I spent a total of 5 days in Buenos Aires to experience the craziness of this big city. After wondering around the main bus terminal trying to find a map and then the train station, I eventually found my way to the friendly and classic hostel, Pueto Limon. The two guys who I had stayed in contact with since New Zealand (Geroge & Gerard) had just arrived too so we spent the day catching up on our adventures, eating some good food and exploring a bit of the...

So I made it to Mendoza. It took about 7 hours from Valparaiso which would have been a great chance to have a good nap...but I couldn't - the views driving through the Andes were incredible.I was lucky enough to be on a bus with a couple from South Africa who were staying at hostel Mora too, so we all headed to the hostel together. They were good at Spanish (I guess you would be after 1 year of travelling in south america) so they were able to ask the locals to ...

Hola Santiago, it's time to explore a new continent!!! So I arrived in Santiago at 11am, jumped on a bus with the English couple I met, and then took about an hour walking up and down the main street with a French guy I met who decided to come to my hostel and see what that was like. At long last we found it! It was all very secure with big gates so there was no chance of people wondering in. It had a cute outdoor seating area with a little bar and a cosy...

Tuesday morning I was feeling much stronger and ready to move on to Christchurch. It took 10 minutes before a lovely Brazilian Courier man picked me up (whilst on duty), showed a few extra sights, taught me how to become a delivery girl and bought me a 2 scoop ice cream on the way! He made my day J He dropped me off somewhere in Christchurch and then I had to find my way to a hostel. I realised I was quite far out of the city so I jumped on the bus and heade...

Thursday 15 August I was up and ready for Stray bus at 8.40am. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that my bus driver was Splash (my driver for the North Island). It was great to see him again, we always have such great banter! It was awesome to catch up with him during the drive to Mount Cook. When we arrived, I went up one of the mountains with an aussie guy from the bus. There were lots of steps it was definitely a work-out, but I think we both encour...