After a mad dash to get to the airport (all the buses were full), we finally made it in time for our flight to Trelew. Glad to be leaving Uruguay, it's inflated prices & rude people & happy to be heading to Patagonia for some Welsh surroundings and cooler temperatures. Ben didn't really anticipate how cold it was going to be and turned up in shorts & flip flops.Puerto Madryn, where we were staying was a 45 min drive away but got there in 30 thanks to ...

Waiting for the bus to Montevideo and 2 buses pulled up. A really nice comfy one & a local peasant one... Yep, you can guess which one we ended up being on!After what felt like the longest journey we arrived at Montevideo and headed to the hostel not knowing if we had a bed as they had cancelled our booking. Turned out fine, the hostel was empty & it seemed to be an issue with a crazy x-girlfriend hacking into the owners system. We didn't stick around to ...

Up early and onto a 5 hour bus journey to Punta Del Diablo. Reet agrees to live on the fly for once and just turn up at Punta without booking anywhere to stay. So we get there only to find everywhere is booked due to Carnival. After much traipsing around the town we managed to find our own private shed (luckily there were no dead cats around in need of a swing) - it came at an inflated snipe of a price USD$60 night.Note to self Reet is always right. Regardless of...

4 hour long ferry ride to Colonia Del Sacramento.An old colonial town originally built by the Portuguese to smuggle stuff into Argentina and then taken over by the Spanish. Quaint little town which you could walk round in a day. Highlights included seeing the old town, climbing the lighthouse and watching a massive thunderstorm and played UNO with some new Scottish friends.Not forgetting Ben trying out a 'chivito' the traditional Uruguan sandwich. Steak, onions, ...

Arrived in Buenos Aires expecting the worst after an interesting stay in Rio. Pulled into the bus station which was surrounded by slums - not a good start. We decided to get a 'remise' the safest taxi Argentina had to offer. We were greeted by a man covered in scars and missing teeth and politely shown to his car which had wires coming out the engine - later found out this was his way of starting the stereo - novel. So we were to spend 5 days in this city - which...