Well, disapointing start to Brazil. We got off the plane in Sao Paulo and it was raining! How am I meant to get a tan in the rain. We jumped in a taxi and headed to our hostel, 'Lime Time' along the chaotic roads of the city. As we drove through districts there is a mix of old and new, rich and poor on all the streets. There is much grafiti on the more run down buildings. When we stopped at traffic lights men came to the windows selling sweets and Brazilian flags...

We had a whirlwind trip around Argentina with many 20 hour+ bus journeys involved, but have hopefully been to most of the major traveller sites. Argentina is the worlds eighth largest country, it has an very diverse climate and landscape. Our first city was Salta. We arrived at 1am after crossing the boarder from Bolivia. Salta is one of Argentina's most elegant capitals with lovely colonial architecture and a nice main plaza. We stayed at hostel Central and were...

Day 1 in The Jungle 19/04/2010Due to the fact that I had left my trainers on the Jeep that took us to the Pampas, we were up at 7.45 to look for them because I didn't fancy walking around the jungle in flaps! We walked to the tour company and no one seemed interested to help me and told me to come back at 8.30 when the driver of the Jeep would be there. We went back to oriental hostel, checked out and went to Mashaquipe to pay for the jungle trip. We had to go so...

Dunedin - Lake Tekapo Tuesday 19th January 2010 We were picked up 8.15am and headed for Baldwin Street, the steepest suburban street in the world. Gareth, Ali and I walked up the top, it wasn't too bad and then walked back down. Our next stop was the Moetaki boulders which were amazing and then a lake with views of Mount Cook. When we arrived at Lake Tekapo at 3pm the weather was glorious. I put on my bikini and headed down to the lake front with its stunn...

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