Salta, leaving Argentina.... Well we've not written for a while, and apologies for the photos coming before the writing (though we have now added more)! We're currently in Peru, though this is the final update from Argentina, the slight delay being that Gem has had "traveller's tum" (to be polite) for most of the time since we left, so things have been a bit difficult! But enough of those details. Salta was our last stop in Argentina, though...

Patagonia - Glaciers and El Fin del Mundo After the excitement of seeing whales, we decided it would be a good idea to nip across to see a petrified forest on our way south. All this is a load of logs scattered about that were turned to stone over millions of years as they were underground after being covered in ash by the formation of the Andes... or something like that anyway - The leaflet was in Spanish!! It was cool though, as the logs look exactly like ...

Puerto Madryn & Gaiman: Puerto Madryn is famous for two things - whales and the Welsh, a strange yet perfect combination. As we arrived very early - 7 am and couldn't check into our rooms we went to the seafront for a coffee. When sitting down, across the street from the beach, Lisa looked out and could make out quite clearly whales - right there across the road! It was crazy and at first we thought we were hallucinating from lack of sleep, but no the...

Bariloche: So off for some more Andes action... The approach to Bariloche on the bus was breathtaking and we can honestly say that we have never seen a more beautifully situated town. Hopefully the pictures give you a flavour for this. Unfortunately the view disappeared under a heavy cloud of snow and rain for the next 4 days - nice! Luckily Bariloche really only has two things in its town, chocolate shops and Irish bars, both of which helped soften the...

Mendoza The first thing we noticed when we arrived in Mendoza was that it was A LOT colder than it had been in Cordoba. So we set off to have an explore of the city and to buy big fleecey jumpers. We got about as far as the first corner when we saw a poster for a match between Independiente Rivadavia, the local side, and the famous River Plate, that day. So off we marched (stopping for directions and a wooly hat) to the football ground. It was a bit manic bu...