It is with some sadness but many amazing memories that I sign off the last of my journal entries for our trip around South America. Over the last 6 months we have: iceclimbed in Patagonia, surfed and sandboarded in Brazil, rode horses through Colombian jungles and Ecuadorian highlands, Scuba dived the carribean coast, whitewater rafted rapids in Argentina, mountain/jungle trekked in Peru, swam with pink dolphins and alligators in Bolivian Amazon, snowboarded ...

We are now enjoying the last of our days on a limited budget trekking through the mountains and enjoying the beautiful lifestyle of summer in Bariloche. Every turn of the head reveals a horizon of snow-capped mountain ranges, tranquil lakes and all-round impressive landscapes. In 6 months of travel, we have not doubled back on ourselves however Bariloche was worth a second look! We traversed Patagonia as far as El Calafate but time and money constraints meant we ...

Puerto Iguacu was our first pit stop in Argentina and we recovered from a 30 hr bus ride from Florianoplolis and spent the first evening exploring the town. The Iguazu Falls is a world renowned natural attraction that straddles the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraquay- so, eager to get a glimpse of the falls, we decked ouselves out for a daytrip and made our way 20 mins from the town to the Argentinian side of the falls. Undoubtedly, the Iguazu Falls are ...

The 5 days we spent in Rio involved sightseeing, beaches, lots of food, partying and our challenge of switching from Latino Spanish to Portuguese. We met some Swedes and Californians who we partied with in Lappa and Kurt and Dave introduced us to the glorious Brazilian Barbecue...basically you have a token at your dinner table with green on one side and red on the other- when the token´s on green there is a stream of 4-5 waiters gathered around your table c...

Ahhh Taganga- we planned to stay a few days and have been here over a week...I am now a fully certified open water diver and there are few better places to learn than the coral reefs of the carribean coast! Even as shallow as 12 metres, the marine life was spectacular- fluroscent purple, pink coral and hundreds of different fish species of varying colours and shapes. Electric purple Moray eels, Puffer fish, angel fish and a hundred others I cant name all fil...