The last you heard of us we were on the outskirts of La Paz flying down the world´s most dangerous road on mountain bikes. After surviving this exilherating descent we decided we should have a go at testing our bodies in the other direction and attempt an ascent of nearby mountain Hyuani Potosi. At 6088m this peak is as high as everest base camp and supposedly the easiest 6000m climb in South America. However after talking to a local guide in a travel agency we ...

In an effort to get me writing my own blog Sadie has passed this next installment to me. So here you are you lucky fellows. The last post was from Potosi and quite a lot of time has passed since then, much of this spent on the toilet. Potosi was our first real stop in Bolivia and it is a fascinating city. At 4,600 metres above sea level it is the world's highest city and place which literally leaves you breathless. There is pretty much one reason that tourists ...

Ok, so not much to report from Salta apart from an amazing parilla we had in a local restaurant called ´La Monumental´. Never eaten so much steak in my life! Tim even got his photo taken with the chef to prove how much meat we´d eaten! Got on yet another bus headed for San Pedro de Attacama in northern Chile. Had to skip most of Chile out cos everyone we´ve met so far said how expensive it was, pretty much the same prices as back home so we just couldn´t...

So, after the weird hostel and terrapin incident we decided that maybe Mendoza wasn´t for us and decided to leave after 3 days.Not before we did the bike tour of the wineries though onvery VERY uncomfortable bikes which luckily became more bearable after a few tastings of the local produce......Tim got very excited about some smoked olive paste which he decided to treat himself to and then smasha few kilometeres down the road which was fun, but the wine was lo...

Hey! Well it´s been a good week since we´ve been able to find any sort of internet cafe but here we are in Salta, in the northern Argentina. Done a fair bit since the last blog so I guess I´ll start from the beginning and see how I get on: So, after I posted the last blog we had another week in Bariloche learning Spanish. Our teacher the second week wasn´t quite as good as the first, which was a shame, so a lot of the lessons were spent looking in a diction...