We boarded the bus late at night from the busy terminal at ariciba, and as i did so i had my picture taken by a member of the bus company staff. When i asked what this was for i was a student and its part of his project. I found out that this was not the case, but they take the pictures of all the passengers for identification as there are many accidents and the odd robbery on this route through the desert and mountains. But our journey went without hitch apart f...

My journey from puerto montt to santiago took 14 hours along the route 5, the panamericana high way. The view was almost the same for the duration of this trip, with red baron, mountains and dusty tracks that mountain goats and lama walk along. We climbed up high before descending again to 474m and in to santiago. There are three bus depots in the city that service the whole of chile and to the other south american countries. I arrived at terminal san borja, whic...

I have just spent the last day on a boat that left puerto natales on the 10th. The boat is called the navimag, and it is a converted 1972 cargo vessel. There was 115 passengers waiting for the embarkment at natales. We were led from the terminal on foot onto the boat at 21.00, we walked onto the cargo deck and onto a lift which took us upto the next deck. From there we were shown to our cabins, i was staying in a 4 bed dorm room which cost around 160 pound. The r...

After my two weeks stay in Buenos Aires i headed south by bus for city called Bahia Blanca. This journey was 12 hours from BA through the pampas which is a very dry region of argentina, it is the sort of scenery that you would see in a john wayne western with miles of nothing but tumble weeds and sand. Anyway i arrived in Bahia early in the morning and started my search for a bed, as i had not booked anything ahead. This proved to be very difficult as there are n...

In betwwen my two weeks stay in Buenos Aires i took a short trip to Uruguay, which is easy todo from ba. I caught the fast buquebus( ferry ) to a town called colonia. This is a small town in Uruguay just a short trip across the Rio de la plata. Colonia is a world cultural heritage site and has many old colonial buildings. I checked into the Hi hostel here which was small but had a great vibe about it. I then hired a bike and explored the town, which i think manag...