Latin America From Start to End,Lots of plans with No Plans,November 2006 until it Finishes

Nothing prepares you quite like flying in over the highest mountain outside of asia(Aconcagua) for the start of a trip. To see the andes from the air as my first view of South America is pretty mind blowing,you cant really put it into words.... then to...

 

Argentina 2004/05

New year's day was dead, and we were off on a 17 hour bus trip to the north of Patagonia to a town called Bariloche, which lies in the heart of the Argentine lake district. To the veteran travellers of Europe in our group (Tanith and Rich), Bariloche w...

 

um-die-welt 2007

Mit etwas Verspaetung komme ich endlich dazu hier ueber meine Erlebnisse auf dieser Reise zu berichten. Also Argentinien die Erste: Meine erste Station ist Buenos Aires. Eine Stadt mit Charme der Alten Welt vermischt mit einem kraeftigen Schuss Modern...

 

Argentina Part 2

Cordoba is the second largest city in Argentina and is famous for having the first church and university in the Country, both built by the Jesuits in the 1600's. We had a morning to familiarise ourselves with this city before travelling further south. ...

 

Me & My 20 Kilo Backpack in South America 2006

The start of our trip through Argentina's Patagonia. The first stop was at SANTA ROSA. Santa Rosa is the capital of La Pampa, it is relatively new city as it was only founded in 1892. (So the Lonely Planet guide says) It was a very quiet chilled...

 

South America 2006

arrived in Puerto Madryn after a very luxurious over night bus ride (they give you sweeties,whisky,wine and everything it was ace). its a funny little town which has been built i think purely as a tourist gateway to the penninsula valdes and feels a bi...

 

RTW with Steph and Dion

Written by Dion August 11-12, 2006 We decided to spend a couple of days in Uruguay, so we boarded the 9:00AM Buquebus ferry from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on Friday morning. The ferry itself was quite nice and the rid...

 

World Backpacking Trip (Part 1) - South America & USA 2005 / 2006

24th December 2005 I met Gabriela for lunch and after we went Christmas shopping which was easier than yesterday because she knew somewhere that was less busy so of course less people begging. I find this side of things very difficult. By the ti...

 

3 weeks to go in London

Starting this off 9 months into the trip probably seems a bit strange but I've decided that I would like to have some type of memory like this that is official rather than lots of bits and pieces and scribbled bits of paper all over the place when I do...

 

Des & Tom´s Latino Adventures!

Saturday 8th April// Sunday 9th April//...

 

ROUND THE WORLD

Spent only 2 days in Arequipa, leaving us too little time to visit the nearby Colca canyon. Instead we rested and visited the charming Santa Catalina monastery....

 

Weltreise 2006

In Darwin checken wir in Chillis Backpacker Hostel ein. Unser Plan, die Westkueste entlang zu reisen, platzt innerhalb einer Minute, da zwischen Darwin und Broome alle Strassen ueberschwemmt sind und es auch zwischen Broome und Perth sieben Zyklone gab...

 

A Short History of Toilets in South American

Villa de Leiva proved well worth the 4.5 hour bus ride to and from Bogota. This picturesque hilltop 16th-century village was declared a National Monument in 1954, so any furhter development on the 400 year old site must be carried out in the colonial ...

 

from Santiago to Mendoza

Last night, in my hotel in Santiago, I saw two Asian women. I thought they were either Japanese or Korean. But when I walked by them, I suddenly heard Cantonese. How rare! They are from Hong Kong! I sat down to chat with them for a long time. They are ...

 

Argentina

Iguassuilla oltu kolme paivaa. Kayty seka Brassien etta Argentinan puolella ihastelemassa vesimassoja ja kastumassa veneajalulla seka koskenlaskussa. Brasilian puolelta nakee putouksista kokonaisuuden, mutta Argentinan puolelta paasee todella lahella ...

 

South America 2007

We arrived in Arequipa early afternoon in time for lunch and a tour of the city. The city is also known as White City due to the white volcanic rock used to make the colonial buildings. One of the highlights in the city is the Santa Catalina Covent ...

 

Goodbye Edinburgh, Hello World

Well, apparently our time is nearly up and we're having to return to dear old Blighty very soon. Life's a beach, isn't it? Well it has been for us recently, anyway. We've been in Thailand for around two months now. It's the kind of place where nothi...

 

South America 05-06

Made it to the bus station in Santiago with about 10 minutes to spare- which usually puts me there before most of the Chileans. I had heard there may be snow on the pass, but the roads were clear, so we made it over with no problems. Well, it did tak...

 

Another time around...Spring 2007

I just had the longest week of my LIFE, but it was all well worth every minute of it (I laugh at it now, but believe me it was not funny then). So, Tim, Jasmine and I left LAX on Saturday Jan 27th at 11 am and arrived in Lima, Peru at 11 pm. We met R...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

Inca42

Ok so I haven't written an update for quite a long time so I've forgotten a lot of the details of what's happened. Nonetheless I will try to give a brief overview of what I've done in the last couple of months. The last entry covered up until I arri...

 

Grand ol' world tour

The Navimag cargo ferry, our home for five nights and the best fun you can have on a ship loaded with cargo trucks, cows and sea-sick passengers. Travelling on the first trip of the high season meant that the boat was only a third full. Which was exc...

 

Argentina July, 2004

Thursday - 22 July 04: We´re in Salta (the northernmost province of Argentina... near the borders of Boliva and Chile) right now... we arrived today after getting up at 4 a.m. to catch our flight from Bs.As... we were very tempted to give Gonzalo...

 

Southern Hemisphere Safari

Came down to Floriano for a weeks relaxation on the beatiful brazilian beaches! Checked into the only hostel recommended in the "book" to find we were in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of hippies in a room stinking of damp with no money! ...

 

Wish you were here?

Hi, After we left you on Monday afternoon we took a walk from our hotel down to the Tulum ruins on the beach. We didn't have the place to ourselves like at Chichen Itza unfortunately but most of the tour buses had departed. The ruins are of a Mayan...

 

Getting drunk all by myself in Mendoza

The whole city is like a big park, that's Mendoza. Every single street is densely lined by trees, plane trees, poplar trees, palm trees... It's autumn here, the leaves are turning golden. The entire city is covered by a mixture of green, golden and bro...

 

The beef doesn't melt, but football does roll

I finally tried Argentinian beef, yesterday, in Mendoza. But the beef didn't melt in my mouth, unlike the legend goes. I tried the beef in another place today, still the same. I couldn't even cut the beef only with my fork, unlike the legend goes. S...