hi guys (esp annahann), sorry for lack of blog action of late, New Zealand it seems has only just grasped wifi and Australia has been a mad rush! Well it's been an amazing few weeks asides from back issues (poor duncy) and we're preparing to head off to Thailand on Tues looking forward to a more favourable exchange rate and a healed back. Highlights would have to be dolphin spotting in NZ, swimming on the great barrier reef today (will put pics up in a sec, war...

Well 3 months in south America has come to an end and we've survived! It's been amazing and we've learnt so much including... I don't like trekking Neither of us are natural linguists Empanadas are like yummy Cornish pasties Argentinans don't believe in queues I think these are the main insights! Off to new Zealand now for a month of campervanning, can't wait to hear english voices, not looking forward to cold showers quite so much! Adios Xx

So we're now in chile for a few days before heading to Argentina as we thought the border crossing would be easier from Bolivia, turns out no, and the buses are all full so we've resigned ourselves to loafing around in the desert for a few days. Bolivia was ace, my jungle mozzie bites are now a distant memory and seeing the geysers exploding was just awesome. Starting to miss English foodstuffs including ripples, nice cheese and normal milk (although there's a ru...

Oh my word, Inka trail completed and it was the hardest thing I have ever done!! Four days of solid mountain walking with the weather deciding to snow on the notoriously hard second day, and I was just wearing shorts, brilliant. The campsites were great fun though at the end of the days and the food was awesome. The treat at the end of seeing Machu Picchu was definitely worth it although the bus loads of fresh looking tourists who hadn't done the walk, not so muc...

Sorry for the radio silence, it's been a hectic few days! The altitude has hit everyone quite hard, the only way i can describe it is that it feels like your brain has exploded. All fine now though, so we spotted condors in the colca valley, went to Arequipa, had 2 home stays which were fun but seriously challenged our Spanish small talk skills, as well as introducing us to triple carb - pasta, potato and rice in one dish (id quite like triple carb to catch on li...