Argentina is officially the coolest place on Earth....So far!!!! Bariloche is the place to go if you want to do outdoors stuff, then eat cocolates and ice-cream..and buy things with Sheep and PAtagonia on it!!! But we decided to hike up to Refugio Otto Meiling, along with about 45 other Argentines, it funny here as its the Argentinian holiday period we are a rarety and there are more of them than us on all the outdoor astuff as apposed to PEru, Ecuador and Boliv...

Hey guys, We have just come back from Machu Picchu, we trecked for 4 days in a group of 16 people (eek, sounded like a huge group at first, but was actually really lovely) We set off at 5:20am on Monday morning and then set off about 9am walking, after a cheesy group picture. We were carrying packs with clothes, sleeping bag, roll mat, water and snacks....I had me book too!!!!! Just like Frodos burden, I carried him!!!! Our guide was ace, he described the trec...

Right then......what a day...today I summited Vallunaraju 5686M...It was actually the hardest thing I have ever done in my life!!! What a couple of days..... We hiked for 3hours to the Moraine camp yesterday with our pack....we started at 4300M and set up camp at 4900M....super high, the highest we have ever been before....getting out my sleeping bag and putting it in the tent felt quite epic!!! We had a lovely tea...we were tret like princesses and had our f...

Hey there all...... First of all thank you all so so so much for all my Birthday messages....I felt so moved that facebook had to load uo "Older Posts" twice so i could read them all.......it really made me think of home, uni, work, life in general so thank you all again. So....I did have an AMAZING Birthday thank you......I was trekking in the Cordillera Blanca...the Santa Cruz treck...it was a four day treck...on my bday we walked for 9 hours got to...

Right then..... So since my last entry we have been to Baños....a bustling activity town at the edgo fo the Ecuadorian Jungle....its hot and bright...and lively,.....bursting at the seems with tour operators ready to give you their "best" gringo price,.....battering was the job of the day and tiring it was too.!!! We eventually abandoned the jungle idea for Ecuador and opted for a bike ride down to some waterfalls and White water rafting....basicall...