Last time Brent was travelling in South America, he spent Christmas and NY in Cuzco in, what was then, the newly opened Wild Rovers. There he met one of the owners of the hostel, Colin. When we arrived this time around, Colin greeted us like old friends. That night in the bar, he toasted us over the mic, shouted everyone in the bar two bottles of rum and offered us free accomodation for the whole time we stayed (which ended up being two weeks!). Brent was introd...

The lonely planet book had some scary things to say about La Paz, including that express kidnappings (where a taxi driver picks you up and then a number of his/her friends jump in and beat you until you give up your money, credit cards and atm details) have been reported. Needless to say, we were wary of getting cabs and always looked to take radio taxis rather than the local franchise taxis. We didn´t have any issues at all in the end and in fact, I felt really...

Not sure if this place is on the list, but it should be considered a natural wonder of the world. We flew into Puerto Iguazu from BA on Tuesday morning and spent the night at a really cool hostel called Marco Polo Inn. The bus ride there from the airport was rather interesting - we got a tour of the city as we dropped off each person at their hostel before finally getting to our stop last. The roads are windy dirt roads some of which are not wide enough for two ...

A 14 hr bus ride, Denzel Washington's redemption in "Flight" and a massacre of bugs on the windscreen of our bus and we arrived in BA. Side note, it was very difficult to enjoy drinkies on the long bus ride as a) the red wine was chilled - yuk, and b) the hostess filled the glasses up so much that every bump in the road resulted in serious spillage or a narrow but stressful miss. BA - what can I say? Unlike it's mellow little sister Mendoza, BA is hyper and poss...

We arrived in Mendoza on Saturday afternoon after a 7 hr bus trip through the Andes. Apart from the screening of the most blatant religious propaganda on the bus (in the form of a movie called Fireproof, which makes Twilight look subtle), it was a really nice bus ride with spectacular views and comfy seats which reclined to about 150°. This is day 5 in Mendoza and we love it. Here is why: 1. Our hostel - Mendoza Inn. Even though the sheets don´t fit the beds ...