We arrived in Chile after an 8 hour bus journey through the Andes. The drive was amazing. We have never seen views like we seen on this journey. Snow and mountains everywhere. It was a brilliant drive with great scenery. We enjoyed a relaxing few couple of days. Our first trip was to a Zoo and to visit the statue or 'Our Lady' with views over Santiago. At the zoo we saw many different animals like, elephant, panther, lion, monkeys, giraffes and many more. Howev...

After a 14 hour bus journey we arrived in Mendoza. The first thing we noticed was ho much quieter it was then Buenos Aires and we were happy that we would be given the chance to relax. The first afternoon, we visited a market in the main square and had lunch at a lovely cafe. Our first trip was Horse Riding. We got picked up at 9am and drove for a couple of hours until we got to the stables. We were all assigned a horse. Carley was petrified to get on the horse a...

We arrived in Buenos Aires on Sunday 29th June. We spent the first few days getting used to he city and looking around. It also consisted on our first English breakfast that was definitely not what we are used to and we most definitely will not be trying one again! On Wednesday (02/07/08) we booked a walking tour tour through the hostel. The first stop was the oldest church in Buenos Aires and one of the oldest in Argentina. It was a lovely white building and wh...

Today we had to get up early for our trip to Peninsula Valdes. our first stop was our whale watching trip. We were given a waterproof poncho and life jacket. We both looked hilarious. We all got on the boat and within minutes we were meters away from whales. It is very hard to explain the experience or even capture it in photos. The boat trip lasted about 1.5 hours. We were really lucky to see loads of whales, all of them had barnacles all over them, Up close the...

We arrived Iguacu on Wednesday morning after a 14 hour bus journey. In true Carley style we upgraded our seats to executive class which meant we practically had a bed and loads of leg room. We slept most of the way which was a bonus and arrived in Iguacu excited and ready to see the falls. On Thursday we went to the Brazilian side of the Iguacu falls. The Iguacu falls are world famous and have over 200 waterfalls. We got the bus to the falls and made our own wa...