Glacial Park, where we sailed right up to the face of glaciers, hearing them creak and groan before huge chunks of ice crach into the lake water, and felt like Titani...