Our final stop in South America found us in Buenos Aires, which we immediately realised is easily the coolest capital city in the continent. BOCA JUNIORS A happy coincidence in time and place led us to meet a guy from El Salvador called Marcello, who reckoned he knew some guys to buy some Boca Juniors tickets from, as most tourists get lumbered with either no tickets, or a hefty 200 peso (about 40 quid) price tag by going with a tour group. We didnt fancy eithe...

Im not sure of facts and figures, but i think Iguazu Falls is the biggest waterfall in the world. This is pretty much all we knew about it before we arrived, and we were absolutely blown away! We worked out our route through the park (huge in itself) and made a couple of short treks around the top of some of the falls first (it isnt one waterfall but 275 individual ones), through the steamy and sweaty jungle coming across many lizards, iguanas, coatis and enourm...

In North Argentina we first visited the town of Salta. Here we learnt a few things; Everyone has a mullet, specifically short hair on the top and sides of their heads and then some dirty stupid dreadlocks on the back of their heads. Women enjoy wearing very tight tops, however large their stomachs may be Everything costs at least 6 times more than the guidebook suggests. Argentina is far far too expensive to be labelled a "budget travel" country. ...

Bolivian roads are truely appaling. Our overnight bus from Oruro to Uyuni would surely take 3 hours at most on a paved road, but sadly we spent 9 boneshaking hours crammed into a tinpot bus on what must be the worst road in South America. And thats really saying something. It wasnt really a road, but simply any area of desert free of rocks and shrubbery, and it seems that the driver may have been a practisicing rally driver, looking to improve his skills and ther...

For a long long time at home and throughout this trip we have been really looking forward to working in an animal sanctuary. After lacking enough time to work at one in Ecaudor we were really happy to find another one, Inti Wara Yassi in the Chapare region of Bolivia. You may have heard of this region, as it is one of the worlds biggest producers of cocaine, and in the middle of a dengue fever epidemic - two excellent credentials! The news that we werent allowed ...