Our first port of call in Patagonia (excuse the pun). We were a bit worried that our choice of clothing we had left Buenos Aires may be a little cold for Patagonia but were pleasantly surprised that shorts and flip-flops were fine as the sun was blazing as we got off the bus. Puerto Madryn is a buzzing hive of activity in the peak summer season with all accomodation booked up and prices are sky high. We decided that today would be the best time to put our new te...

This place could be any major fashionable westernised city but we dont have the time or money to browse through the boutiques as we are only stopping here briefly to buy camping equipment and get done all the things you can only do in a major city before we race on to Patagonia. We really need to get there before the last of the wildlife migrates for winter. The most important job was crossed of our list within moments of us finding a cheap hostel. Katie got a pr...

Another stopover town. On the banks of the river Uraguay with Argentina on one side and Uraguay on the other. It is a sleepy little town with not much of an attraction for your average tourist in low season so the accomodation prices are high. With us booked into the cheapest we could find, it was time to hit the beach to top up our fast fading tans and then soak away any stresses and strains in the thermal pools in preperation for our arrival in Buenos Aries the...

Travelling back down south, Buenos Aires is a long way from Iguazu Falls so we decided to break it up with a couple of stops on the way. A small detour from our route meant that we could visit the Jesuit Mission ruins at San Ignasio. Before the Spanish and Portuguese invaded South America the Jesuit missionaries from Europe arrived in Northern Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. They found nomadic tribes of indigenous people in the large forested areas of the region...

Our crossing of two borders went suprisingly smoothly and it wasn't the crossing of doom as predicted by the increasingly inacurate guide book. We booked into a nice and comparatively cheap residencial and went out to grab food and provisions for lunch the following day. Up early in the morning and the sky was a deep blue colour, the leaves on the trees were tinged with a lovely autumnal hue and we were off to visit some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the w...