It's an odd feeling to be relatively non-plussed by a 13 hour flight but having spent upto 24 hours on a bus journey, the flight to Auckland went like a breeze. Especially when you factor in that you're unlikely to have snow coming in through the windows, a drunk Bolivian falling onto other passengers laps, or passing away due to over exposure to endless ham and cheese products! The last blog ended with Buenos Aires and after that we travelled to Iguazu Falls. ...

One word you cannot fail to hear in Argentina is 'cambio'. Circa 2009, the government banned dollars as a currency within Argentina. Argentinians simply don't trust their own currency, the Peso, and are therefore stockpiling dollars to try and prevent their saving disappearing within seconds at the next devaluation of the peso. As such, Argentinians are desperate for dollars and the only way to really get them is via travellers from abroad. The usual conversation...

We spent just over a week and a half in Sucre, Bolivia, learning Spanish with a great teacher. Having spent part of her childhood in the US she could speak fluent English which was ideal when our monosyllabic Hispanic grunts didn't quite make sense - or worse, made sense but was not what we were trying to say. We left Sucre for the salt flats. Having been on the salt flats previously, Dan wanted Cara to experience the unique landscapes offered by Southern Bolivi...