Galeazzi- Basily B&B- Gobernador Valdez 323, Ushuaia Hello from the end of the world! We are in Ushuaia which is the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego and is the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. We arrived yesterday after a stunning flight which stopped off at ...

Hostel- America Del Sur 718 Chacabuco, San Telmo Sorry there's been nothing for ages but to be honest we've been doing little of note but trying to keep our heads down since swine flu took over BA. Loads of restaurants and public buildings are closed and it's not really advisable to get the bus or tube. We've mostly been hanging out with Nic and on Saturday we did go for an outing with her boyfriend to a very quiet Malba museum to see some modern art. There were...

Last time I wrote we were excited about our dinner in Uruguay and I said we'd report back. Well we excitedly went to our favourite place to find it completely shut- the restaurants take it in turns to open in low season so we ended up somewhere else eating uncooked potatoes.. We felt even more ripped off when the bill arrived and it was over a grand! (Because of the exchange rate-40 to the pound don't start panicking!) Well now we're back in BA listening to Tango...

Don`t cry for me Argentina.......we left the lovely Hostel Natura and jumped on a flight to the land of the steak, tango and, it appears, swine flu- Buenos Aires is the worst affected in South America and a lot of people are wearing masks. We are staying in the San Telmo district which is the home of tango and steet fairs but must admit we are yet to be completely won over- maybe it`s because we have come from bustling happy Brazil but people here seem quite unf...