Hi, We have made it to our last destination in south america! I really like santiago, its a very big city but we have found some nice areas and it almost feels like home! We are staying in barrio brasil in a small but nice hostel. The hostel is in a bohemian district with lots of pubs and restaurants but its right next to Cerro San Cristobel, a mountain in the centre of Santiago with a statue of the virgin mary on the top! (see photo) Its very cathiolic here,...

Hi,Just leaving our hostel in bariloche and getting ready for the next 24 hours on the bus! We have had fun here and would like to stay longer, we did a boat trip on the first day which was scenic but a bit boring, we wanted to be doing things, so we walked to another lake and to some waterfalls. The next day we went kayaking, which was fun, il put photos up when we get a faster computer. We had a double kayak and went across a big lake, Lago Guirrez i think, i...

Hi all, Im getting behind in my blogs so im going to tell you all briefly about Argentina and ba. We have had 2 days in ba and its a much more modern european city then lima. There are alot more mixed races and its much more expensive! We went on a boat trip to tigre on the rio negro delta (second largest delta in the world)which was nice, seeing how the other half live! We also visited a massive cemetary which was weird but amazing, we have seen so many chur...

Hi al,We are currently just back in lima as it our last day of our GAP tiur, and are all very exhausted.We have all got on so well as a group it will be said to leave each other! You know that we couldnt do the inca trail , but we did a 4 day trek in the mountains instead, i will try to upload some photos but the computers are not the fastest.The virws were amazing but it was so cold at night but boiling in the day, i think everyone got sunburnt! After returnin...

Hi all, Picture not appropriate, dont know if youve seen or its on any news at home, but there are massive floods in cusco, el ninio has come and everything is now cancelled, so not only have we lost money but we have to pay extra for more hotels. We are still going to csusco where the floods are very bad and bridges have collapsed and there have been many landslides where raods washed away, but our tour company says its ok to go! I will ring or e.mail tonight...