Once over the border crossing and some nervous moments trying desperately to hold onto some souvenirs, we got into a small town called San Pedro De Atacama and it was hot. We found a nice we hostel and explored town. It was a dusty small town but seemed to cater for tourists very well even though it was in the middle of no where. I knew very little about the place so had a wander and a check of my guidebook. Apparently you could do sand boarding there so we found...

So arrived into quito after a small detour via columbia where the world most s***e airport is with a million guards. Quito is considerably higher than alot of other cities meaning there is less oxygen which was instantly noticable. I got a taxi to a hostel called The Secret Garden. Obciously my room would be on the top floor which is noramally an annoyance but is even worse with a massive backpack and no oxygen. My first mistake was to sit down and have a nice co...

So i got my best bus yet from Iguazu. My jounrney was 18 hours long in total including the border crossing. I started at 2 in the afternoon on a bus that was similar to first class on an aeroplane. I got a bed, hot meals, whisky, champagne and films. So the 18 hours past very quickly. The only thing about all the poshness of the bus was that i wasnt served by a pretty hostess i was served but a large man with a shaven head who did not smile once. Not sure what ha...

So Arrived in Foz Do iguaçu first thing in the morning. I had to wait in the bus station and watch wierd japenese shows till the internet cafe opened. Once it did i went and found a hostel to go to, grabbed a taxi and went there. It was really wet day. Later there was a proper thunder storm. I spent all day really just in side watching films ect. As its winter here is off season for the tourists/travellers so because of ths all the hostel are very quiet, this...

So on tuesday we (matt, some american dude from the bus station and i) got a bus from Rio to ilha grande. Perfect day for travelling as the rain started again. We were meant to get a normal hostel transfer but two sweedish girls had so much luggage there was no room for us. The bus took us to a town where we got a taxi to the dock. On arrival we got shouted at alot and the next minute we were on some fishing boat with a pile of other people. Took a hour ...