Buenos Aires 25/4-30/4/06 We arrived early in the morning from Mendoza. Our trip was uneventful, but comfortable which was the main thing given the state of Judes back. We took a taxi from the bus station to our Hostel - The end of the world - it should have been left there! We booked in here not because it was cheap - less then GBP5 pppn but because it had ensuite facilities, and it was close to the tango area called San Telmo. The room was ok but the bed ...

Despite sending several bits home now the bags were getting heaver. Not fun as Jude's back was still bad and I had to carry both backpacks and my small rucksack. Just before we left I nearly knocked myself out and had blood pumping from my head and dribbling down my face. I was determined to get that bus so I was drinking 7up to keep the blood sugar up to stop me fainting (for those that don't know it was a favored pastime of mine when I was younger!). My head...

Off to Puerto Natales for a brief overnight stop before heading off to El Calafate. El Calafate is close to the national park where the Perito Moreno Glacier is, this is a really big glacier but not the biggest. The face of it is 5km long and drops straight in to the lake. It rained and rained and rained and we hoped that would increase the chances of seeing some large iceburgs falling from the face of it but we didn't see any. Got very wet and managed to have my...

We had a long day traveling from New Zealand to Buenos Aires via Santiago and then another long day the following day flying from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia as our flight was delayed by about 5 hours. The views coming in to land at Ushuaia were spectacular. The whole area is called Tierra del Fuego - 'Land of Fire', this was due to the first Europeans seeing the fires of the locals when they were navigating the area. We had a couple of days before our tour ...