Picture this: two dishevelled travellers with massive packs rock up at a servo, beg for a wifi password and sit down to feverishly start punching away at their smart phones. That was us. Let me try to justify... Making your way overland from Cafayate to Salar De Uyuni is a mission. When I zoomed out on the map, it looked a much more respectable distance to cover in one go: as such we were pretty keen to just knock out this leg of the trip quickly. We have a fl...

I could sit here and write a few hundred words trying to describe Cafayate like a poet. But I'm no Shakespeare, and it's appeal can be surmised with two simple words: wine and hiking.   The Rio Colorado is a small river that flows from high in the mountains that flank Cafayate's western borders. My GPS tells me we covered 4km from the start of the NP to the small (10m-ish) waterfall at the end of the ravine, but it felt a lot more than that. We were making the...

Three experiences epitomised our time in Tafi Del Valle (pronounced ta-fee de va-shee apparently); and they all came about by the guidance of some friendly locals. Upon arrival in Tafi Del Valle, you are greeted by a little well-to-do village wedged between two mountain ranges. A local told us about "The Cross": standing approximately 2 metres tall atop one of the hills closest to the town, it can be seen from miles around and affords those to take the pilgrima...

Upon arrival at the Iguazu National Park, we made a beeline toward the main attraction: La Garganta Del Diablo - the Devil's Throat. We bypassed the free train out as per Sjane's usual theory (these boots were made for walking!). This is the biggest and most famous of Iguazu's 80-something falls. I have heard Victoria Falls in Africa called "the smoke that thunders" in the native tongue. I think the name could be equally apt here. From kilometres away you can hea...

Heading to Buenos Aires came with a variety of dire warnings. "Watch out becuase small children will spit on you and then swipe your bag whilst distracted!"... "Don't go to La Boca or you'll get mugged and shot!"... "Don't speak anything other than Spanish after dark or you'll probably end up in hospital!... All this from Argentinians - the supposed heralds of their own nation. What we found on arrival was not remotely close to reports. Instead we found a thrivin...