Anyone who’s spoken to me any time in the last 3 months or so will know I booked a trip to Tonga – I was almost as excited about this trip as I was about my entire trip – but again anyone who knows me knows I always counts down to holidays in a consistent and annoying way!!! Tonga certainly never appeared on my initial itinerary, although I was always a bit vague on the bit after New Zealand! If you’re wondering how I ended up going to Tonga – it went...

So I haven’t updated my blog in quite a while, that’s because I’ve returned to the real world – well in a way – I’m currently living in Auckland, in a house, with a job, with my clothes in a wardrobe, and bills to pay – strange! On my last visit to New Zealand way back in 2005 I didn’t even visit Auckland (other than the airport), so this time seeing as my friend Roisin was living here and I was passing by and the world cup is on in Sept/Oct I de...

I got back to BA on Easter Saturday morning, the overnight journey had been fine but quite disjointed so I didn't get much sleep so I chilled in the hostel on Easter Sat. Obviously my accommodation on this trip would never rival my accommodation on my first visit to BA. Almost everyone I've met has stayed at the Millhouse hostel, BA's big party hostel - on my trip I've grown a tad wary of these large party hostels as they can be quite impersonal and because they ...

I moved to Punta Del Este, a really nice sea side resort (apparently quite exclusive in high season - the place where many Portenos (people from Buenos Aires) choose to spend their holidays). However as it is the end of April the weather is changing and I was hitting the low season - I got there in the afternoon and the weather was scorching so I went for a really nice walk along the beach. I was really looking forward to spending the next day at the beach and ma...

I headed to Uruguay on Sunday the 17th, I was definitely in the mood just to take it easy. I was adjusting to life alone again, missing my friends and worried about money so I just took it easy. I arrived into Montevideo and did very little on the first evening other than go out for dinner. Montevideo was a stark contrast to Buenos Aires - it has a population of 1.5 million (apparently) but they were nowhere to be seen! It was refreshing to be in such a quiet, la...