Another town, another long bus journey, this time 17 hours from Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu, which is the Argentine side of the Iguazu falls. We had but 1 day here and as soon as we had arrived and checked into our hostel we had to set off for the nearby Parque Nacional Iguazu. Puerto Iguazu is a pretty small town and easy to get around which seems to exist solely to service the visitors to the falls. The Argentine side of the falls is a bit like a theme park ...

Following our relaxing time in Bariloche we caught the bus to Buenos Aries, another long bus journey of around 22 hours. We arrived mid-morning and all we could muster ourselves to do on arrival was drag ourselves around a few nearby squares (including the main Plaza de Mayo) and walking up the main shopping street. After this we crashed in our 8 person dorm desperate for some sleep. We had scheduled 6 days in Buenos Aries and were not in any rush whatsoever. Ove...

The journey from Mendoza to Bariloche was completed by bus taking 18 hours, it went pretty quick as there were plenty of DVDs to watch and it was comfortable to sleep. We were hoping to get some skiing in Bariloche but as the bus drew closer it became apparent that we would be disappointed as the sun was strong and there were no signs of snow on the surrounding mountains. More worryingly there appeared to be lots of ash covering the roads from the volcano erupt...

It was a real fight trying to get out of Peru, in the end the cheapest option was to take 3 flights over 17 hours: Cusco-Lima, Lima-Santiago and Santiago-Mendoza. Although we have found flying to be the quickest and most comfortable method of transportation, it was certainly not the case on this occasion. Already exhausted from our trekking (especially after the long final day at Machu Picchu and our sleepless night of catching flights) we were seriously unimpr...