17:15 - It felt way too early to get up this morning! The alarm went at 7am and as Toby had inflicted anxiety over the traffic situation, I took a taxi to the domestic airport at 7.30 for my 9.50 flight. As it turned out, there was no traffic and I spent about two hours at the airport reading and having breakfast. The flight over to Punta del Este in Uruguay only took 40 minutes. When I landed I picked up my rental car and drove towards the centre of Punta del Es...

19:00 - We had a city tour of Buenos Aires today. It's funny how even though I had only been here for 3 days, it feels familiar. We all met at 9 and Marina took us around the highlights of the city. I had seen most of them on my first visit here about a month ago but it was nice to have a different view and an argentinian view at that. By 1pm we were back at the hotel and free for the afternoon. After we'd arranged with Toby when to meet for tonight's dinner and ...

23:00 - Travel day today! We left late (11.45) for the airport so that we could flybto Buenos Aires, the city where my South American holiday started just iver a month ago. When I got up I told Sunitta that this had been our last night sharing and she sort of panicked. She has another 2 weeks left and will be on her own. She started hassling me about sharing transfers to the airport and excursions at Iguazu (we will be there at the same time). Me and the terrible...

23:00 - Today is Lisa's 40th birthday. We all wished her a happy birthday at breakfast but Sunitta added a little extra. She initially asked her if she had bought a dress for her birthday (after noticing she was wearing her normal walking outfit). Lisa who would normally retaliate was I guess taken by surprise and just said 'no'. So Sunitta instead of dropping it enquired if she had brought a dress with her for the event. To you back home it might seem normal tha...

18:45 - We spent today in the Tierra del Fuego National Park. Marcelo (our guide) and his bus picked us up at 9.30. Marcelo likes a joke and spent the day kidding around (in between explaining birds and flora around us). The walk was pretty short by our normal standards...only 3 hours. On the way Sunitta picked up a new nickname: Mushroom! Toby had discussed her dietary requirements as they were providing lunch and Marcelo being Marcelo picked up on the quirkines...