Gu'day from the other side of the world! though no less cold and rainy than home.. :( left S.America very reluctantly on April 2nd and arrived for a few days in Aukland, NZ on the 4th -very jetlagged! slept for a day or two and took it easy round the city then arrived here to Sydney on the 7th! spent our last few days in S.A doing a tour of the winerys in Mendoza and just generally drinking lots of red wine (so cheap and so good!) But since we've arrived over he...

Hola a todos! we seem to be updating the blog lots these days, but with only 2 weeks left of our time in S.America :( we're trying to see as much as we can, and then fill you all in on the craic! :) Leaving Buenos Aires today for Patagonia and the Lake District, though we easily could have stayed here forever! an amazing city! went to see a Tango show last night (as in photos!) and have decided that it'll be our new hobby when we get back! "James Bond danc...

hello everyone from the Iguazu Falls! After the most incredible steak dinner in Salta and our first experience with cowboys we headed east. A rather arduous 26 hours and two drug searches later we arrived into a fantastically hot Iguazu. Here we stayed in the Hostel Inn fully equiped with a huge swimming pool. Once again not exactly ruffing it but when in Rome as they say! After relaxing by the pool, a game of footy with the Argies and a meat lovers feast we he...

hello all! So the time has come to say our goodbyes to Bolivia and to the children we felt were our own for the past two and a bit weeks! Both of which will not be forgotten in a hurry! Sucre was a delightful little city filled with dinosaurs and protestors armed with dynamite...really it was! Having endured two weeks of 4 hours a day spanish classes, without mentioning homework, we are ready for a break and an opportunity to put some of what we learnt into prac...

hola again! currently in Sucre, the capital of Bolivia, and the first pretty city we've seen for a while! :) plannin to stay here for two weeks and be productive - its been a while! working in an orpanage every morning, with the cutest kids in the world, 45 of them form 0-5 years of age! Matt and i are looking after the younger ones, age1-2..playing a lot, feeding them, changing nappies (yuk!), giving bottles and putting them to bed! is quite hard work but so mu...