Hola amigos! I hope all is good in rainy UK! Since our last blog, Chris and I have been to El Calafate and seen the Perito Moreno glacier. Hopefully you enjoyed the photos. We then travelled further south to the southernmost South American city of Ushuaia. For me, Ushuaia really marked a turning point in our travels. Up to this point, Chris and I had been travelling relatively luxuriously, staying in hotels with spas and the like, transfers and excursions alr...

This week we have been mostly skiing the Argentinean slopes of Catedral, near Bariloche.Conditions have been mixed with both great snow and sunshine, and miserable fog and even rain when the air temperature reached relatively balmy conditions on the last day.Rather than go to the trouble of employing controlled explosions to address the avalanche risk, the Argentineans have valiantly opted to close lifts... all over the place... and then randomly and frustratingl...

Hello friends!! I hope you are all well back home! Sorry to live up to the stereotype of the typical Brit and harp on with unending fascination over the weather, but this region of Argentina really does nurture that obsession. The clouds are pretty low today and they've brought the most beautiful sparkly dust that's settling on the trees and hovering a couple of meters above the lake that I'm currently over-looking whilst I write this. The sun should dissolve th...

Today we took on the volcanic hills of Pucon... on horse-back.In response to Em's safety-focused question, our tour operator cheerfully explained that, in Chile, there's no need for helmets.This caused me upset, initially because I realised I could have worn my cowboy hat after all, and secondly as, once mounted, we immediately clopped erratically onto the main road!Naturally I had lied about my prior horse-riding experience (in truth, none whatsoever; however to...

Hey-Yo Friends!! I just want to start off by saying THANKS! for checking out our blog and taking the time to read this and look at our photos! We've had a great couple of days exploring Valparaiso, Chile. It's actually a UNESCO world heritage site, and we've absolutely worked out why! It's so different to anywhere either of us have previously been to. All the buildings are so unique - painted different colours, made of different materials and designed in their ...