Closing time for the Three Amigos has arrived.I am back on Canadian soil as of December 14th.I must say it wasn't as cold as I anticipated although it can't compete with the 35C beaches of Rio.Naturally the last week of our 114 day trip was spent in Rio de Janeiro...a very good call. A few fun facts of Rio are that it will host the World Cup of Soccer in 2014 and the summer Olympics in 2016.Also 20% of the population lives in favelas which are small concentrated...

Phew. We just arrived in Rio de Janeiro after a record breaking 24 hr bus ride from Igauzu Falls. The first half wasn't so bad but the second day the bus driver had to pull over and use the onboard bathroom…for the remaining 8 hrs the bus literally smelled like an outhouse. Not good. Last blog I left you off at Cordoba. Once there we toured around this University hub home to 200,000 students. First observation, Argentineans are beautiful. Coming from ...

Hey All.James Adam and I arrived in Cordoba Argentina yesterday after a long string of bus rides including plenty of Settlers of Catan and a car chase to boot. We shall get to that in a bit.First, to end our travels in Bolivia we headed south and did a 3 day tour of the world's largest salt flats and the Potosi silver mine. This blog will leave a lot of the descriptive up to the pictures. The Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world and is home to ma...

Machu Picchu An early morning rise to catch the bus to Ollayatumbo for the beginning of the Inca Trail. We had to book this trek back in June for the Oct 7th start date! Unfortunately Buzz couldn't join us as when he decided to join our travels, the trail was already booked. We began the trek by buying a toque, walking stick, poncho, rain pants and a bottle of water. All proved to be quite useful. At the trail entrance gate we waited in line while passpo...

Hey all. After a very long hiatus (and a few computer glitches) I decided I had more than enough material to update the blog again. I finally managed to find a Sony camera card reader from a tiny electronic store in Cusco so this post will contain my own pictures. Be warned, there are some exotic haircuts that I will touch on soon! I believe the last post left us after the boat cruise in Galapagos. After the cruise we spent the next 10 days in the town Peu...