Hello again, After relaxing on the coast at Valparaiso we headed back into Argentina to Mendoza, which we`d heard was a must see city. We stayed at a grand old hostel with a huge roof terrace called Winca`s hostel right in the city centre for four nights. Mendoza is another very European city with a large bar and cafe culture but still runs a lot of adventure tours out of the city. The only tour we had our sights on though was the bike tour round the local bode...

Hello once more, First thing to report on is the tour that we went on in Puerto Madryn on the day we left. It was excellent. We went with Flamingo tours and they let us change the tour days round with no problems, see previous blog. We spent the day travelling on gravel roads around Peninsula Valdes and at one beach in a five minute window saw sea lions, elephant seals, a pod of six orcas just off the beach and a southern right whale again all within one landsca...

Hola, We survived another coach trip, this time to Puerto Madryn which is a coastal town on the way to deepest Patagonia on the East coast of Argentina. There isn´t really much to do except a 400km wildlife extravaganza tour of Peninsula Valdes, which is an hours drive away from Puerto Madryn. We are staying in Hostel Teuly which is a family run hostel with really nice rooms, especially the showers, the family have put our Spanish to the test and we have fa...

Hola again, Sorry for the long delay between blog entries but we`ve been living up the city life for a week and haven`t had the chance to update you. We have been in Buenos Aires since last Monday and are leaving today. A week in the city - well a lot can happen in BA! The first day we arrive all we want to do is sleep following another huge bus journey (which are not getting any easier at all), but feel we must have a quick look around the central part of the ...

Hola, We got over the border two days ago after staying for two nights at the Brazillian side of the falls (Foz do Iguacu). From Rio we got the 23 hour long bus which was a bit of an adventure in itself as we were only allowed three twenty minute breaks off the coach. You really start to see things differently after you´ve been in the same seat for almost a whole day! Unfortunatley for Alex we have just discovered that she is in fact allergic to mosquito bi...