Our lives in Sydney kicked off at super speed...we were both thrown in at the deep end with our jobs, quite a challenge after nine months of doing nothing but lazing around only worrying about where our next day took us...our brains really did need a good workout so the challenge was much appreciated. Thankfully we both found work doing what we did in the UK, great for the CV and even better for the wallet, no hostel-bar-pint-pulling or fruit picking, thank goodn...

Finally landing in Auckland, 2 days later than planned, we took our connecting flight to the south island of New Zealand. At this point we were raring to get kitted up and hit the mountains to get some snowboarding in. Thankfully the weather was amazing with clear blue skies and fresh snow, perfect conditions for the slopes. The last time both of us were on a snowboard was 4 years ago and in all honesty, we weren't brave enough to go it alone, so we booked 3 ...

After 3 weeks of isolation on the farm, we were excited to be heading to the city of Rosario in Argentina. This is an attractive city perched on the Paraná River and is famed for its restaurants and nightlife…unfortunately for us, we chose badly and had some of the worst food of our trip here… James managed to eat 3 burgers in 1 day on a quest to find a decent one! Having failed we turned to shopping as we were itching to spend some of the money we'd sav...

Our volunteering experience didn't exactly get off to the best of starts… …unable to contact the farm on the phone number provided we made our way regardless to Tilquiza, a village in the middle of nowhere, without a clue how to reach the farm. 2 1/2 hours passed, we wandered up, down and through fields looking for some form of civilisation but were greeted only by herds of cows and angry dogs. Luck was on our side and we eventually stumbled upon a local f...

Six weeks in one country, followed by three countries in just four days! A quick one night stop over in Lima, Peru, followed by a couple of days in Santiago, Chile, then back into Argentina for the two week journey north to Jujuy, where we're due to work on an organic farm. The second spell of travel in Argentina started in Mendoza, where once again we sampled all that the region is famous for…huge slabs of meat and copious amounts of red wine!As it's now Au...