First off, apologies for the 6 week delay but we've been rather busy finding multiple flats, having visitors and in Joe's case-working. Unbelievably our 20 glorious weeks in South America are over but with a set of amazing memories, an abundance of photos and a healthy glow we are now ready to start our Australian adventure. More on Oz later, now for the awards ceremony! After 5 months in South America many people have asked us how it was, what was our favour...

Happy new year everyone! Hope everyone had a good time. It was a bit strange to be away from home for the festive period but Chile and Argentina were good fun none the less. The blog is being written a few hundred yards away from Copacabana Beach in Rio. We´re a mile behind on the blog as we´ve been having such a good time so I´ll be focusing primarily on Chile and Argentina, except to say that Rio is awesome!! So Kate finished last time about the Salt Flat ...