Inca Trail and Machu Picchu We almost cried tears of joy when we reached the hotel. It was definitely the most luxurious place we had stayed in and after 3 days on a bus was amazing. We just wanted to have a shower with the free soap, watch TV and crawl into bed but we had a briefing for the trip at 7pm so we made our way down to the lobby for that. The rest of the group we were to spend the next four days with were there and I have to admit that first impress...

The Horrific Bus Journey Buenos Aires to Lime (via Chile) We left for the bus station at 5.30pm but apparently this wasn't enough time and we should have been there at 4pm. Anyway we had to take our bags to some dodgy underground area and I secretly said bye to mine as I wasn't sure if I would see it again. We then had to make our way to the international side of the bus station show our passports, put our bags through the xray machine and go through the metal d...

If you want the photos send me an email on this and I´ll send you the links. We took a taxi from the bus station to the hostel we had been recommended in Buenos Aires clled the Milhouse. I was a bit worried though as it had a reputation for being the party hostel with tales of people setting their alarms for 1am to get up and go out! I needn´t have worried though as we seemed the keep up with the best of them and were the last in our dorms in bed every nigh...

It appears STA have undone all my hard work of copying and pasting the links to my photos. Therefore if you want to see photos please send me an email on this site (they´ll prob just delete my email ad if I write it on here) and I will happily send them on to you. It seems ages since I wrote a blog and the only spare minute I had to write it was sitting in a tent on the Inca Trail waiting for dinner! (There´s another blog I have to catch up with).From Florian...

Arrived in the evening to Florianopolis which straddles the mainland and the island. We were staying on the island and had to get 2 buses to the hostel. We were pretty shattered and ready for bed when we got there but the party was in full swing. They showed us our beds in a dorm which was the highest part of the hostel up a small spiral staircase and had glass all the round it. When we got up the next day we realised how close we were to the sea and also how stu...