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My new calling... So the meaning of Buenos Aires may well be ´good airs´ but with the choking car fumes and stifling humidity it felt to me like it was wrongly named! So I decided that the only thing to fix my limping lungs was to head down to Patagonia for some real fresh air. So I`m currently in Bariloche. I spent today horse riding in the surrounding mountains and it was nothing short of wonderful! I had previously sworn myself off any more horse ri...

Culture shock and my new best friend... Both London and New York are often described as cities that never sleep (actually I`ve witness both decidedly sleepy at times!)... but my goodness Buenos Aires can give them both a run for their money! Night and day there are endless things to do, visit, see, consume... and avoid! My first 24 hours in this city I thought I hated it! Not for any other reason than I simply wasn`t prepared for it. I`ve spent the last 11 month...

Tupiza and the Salar de Uyuni jeep tour... Visiting the Salar de Uyuni and the surrounding deserts was easily one of the most incredible experiences I`ve had in my whole life. Easily in the top 3 natural wonders I`ve witnessed on this trip. These world famous salt flats are what`s left of a prehistoric lake and are an enormous 4,085 square miles... that`s 25 times the size of the salt flats in the US... so I`m told!! But the facts have no importance when you`re ...

The Pampas Jungle Tour, Madidi National Park, Rurrenabaque... The Bolivian Amazon is an incredible place. I chose to visit the pampas (floodlands) as there is more wildlife to see there than in the thick of the jungle. As far as the wildlife that I saw I was far from disappointed... caimans, aligators, monkeys, anacondas, birds of paradise, birds of prey, pink dolphins, capaburas... and much to my delight a sloth However I was a bit disappointed by my visit to ...