Crossed the border into Chile and spent 1 night in Punta Arenas followed by 5 nights camping in Torres del Paine in Southern Patagonia. (And yes, I did say 5 nights camping, as in, in a tent!). It was actually great fun and I didn't have any princess moments. The main reason for coming here was for people to do the W trek which is a 40-odd mile trek over 3/4 days. Not really my cup of tea and actually only 7 people ended up doing the whole thing while the rest of...

We went to the national park today. It was raining which was disappointing but everyone was in good spirits. We did the end of the world train up a hill which is the train the prisoners used to take (this area used to be a penal colony). The station at the top was called Macarena so there may be some embarrassing photos around of myself and Steve doing the Macarena dance under the sign. Well, until some random old lady asked us to move out of the way so she could...

Thursday morning I had a bit of a panic. I hadn't slept at all well anyway as I had to get up at 3.30am. The lady in my hotel had told me I couldn't pre-book a taxi but as there's always someone on reception all night, they could call one for me. I got down to reception at 4am and there was nobody there and it was pitch dark. Decided I would just have to go out onto the street and try and find one lurking around (at this point I was wondering how far I was going ...

On Wednesday (3rd March) we got an hour-long ferry across the border into Argentina and hit Buenos Aires! Buenos Aires - I fell in love with it within 5 minutes - as everyone who's been there said I would. What an amazing, eclectic, vibrant city. Even after a couple of days, I know it's somewhere I could live. It's got a very familiar feel to it with wide boulevards, brand names you recognise and a friendly hustle and bustle - it's like a mixture of London, NY...

On Tuesday we caught the bus to Colonia del Sacramento where we stayed in a beautiful little posada. It's a tiny cobbled colonial town and a UNESCO world heritage site. It was very quaint with an old (not working) lighthouse in the central square and lots of old cars dotted around. We just had a potter then made our way home before heading out to a lovely dinner where I had the biggest tuna steak I've ever seen! I really enjoyed Uruguay, even though we were ...