Howdy All, Well of all the things we expected to happen on this section of the tour (Chile and Argentina), public transport delays was not one of them. ´The bus system is excellent´ they said. Well you find us sitting at the bus stop in sunny Santiago (31 degrees today...sorry Brits) waiting to depart for Mendoza, Argentina and awaiting some guys on the border to stop striking and to lift up the big barrier in the Andes. Latest news is we leave at about 10pm t...

Ahoy-hoy there, So 2 and a half months down and 10 countries visited. You find us in La Serena, Chile after our brief jaunt through Bolivia. So, when you left us we were makng our hairy decsent into La Paz. La Paz is spectacular and to all intent an purpose should not function. By that I mean the entire city is built into a valley and houses/huts seem to cling precariously to the edge of the rock and by all logic should be rolling down the cliffs. Bolivia was ...