After some initial problems getting our tour of the Salar region in Bolivia booked (people signed up with our first choice company, but never paid) we set off on Tuesday morning with 4 fellow adventurers: Katy (a fellow Warwick hero) and Flee from England, Chloe and Jean-Baptiste from France. Flee is the third person in a row who when I've told them I'm from Sevenoaks, has named one person, and I've known who they are or one of their siblings. This feels rather s...

We are now in San Pedro de Atacama after our plans to do the Pachamama North trip were scuppered :( So we did the 23 hour trip on a big bus instead of a crappy minibus. At least there was leg room and we get more time in the best stop on the tour :)We?re staying in a small family run hostel and the town itself is absolutely tiny - there?s one main street and a town square, that?s it. But it?s lovely and sunny, not a cloud in the sky.Tonight we?re going on a trip ...

We have just returned from our bus trip around the south of Chile. It was awesome. Pachamama are the only Chilean company offering a bus tour designed for backpackers. We set off with 4 Irish, 2 Aussies, 2 Colombians, a Scotsman and Graham from Richmond with our guide Toña and driver Marco (Jack Nicholson look-a-like). The first stop was in Pichilemu on the coast - the Chilean surfers' paradise. So we went surfing! Well, tried to surf. After a brief lesso...

We've been in Santiago for a week now. We left Mendoza on the bus with sore bums from the Bikes & Wines tour! It took about 8 hours and despite some mistranslation on our part we made it. We thought that the bus conductor was telling us we had to go back to Mendoza when we were half way there because the road was closed, but in fact he was probably saying that sometimes they have to go back if there is too much snow. The views of the Andes were spectacular (see p...

Well hello! This is our third day in Mendoza since leaving Buenos Aires. We arrived on Saturday after another long bus ride ride (15 hours this time). Once again we feared for our lives as the bus driver drove at breakneck speeds in order to arrive on time, despite the pouring rain - it only seems to rain when we're on the bus which is good! I've had a cold for the last few days and some tummy issues on our last day in Buenos Aires so we've been taking ...