We decided to go to Bolivia as we had more time than expected left in South America and several people had recommended the salt flat tours to us. The fact that it is the cheapest country in South America was also very appealing as we needed to live cheap for a while to stay within our budget. We got the bus to the border at La Quiaca and crossed over to Villazon on the Bolivian side. As soon as we crossed the border we could tell that Bolivia was very different...

We arrived to our hostel in Salta '7 Duendes' a good hostel, clean, social but the breakfast was poor. We didn't do a lot the first day apart from gather some information about what there is to do. That night we got chatting to a French couple, Francois and Capucini who had also arrived that day. They asked us if we would like to join them the following day to go visit the 'Cerro San Bernardo' which is a mountain with a great view of Salta once you get to the t...

We were sad to leave Bariloche and dreading the 19 hour bus journey ahead of us to Mendoza. The novelty of long bus journey's is definitely wearing off and the site of ham and cheese sandwiches is making us (Rachel in particular) feel ill! We arrived in Mendoza with little directions to our hostel, to save the money we decided not to get a taxi but instead walked around with our heavy bags for about 30 minutes. Eventually we found the hostel, you can get a sense ...

Bariloche, is one of the most beautiful places we have ever been! Although we arrived on a day where the ash covered the whole of the lake and view to the mountains, we were optimistic about the weather for the next couple of days ahead. The first day we just took our little obligatory walk round the town to get a feel for the place and to see where the main places we would need were. It didn't take long to realise this town was built for skiing, all the building...

So we went back to Buenos Aires but stayed in an area called Palermo this time, just for 2 nights. The reason for staying in this area was because it was walking distance to the Recoleta area where the famous cemetery is located. The grave of Eva Peron (Evita) is here and is the most popular grave visited. After, we walked round the market outside, situated in the pretty park where people were selling homemade crafts and food. We bought some hot bread stuffed wit...