Heading North from Buenos Aires I went to see the Iguazi Falls, which means "big water" in Guarana language and it justifies their name. Im the first person to yawn at waterfalls but these are one of the wonders of planet earth. The falls are actually a group of 275 falls up to 70 meters high, with Iguazu river's water (Rio Iguazu) running in them. The falls are located on the border between Argentina and Brazil. The Argentinean side provides an ...

In order to catch my flight I had to get up at 4am, after drinking 3 bottles of vino with my fellow homestay Spanish students this wasnt as hard as I had expected. Once on the plane ,which left at 07.45, I woke up with a start to a fantastic view of The Andes from my window seat. I had passed out - I don`t remember the plane taking off! So it appears Im totally used to this being a jetsetter! There is more English spoken in Argentina than Chile and Buenos Aires i...

My South American time traveling experience (over the date line) started flying over the west coast of Chile where I got the chance to see the Andes from the air. Even though I was tired from the 12 hour flight I remember getting pretty excited...an amazing sight. Santiago is situated in a massive valley and could very well be one of the most polluted cities in the world. Generally smog prevents views of clarity to the mountain ranges but everyday is a blue sky...

Alot of people seem to have mixed feelings things about Auckland but I throughly enjoyed my time in the City of Sails.As arranged, about a year ago, I met up with a fellow partner in crime from the Norwich band circuit and got the guided tour of the city. Part of which evolved entering a place called Burger Fuel where I couldn`t help but notice you could buy a ""astard" it was only a matter of seconds before I asked for " a b******.....please!...

It's hard to imagine, let alone take a picture of, a lake the size of Singapore but that is exactly whereTaupo sits - next to Lake Taupo. Swimming in the fresh unsalted water was and pretty cold but when it's 30 degrees it's pretty refreshing. I bumped into Philip (Sweden), who was a drinking partner from Byron Bay in Australia, at the hostel - ah the beauty of traveling! Moving on thousands of kilometres and meeting up by coincidence -you just can...