We arrived in Puno, which is 4000 metres above sea-level, after the most horrendous 40 hour journey ever! Has taken us two days to pass through Chile to get to Peru, and we have journeyed through the Andes, had our 1st taste of altitude sickness at customs at the Argentinian/Chilean border (Nat had to go on the oxygen tank for a bit), got taken across the Peruvian border in the best yellow banger, then took more buses with the locals to get to Puno, and the bus h...

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...