Santiago is a great city, probably the best city we have visited so far; however throughout our visit here we have had some highs and lows which is a shame really as this is a great place! We arrived in Santiago after an overnight bus journey and checked into our hotel, Monte Leon (AKA now named Monte Python). The accommodation was cheap and you could definitely see why! Complete with it's own creepy Spanish Fawlty Towers Manwell we checked into a room that remin...

Puerto Natales is not really a town that has anything particularly special about it, although it is surrounded by quite a scenic port. The main reason for visiting this town was because it was the main access point to Torres Del Paine and also the Patagonian ferry, Navimag. The only slightly interesting point worth noting upon entering this town was alot of the houses where made out Tin! Corrugated Tin Walls and Tin roofs and each one was unique, none looked the ...

National Park Torres Del Paine, or as it translates 'Towers of Paine' definitely lives up to it's name! We arrived in Puerto Natales looking forward to getting out and about in the Chillean side of Patagonia. We had heard this national park is one of the most beautiful but challenging places in the world to go walking in, and is Chile's biggest attraction. We have never really done any serious hiking before but was liking the thought of the challenge as we had he...

Looking back at Argentina we have summed up our five most favourite things: 1) Patagonia: Both the wildlife in Puerto Madryn and the Glacier in El Calafate made this adventure worth while because you can't imagine seeing this in the world till your stood in front of it! Amazing scenery! 2) The Caminito district in Buenos Aires: The whole atmosphere of this place was brilliant. The bright coloured houses and paintings mixed in with the Tango dancing seemed to ma...

Finally we reached our very last Argentinian town El Calafate; one of the most southern towns in Argentina/Patagonia. It reminds me of a ski resort town and is full to the brim of tourists, shops and restaurants. It stretches along one road and has little lanes springing off which holds lots of stalls that sell wooly ponchos and hats, wooden carvings and local Jewellery. Probably the nicest gift shops I've seen so far along our journey and I was very tempted by m...