Well, it is with great sadness that I say that this will be my final post from South America..., as I am going to be flying off to New Zealand later today... but, I must say, the prospect of somewhere new and exciting does seem attractive...plus, I am relaibly informed by Mum that it is a mystic land rich in Marsbars, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes......and FISH AND CHIPS!!!!!lol. Not to say that the Empanadas and Pizzas that I have been living off here have not been...

Hello again everybody!!! I hope that you all had a good Halloween!!! I bet that you are all probably still nursing your hangovers ain ya, ya lil scoundrels!!! Well, yesterday, I didnt really do anything, because for some reason, all Hallows Day is a national hol in Chile, so most things are closed. Paul spent most of the day transferring a backlog of about 20 hours of video footage onto disk , whilst Mum spent most of the day attempting to do the backpack cr...

 Happy halloween everybody!!!!!! (Thats the only remotely Halloween related smiley that I could find!!!) Hehe, hello again. Hope that you are all ok?? Dont get all crazy tonight everyone-if you are anything like me, too much sugar is never a good thing!!!! (But there again, its probably the alchohol consumption that I should be warning you about, innit??) Anyway, Im back in Santiago now, we got back RIDICULOUSLY early yesterday morning, a...

 Hey again everybody!!! I cant even remember where I left this thing off, but I have been mighty busy since I last updated!! Im in Valdivia, in the Chilean Lake district at the moment, but since I left Santiago about 6 days ago, we have also been in Pucon, about 3 hours from here, too. Because Im so used to the bus-journeys-from-hell now, the 8 hour overnight journey didnt seem bad at all. Oh no, Im a bit confused now, because we went somewher...

 Hey again everybody!!! Sorry that I havent been on here for a few days!! Been a bit hectic!!How are you all?? I hope that you are all ok!!! Well, I am now in Sunny Santago, Chile!! I arrived here yesterday, after having to get up at 2am...yes...2AM!!!! To get to the airport. As if I wasnt pissed off enough, just because it was a painful hour in the morning, when the taxi driver dropped me off "at the airport," he actually dropped me off ...