What's the best thing you've seen in South America? Easy! The Iguasu Falls. Legend has it that a forest god planned to marry a beautiful woman called Naipa, who fled down Rio Iguazu in a canoe with her mortal lover Taroba. In rage the jealous god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls (Iguazi, meaning 'great waters') over which the girl fell and, at their base, turned into rock. The warrior survived as a tree overlooking his fallen lover. Stretching almost ...

Another activity that ranked highly on my list of things to do in South America was to make it to a top level futbol game. Like most people at home, I had heard all sorts of stories about how crazy the games could be. So far, the Argentines had lived up to my preconceived notion of them - fiery, passionate, dramatic, loud, highly opinionated and expressive. I was also in no doubt of their love for futbol, it was everywhere; the local teams' jerseys were always o...