Rio de Janiero - our last stop And so after six and a half months, 4 continents and too many places to mention we had arrived at our final stop before heading back to normality. The flight from Mendoza took us via Buenos Aires and a 1.5 hour bus transfer across the city to the international airport...I just wish they'd made that clear when we booked the tickets. It did mean we saw a little bit of BA out of the window though. Arriving at our hostel late at nig...

Mendoza While Mendoza wasn't necessarily our first choice of destination in Argentina, we were able to get a ticket on a bus there from Santiago the following day so we jumped at the chance. A six hour bus journey across the Andes turned into a ten hour journey as the bus wound its way slowly through an amazing number roadworks across the mountains. It was pretty picturesque though and, to be fair, we were moving away from the earthquake zone which was a defin...

Santiago, Chile - the earth moved Santiago was supposed to be the location where we started our South American leg of the journey, but it turned out to be where we decided that, as brilliant as the trip has been, enough is enough.However, for most of our intended time in Santiago things proceeded as planned We arrived in Santiago already a little weary, both from the long flight from Auckland and also from the constant travelling of the last six months.Our spi...