Stefan and I survived the train ride from Buenos Aires to Iguazu which took us 37 hours in total. I say train ride, the train didn't actually go all the way to Iguazu, it stopped at Apostoles, about 45 minutes from Posadas where were put on a transfer to Posadas, and then had to get on another bus to Iguazu, which seemed to stop at every lamp post. Had the train gone all the way it would have been perfect, and in fact we spent a couple of hours of the journey d...

It's happened, 4 months and 2 weeks into the adventure I have fallen head over heels in love. I am besotted with Argentina, having absolutely loved Mendoza, I could happily live in Buenos Aires in a heartbeat. I spent 5 days in Mendoza enjoying the city and its surroundings. After our day in the park on the 6th October we hired bikes the following day in a own called Maipu, about an hour out of the city, and home to about 20 wineries. You cycle from viney...

Nine years ago today, the World, and in particular our family lost a wonderful person. Every 6th of October since then I have taken time out to do something with family, friends or alone, but something that made me smile and was good for the soul. This year was to be no different and I was determined that it wasn't going to be a travelling day and had planned to be in Mendoza, home of the Malbec grape. Rewinding a week, we left Bolivia at the end of our Salt ...

We finally left Cusco in Peru, after our delayed departure not knowing exactly where we would end up. Rich & Gill had gone on the original planned bus the previous night and hadn't been able to make it to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca as the road was shut, and had instead gone onto La Paz. The day we were due to travel, there were protests in La Paz, meaning that buses might not have been running to La Paz. We set off on an overnight bus to Puno in Southern P...

Well, it's been a while since I've posted an entry for 2 main reasons: as my trip enters the last quarter I'm feeling the pressure of time and I have speeded up somewhat and don't seem to have half as much down time. Secondly, I've been travelling with a group of friends and it feels rather antisocial to sit tapping away on the laptop whilst in their company. It may not seem this way when you read them, but writing was never my strong point and the blog entri...