On the 2nd of January we jumped in our Corsa hire car and headed north to explore the lakes district and to join the masses of Argentinians on holidays. We camped by some amazing lakes which were cool but refreshing! Nic tried her hand at a little fishing but the fish were luckier than her. We drove across the border into Chile to a beautiful town called Pucon which has the amazing back drop of a massive volcano that has snow at the top, little did we know that ...

A mere 40 hour bus trip from Ushuaia had us arriving in the little hippie town of El Bolson (though we struggled to find any real hippies, just a few people with dreadlocks selling their wares at the local markets). We had planned to set off on a 3 day hike, but as soon as we started walking towards the trailhead the weather turned for the worse and we couldn´t even see the mountains we were heading for due to low cloud and rain. So we jumped ship and got on the...

It´s not so simple getting to the "fin del mundo" (end of the world). Our 20 hour bus journey to Ushuaia ended up being extended to 24 hours as we had border crossings in & out of Chile, plus a short ferry trip across rough seas to get to Tierra del Fuego. But we finally made it to this quaint little port town at 3:30am, and being Argentina, the streets were filled with party goers on their way home and the sun was just coming up.After a couple of ...

We crossed back to Argentina and headed to El Calafate, a pretty town set on the edge of a lake with snow-capped mountains in the background. Our second night there had us sampling more yummy red wine, followed by salsa dancing with the locals until 4am. Neither of us know how to salsa, but they don´t take no for an answer, so we just shuffled our feet and got lead around the crowded dance floor. The highlight of our stay was a day trip to the amazing Glaciar Pe...

After reaching Puerto Natales in Chile we prepared for our 9 day hike through the Torres Del Paine National Park. The plan was to do the complete circuit of the national park however an avalanche and really bad weather conditions on day one convinced us pretty easily to cut the hike short after 5 days. Torres Del Paine is one of the most beautiful walks you can do in Chile. It was truly spectacular, getting up for sunrise over the amazing peaks, walking along som...