This is a beautiful and very different part of Argentina. We're in the north now so its very flat pampas. In this area though the high rainfall has created this vast wetland area which is made up of marshes, lakes and floating islands. Areas of water hyacinth and lily gradually collect enough soil to support other plantlife, so some of the islands have small trees on. You are taken out in boats on the lakes and through a maze of hidden channels between the islands and get to see the wildlife close up. There are lots of cayman as well as piranha, the world's largest rodent, wild cats, howler monkeys, marsh deer and prolific birdlife, from huge storks to tiny hummingbirds. We've decided we won't make it as professional wildlife photographers though. We stopped in the boat a few feet from two cayman who were eyeballing each other. Generally they don't move much, so we took a few photos and a bit of video. Suddenly and dramatically the big one lunged at the smaller one and started trying to attack it. We were both so startled we moved back, protecting our cameras rather than using them, and neither of us got a single shot of it!

We'd wanted to try horseriding and an Argentine estancia seemed like the place to do it. They learn to ride before they can walk here, there are horses everywhere. We joked beforehand about it not being understood that we cant rude so were relieved when our horses, Juan and Pedro, were old and docile. In fact Pedro was more interested in eating than walking, particularly when we went through a field of wildflowers which were all at just the right height for him.

The young man who took us out seemed to take a bit of a shine to Kerry and seemed undettered by her limited Spanish, insisting that she knew that he was the only child and stood to inherit lots of land, horses and cows. There can't be too many potential partners to choose from in a small town in the middle of nowhere. (gee thanks wix you old charmer!) She'd said she worked in health and so we were taken on a detour past the local hospital, presumably to show her the opportunities for work should she be interested. She was trying her best to sidetrack him. Meanwhile I was left plodding behind trying to get Pedro to stop eating and walk while local 3 year olds wildly galloped past. Not quite what we'd had in mind but still good and we had a great laugh.

Ps - Kerry is now happily married with 50 horses, 250 cows, an estancia and ranch to her name, so mum, dad it's going to be a bit further than wales for a holiday - joke - i'd never swap my motorbike for a horse!