We had another early start on Friday morning as we were headed to Bolivia so had to do two border crossings....one to leave Chile followed by another drive through no mans land, and another at the Bolivian border and the outskirts of the National Park. We were at the Chilean border by 7am waiting for it to open at 8am and were through by 9am, which was a record according to Dave and this was despite some local bus drivers who didn't seem to understand the notion...

We spent our last two days in Argentina in the city of Salta. We were in luck as the hostel that Dragoman tours normally stay at was fully booked, instead we got to stay in Hotel Elena, a small hotel not far from the city centre. After dropping off some laundry and doing some other admin we set off to explore the city. Salta is very charismatic and the main square, Plaza 9 Julio, is surrounded by colonial buildings that now house museums and the cathedral. We sp...

So we left Cordoba nearly a week ago and since then we've been in pretty remote places with little Internet access. I'm definitely getting into the swing of things now and have completely lost track of what day it is!Our first stop was the ranch 'Estancia Los Porteros' where we spent 3 nights. It was a 5hr drive from Cordoba, in the middle of nowhere without phone reception. The initial plan was to camp but on arrival we were told there were enough dorm bed...

We're now 3 days into the tour and have hit the road in Amber, our overland truck. The last couple of days in BA were great fun and I definitely hadn't seen the best parts of the city when I wrote my last post. I spent that afternoon wandering around the area called Recoleta and visited the cemetery where Eva Peron (Evita) is buried in the Duarte family tomb - a really beautiful place that was almost like it's own little city with Plazas, little narrow alleys a...

So I´ve safely made it to South America and after a manic couple of days getting ready to leave I´ve finally had a chance to set up this blog! Had an interesting flight out sat by a guy who had clearly done an all-nighter in Amsterdam and absolutely reeked of booze and sweat! He then proceeded to spread himself out, kept falling asleep on my shoulder and at one point after coming back from the loo I found him sleeping across my seat and had to get the air host...