It had been another long night of travel in train/bus combo, when we arrived with surprisingly high spirits in La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia. We had been looking forward to Bolivia for such a large part of our trip and La Paz was the one city we may have set exceptionally high expectations for - lucky for us, never for a moment in our short 5-day stay did it cease to amaze. The city itself is built in a canyon of looming mountains and sprawls up the side of...

We were not a pretty sight as we arrived in La Quiaca early in the morning after our overnight bus trip from Salta; the extremely bumpy ride accounted for a sleepless night and two very grumpy and irritable travel companions the following dawn. We had carefully timed our arrival at the Bolivian border to coincide with the departure of a cheap train that heads to our next desired location, Uyuni, but that train did not leave the Bolivian border town of Villazon un...

A little later than we had planned and $100 short from the first bus ticket that we happened to miss, we arrived in Salta at 7am, nothing short of delirious after the 18 hour drive from Mendoza. The city of Salta has only become a tourist destination in the past few years but everywhere around you one can witness the area embracing the tourism industry and trying to snag a piece of the action. We were greeted in the terminal by a number of hostel owners trying to...

A little later than we had planned and $100 short from the first bus ticket that we happened to miss, we arrived in Salta at 7am, nothing short of delirious after the 18 hour drive from Mendoza. The city of Salta has only become a tourist destination in the past few years but everywhere around you one can witness the area embracing the tourism industry and trying to snag a piece of the action. We were greeted in the terminal by a number of hostel owners trying ...

The opportunity to relax our aching bodies on the Evangelista was very much appreciated. It also gave us the chance to consult our Lonely Planet book in order to plot our next move upon out arrival in Puerto Montt. Unfortunately, realizing we were short on time and needing to move upward and onwards a bit quicker, we were forced to abandon the idea of spending time in the lake district around Bariloche. Although knowing it was more logical to make for the more no...