After a beautiful border crossing from Argentina to Chile we arrived in San Pedro de Atacama just in time to catch the second half of the England v Sweden match! On Wednesday we went sandboarding in the world's driest desert! It was good fun, except for when you got to the bottom of the sand dune and had to climb back up, which was hard work to say the least! Less hard work was crawling through some caves - I'm not quite sure why this was part of the excu...

After hearing so much from Siobhann about how magical Salta is I am pleased to say that I completely agree! The city is full of beautiful architecture, especially the Cathedral, the Iglesia San Francisco and the Convento de San Bernardo. On our first day we took a cable car to the top of a mountain, which allowed us to have a lovely view over the city. The days were warm and sunny, which made a nice change, so a lot of our time was spent relaxing around the Ge...

Tucuman is different from the other places that we`ve visited so far on this trip. For example, it`s neither striving to be a European city nor is it a tourist destination - it`s actually how I imagined South American cities to be. The narrow streets are full of hussle and bussle with people going about their everyday lives. Despite seeing some sights (the Cathedral and the Plazas) much of my time was spent watching football! England beating Trinidad and Toba...

Well our first day in Mendoza got off to a shaky start, as Clem and I arrived around 7am and had a spot of bother trying to get a hostel. One was shut, another was full and another seemed OK until we saw the bathrooms! Eventually we found a nice one! Mendoza is a beautiful city; all of the streets are lined with trees and there are five nice plazas. We saw all of the city and the surrounding area from the Terraza Mirador. After lunch we went to a small, but decen...

Hi!After all the footy on Saturday Clem and I caught a bus to San Martin de los Andes, where we were going to do a snowboarding course or ski. Despite being told that their ski resort (Chapelco) was open we were told differently once we got there...it hasn't even snowed in San Martin yet! Obviously snow is a pretty essential requirement for a ski resort! We were in San Martin for little more than 12 hours, however we plan to return at the end of July when the...