I had heard that Valparaiso was a must see see place, a beautiful town on the hillside sweeping down to the sea. As I got off the bus and had a wander I could not really see what all the fuss was about. I guess I had over imagined it as usual. More dogs and dogs mess than ever before and a big port up one end. It was hardly Montreux. One thing that is for sure though is that it is on a steep hill and my hostel was at the top of it. Every time I arrived back ...

I had managed to make my money just about last, so as I stood waiting for the bus I did not have a penny of Argentinian money on me. It is customary to give the person who puts your bags in the hold some small change, but all he does is literally take it off you, put a label on and throw it in. It would be like tipping the people on airport check In desks. Sod him I thought as I lifted my bag up, plus dont tell me everyone gives him money ..... yep, tu...

Once again I was on an avernight bus and in Mendoza around 6am. Despite the hostel not being far I decided to get a cab as it was arrived pitch black and was only a couple of quid. I was not able to check in to my room until after 2 as there were people in there, so I had some breakfast and went for a wander. There is a nice square and four smaller squares off each corner and just above the houses you can see the Andes mountain range to give an impressiv...

The bus from Buenos Aires was Pretty non eventful, and arrived around 7am in Cordoba. I had a coffee in the bus station to kill some time and then decided to walk to the hostel to get some exercise for the old ankle. Everyone was busy on their way to work, yet rather than observe everyone and my new surroundings I soon realised that you had to concentrate on the floor....it was dog poo central, the place was covered in it. For some reason in South Americ...

I wanted to go to Uruguay for the day which is just over the water from BA, so had booked a ferry across to a place called Colonia which was supposed to be nice. The other benefit was the black market for US DOLLARS! At the ATM I was getting around 7 Argentine Pesos to the pound. On the black market you can get over 8 to the Dollar. So in real terms it was making your money go more than fifty percent further, almost double if you were really shrewd. ...