So yesterday we didn't really do much other then chill around the hostel, catching up on the blog, emails, sorting out our backpacks for New Zealand, trying to arrange apartment viewings and lining up job interviews. Last night we had 2 earthquakes, rating low on the Richter Scale. I told (Stevie she would feel the earth move with me)...... This morning we chilled and savoured our last morning in South America before checking out. We did the usual routine of l...

We wake up and just lay there. Realising we are in our last destination. We have nothing to work towards. No place to be. No buses to book. Our South America trip is almost over. We cracked a window to get some fresh air and enjoyed a hot shower. The luxuries. We decide to walk around the city visiting parks and grand buildings. Most of them seem to be museums, universities and churches. Our first stop after getting our bearings was Park Santa Lucia, it's not li...

Without incident we boarded our bus. Watched Inception and settled in for the night. After a quick coffee and croissant for breakfast at 1.30pm we arrived in Mendoza for our change over to Santiago, Chile. It was our last bus. With only 40 minutes until we left. We had no time to wander around the wine town of Mendoza and no money we ate fruit and waited in the bus office. We thought it would be a bus to Chile, but it turned out to be a Ford Torneo. We filled out...

24th August 2012 Not feeling as rough as yesterday morning we had to get an early start as check out was at 10am.....so it was breakfast, shower and then pack up as once again our stuff seemed to have explode from our bags!!! This routine completed, we put our bags in the storage room and headed out for a bit of last minute sightseeing....it was raining and cold....just our luck that we spent the sunniest day in be with a hangover!...so we got on the 59 bus to...

23rd August 2012 After last night we were absolutely hanging. We woke up around midday. Both feeling sick we didn't move from the bed most of the day. Only to get drinks and go to the toilet. By 4pm we were westernised starving and decided to head out to La Cabrera a great steak restaurant that was recommended to us by the Germans. Forcing ourselves into the shower we got ready and headed out. This restaurant was some distance. It better be worth it. We arrived ...