This is a message for the grandparents: so sorry I haven't updated the blog before but I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas and hope that you are enjoying the festivities in the run up!! It's incredibly hot here- 38 degrees today and it's just horrible in the city. Trying to do Xmas shopping in this heat just isn't fun! Buenos Aires is a truly amazing city. Palermo, where we'll be staying with mum, is all cobblestone roads, boutiques and cafes. It's ac...

Hello folks, Sorry for not updating for a while, we are now in Argentina! Stayed a few days in salta which was basically quite a big dirty city, with good steak, and Harry joined us!! After a hideous 36 hour journey he made it into salta airport demanding steak and wine, which were duly provided. We left for cafeyate on a day trip which incorporated all of the stunning natural scenery along the way and sights such as the Devil's throat (former waterfall now a h...

So now we're in chile! San pedro is a beautiful and sweet little desert town near the border crossing. We've really enjoyed just relaxing here for a while! Bolivia was beautiful but just plain hard work, whereas we are now at lower altitude and there is good food and wine and life is easy again! Yesterday we went sandboarding which was a lot of fun, very hard work climbing back up the dune every time, and sand got everywhere!! It didn't help that I took an almig...

The salt flat tour- we booked this in La Paz on advice that all the agencies in uyuni were in cahoots to rip you off! We paid a fair bit extra to ensure that our lodges had hot water and heating as we had heard that the tour was particularly cold at night. The first day was spent just on the flats, taking photos of crazy perspectives and finishing with champagne at sunset. Our lodge that night was a lovely little lodge made solely out of rocks, heating and hot w...

So potosi... Highest city in the world so not so great for my altitude sickness but the antibiotics were helping with my cough by this point so feeling on the mend regardless. Everyone had been fairly dismissive of potosi but we found it to be quite a nice little city, buzzing with people. Unfortunately we were warned about the food being likely to cause illness and poor Katie spent the time we were there in bed with a dicky tummy. The main reason we went was ...