We arrived in Santiago early on the 17th of October after yet another disgustingly warm nightbus. The sun was shining and it was warm (finally!) so we freshened up and headed out to explore the city. Right next to our hotel were Santa Lucia gardens; beautiful gardens with palacial buildings on a hilltop with some good views of the city. Santiago is a huge city which unfortunately has a lot of pollution, but through the smog you could see the snow-topped Andes m...

Our day in Colonia was short and sweet. It´s a beautiful little town with cobbled streets so we just walked around and enjoyed in the sunshine before Chris and I hopped on the ferry to Buenos Aires. I fell in love with Buenos Aires on our first night just from seeing a bit of it from our taxi journey. It´s vibrant and just has a really cool atmosphere. On our first night we went to meet my friend Chicho, a friend from exchange, at a bar in Palermo. It was grea...

Apologies for the lack of updating everyone - internet access is scarce and slow over here! We spent 6 days in Rio, and as gorgeous as it is, it was a little too long. There´s not a lot to do in Rio if the weather isn´t great, so we spent a lot of time just relaxing at our hostel and around Ipanema. On the Friday we were there, we went to Lapa, a region of the city, with some people from our hostel where there was a massive street party. Literally thousands of...

So we arrived safely in Sao Paulo after a very long, hot, tiring flight, where thankfully my friend Branco picked us up! We spent three days in Sao Paulo staying with my friend Marcos and his family who were so welcoming and friendly. On Friday his sister took us sight-seeing and drove us around the city, we went for lunch and this lovely Arabic restaurant and then wandered round the shops and the park. Friday night we went out, despite the travelling exhaustion,...