We arrived into our final South American country, Chile. We needed to finish our planning for NZ and look into Australia too, so we spent a good bit of time just doing research. When we weren't doing research we were strolling around Santiago. It is a really nice city, one of our favourite main cities in South America. It is very walk able, has lots of nice street cafes and bars and has a nice relaxed vibe about it. We met up with Sara for a lovely afternoon, e...

We arrived into Mendoza after our last long South American overnight bus journey!!! We strolled from the bus terminal to our hostel, even though it was 9am in the morning, we were still passing people in open bars!!!..It's a pretty, green city, even though it's in a desert, due to its irrigation system using the natural supply of melted glacier water....thank goodness there was still enough left for good rafting!!! It was a Sunday when we arrived so the majorit...

So we had a few days in Buenos Aires and spent the majority of the time pottering around the city. We checked out the main areas and attractions. There aren't many pictures as it's just a city....nice enough but nothing to shout about!! We also checked out Eva Perons grave....very elaborate and different to what we have at home!!! We concluded from our time here that the lifestyle is a bit crazy, they siesta from 1 - 6, eat dinner at 11pm and nightclubs don't o...

We headed to the national park early enough the next morning. We have seen from the Brazil side that the crowds never go away so decided not to get up at the crack of dawn to get out there!!! Once inside we planned our route and set off!! We went along the lower route first, seeing a few smaller waterfalls and a lot of rainforest, birds, butterflies etc. The main attraction is undoubtedly the falls, but the national park is a really nice area to walk around, w...

We spent a couple of days wandering around Buenos Aires, seeing the historical buildings before we went north again to check out Iguazu Falls. It really was just a stop to break up all the travelling! We got into Puerto Iguazu after our 20 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires...the first thing we noticed was the heat!!! It is around 30c and with some humidity thrown in....sweaty!! Luckily our hostel was only 2 blocks from the bus station, and even though we took t...