Have now crossed the border into Chile, our last country here in South America. The currency here is one of those ones with 1000 to the pound. We ditched our backpacks in Santiago and headed straight to the coast with just a day bag, to an arty city called Valparaiso. Valparaiso is built on a series of adjacent hills. Well eroding hills. Subsequently all the beautiful houses, painted in vibrant colours, look ready to collapse, standing procariously above one anot...

To get to Bariloche we had to travel for 2 whole days. The journey took us along a road called route 40. The road itself was the tourist attraction. In this country, the journeys are more expensive depending on the beauty of the route you take. I guess it makes sense as its the scenery that people come here to see. Route 40 is one of the most beautiful drives in Argentina. We passed aqua lagoons and lakes, surrounded by mountains and wildlife, armadillos and flam...

Just a short 4hr bus journey to El Chalten - The mecca for 'pro trekkers,' kitted out in all the gear and gadgets imaginable. Zip off trousers are a must as were walking poles for any occasion...yep even to walk down the street evidently - Gem and I felt slightly under dressed. El Chalten is the base town for visiting The Los glaciers national Park, the home of the staggering Fitz Roy mountain. If you are here, you're here to hike. There isn't eve...

Another 20hr bus journey and we were in El Calafate. I will never find a journey in England long again, there is no comparison, this country is just vast. You can travel for days, barely seeing a soul, before hitting a town, which still isn't very big! Our hostel here was lovely with incredibly friendly staff and beautiful backdrop of mountains and lagoons. El Calafate itself was brand knew. It looks like it had just been put up, in the middle of waste, barre...

The journey to Ushuaia was vast. We drove for 2 whole days down the same perfectly straight, endlessly long road. The scenery stayed the same too. Flat barron landscape, with barely any vegetation apart from the odd low, lying bush that had managed to find shelter from the relentless patagonian wind. It was only for the last 1 1/2 hrs that the snow capped mountains and lakes finally appeared. we left Puerto Madryn in baking sunshine, wearing t-shirts and flip-flo...