Been quite a crazy week! We have changed our plans and decided to go to La Serena back in Chile from Mendoza. The bus only leaves on Sat so we had untl then to discover Mendoza. We met up with Richard and his friends on Mon. Was so good to see him and catch up on so many funny stories from travelling. As we´ve been following a similar route it was interesting to hear different opinions of places and different things each of us has done. On Tuesday, we went o...

We have arrived in Mendoza alot earlier than expected. We went onto Pucon from Bariloche in hopes of climbing the volcano (well Barney hoped too...I was pretty scared!). So back into Chile we went only to find that the place was deserted when we got there. Pucon hadn´t been affected by the earthquake but it seems as soon as it happened, all the tourists got very scared and fled the town. Apparently it was a packed, really lively town, and the next day it was dea...