Argentina NOV 2014 Buenos Aires 4/11 to 7/11 We arrived in Buenos Aires with a feeling of excitement and were whisked off to the Pestana hotel, our home for the next three nights. Although exhausted after the 13 hour flight we soldiered on, walking around Plaza de Mayo and seeing the pink facade of the presidential palace Casa Rosada, where the late Eva Peron addressed her people. The sun was beating down on us and the sky was azure blue, which was a dramatic...

Quito´s historic old town is filled with bustling plazas and lovely colonial architecture. Filled with with character, it is a great a place to kick back and absorb the Ecuadorian way of life. We decided to do a loop and head towards the mountains before hitting the coast. We went to Guaranda which is a little town known for it´s delicious cheese. The route there is very scenic and skirts around Ecuador's highest mountain, Volcano Chimborazo which...

Stunning Cuzco, by far our favourite capital city that we have visited in South America. The cobble-stoned streets and splendid colonial buildings built on top of Inca foundations, make the whole place unique and rich in history and culture. It´s the continents oldest continuously inhabited city. We spent a day wandering from one gorgeous plaza to the next, visiting a few interesting museums. A trip to Machu Picchu is a must on the agenda for all travellers...

We got a taste of Bolivia`s far southwest by doing a three day jeep tour. The diversity of the terrain is phenomenal, some of the bleakest terrain on earth. The surreal landscape is nearly treeless, punctuated by gentle hills and volcanoes, with stunning lakes dotted at various intervals. Among them is Laguna Verde, a beautiful emerald green lake situated at 5,000 metres above sea level. All the lakes are inhabited by beautiful pink flamingos and other bird speci...

Santiago has a very European feel to it but seems to be lacking in character. The most exiting thing we did there was go to a Robbie Williams concert and we are not even fans. As we had three days to kill before our flight to Easter Island, we decided to head south to the Lake District. The scenery here is picturesque, with stunning snow-capped volvanic peaks. This of course is when the sun is shining. Our time there was a complete washout. We went to Valdivia wh...