MIAMI: WHERE EVEN THE MANNEQUINS HAVE HAD A BOOB JOB After a week of bright and breezy weather in New York, the humid heat of Florida hit us as soon as we got off the plane. Being budget travellers, we decided to take the budget route into Miami Beach - $2 local bus rather than an indulgent $25 supershuttle taxi - and we soon realised why as the bus broke the record for slow driving. Two hours later (OK, that's an exaggeration but it felt like it) we got to our ...

FLAMING YARN AND GRILLED MAHI MAHI So, we turn our backs for five minutes and the whole international financial sector comes crashing down. This is surely no coincidence. We predict a recovery for the sector around May 2009 (or at least we hope so, we're going to have a lot of bills to pay...) We arrived in Manhattan last Wednesday night after some emotional goodbyes at Heathrow and a vodka-numbed flight (for Emma at least - it makes the bumps less bumpy). Amaz...

ITINERARY 17 September 2008, New York, USA 18 September 2008, Poughkeepsie, USA 22 September 2008, Miami Beach, USA 25 September 2008, Caracas, Venezuela 3 October 2008, Cartagena, Colombia 8 October 2008, Bogota, Colombia 11 October 2008, Lima, Peru 14 October 2008, Cuzco, Peru 25 October 2008, La Paz, Bolivia 27 October 2008, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia 30 October 2008, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 5 November 2008, Santiago, Chile 9 November 2008, Puert...