The last ten days have taken us to the one of the five largest metropolitan areas in the world as well as one of the most isolated fishing villages anywhere.We flew into Buenos Aires and were dropped to our hostel about a block away from the Argentine equivalent of Times Square known as Obelisco whose centerpiece is a large phallic look-alike of the Washington monument.With five days in the city we opted for the tango package offered by the hotel.The first night ...

We had a short but very sweet 10 days in Chile. Coming from Bolivia to Chile we had quite the culture shock, in reverse! One moment we were in a building whose 4 walls were comprised solely of salt, crossed the border, and the next minute we were surrounded by revolving restaurents and the a better public transport system than the UK or US. We also immediatley noticed the difference in the people. Chileans love life and love their country, it was the first tim...

So we´ve switched countries once again as we´ve now entered the great nation of Chile.We´ve had a great time exploring Bolivia, expecially the last week.The week started off back in La Paz as we opted to challenge our balance and nerves by biking down the world's most dangerous road.A little background on this: Number of deaths while biking this road since 2001 - 11; Most motor deaths on the road in a single year - 340; Most deaths in a sin...

The first stop in our second South American nation was the small town of Copacabana on the shores of one of the highest lakes in the world - Lake Titicaca.Not much to the town here.Lacking from the town are such things as ATMs and electricity during daytime hours both of which make it impossible to obtain cash.It is however the launching point to some beautiful islands on the lake and home to some good restaurants serving the local specialty, lake trout - delicio...

Hola Peru!We first entered Peru via Lima only to spend a single night in the Miraflores area of the city and hightail out of there first thing in the morning to fly to Cuzco.Cuzco is about 10,000 ft. above sea level so we planned to spend 4 full days here before embarking on the arduous Inca Trail.Cuzco is a beautiful city centered around Plaza de Armes where you can find approximately 15 young boys selling postcards, 35 waiters shoving their respective menus in ...