We arrived in Salta about 1am on Friday night, after a day and a half on the buses from Iguazu. Luckily, Becky's passport had arrived from Buenos Aires (it's a long story, but to cut it short, Becky and Cherise had managed to get their passports mixed up and we had to get both of them couried through Argentina, otherwise neither could leave the country!) Panic over lost identity over, we were then told we probably wouldn't be able to get a bus to Bolivia, as al...

When we finally managed to get on the bus and get our breath back we fell about laughing. We must have looked like a right pair of plonkers legging it around with our huge backpacks on. The buses in Argentina rock. they're all double deckers with what they call semi-cama or semi-sleeper chairs, there's a bloke on there who come around with tea, coffee, soft drinks and meals (usually cheese and ham sandwiches though) and they show films. The bus ride to Iguazu ...

Bank holiday Monday in BA and not a lot to do; fortunately, the market only runs at weekends, so there was no shopping to distract us today. After a rather long lunch in the local cafe, keeping one eye on the laundrette (we were all wearing the same cleanish clothes from yesterday), we managed to miss the 4 hour window that it is open for on bank holidays (no-one noticed the opening hours hidden behind the curtain), so headed to La Boca barrio to see the coloure...

We arrived in Buenos Aires on Saturday morning after a rather snuggly night aboard the coach. Lucy and Cherise have been here about a million times (ok, this was their third) so they were our official guides for the whole time here in BA. We stayed in the San Telmo barrio, where they do lots of tango (Argentina being the home of tango; see, we're learning things!) After checking in, we had a well-deserved siesta before heading to our 1st cultural experience in...

Our peacful sleep was rudely interrupted every 15 minutes on Wednesday night by some bloke in our room making frequent and noisey trips to the loo. He managed to puke not only on the floor by our bunk but all over himself too! Nice. Cherise and Nat have officially been re-christened as Gnomie and Smurfy 'cos Cherise is about 4 foot nothing, and Nat has this blue head towel that makes her look like Papa Smurf (and yes i do know that Smurfs are blue with white h...