Hello we are back from our two day road trip. We left Mendoza a few days ago and caught the bus down to Barlioche which is a beautiful little town nestled in the mountains which reminds us strongly of the ski towns of Whistler and Banff. It?s also very famous for it?s chocolate and they have shops everywhere, it?s absolute heaven but I haven?t gone too mad, yet!!...................we?d met a Kiwi couple a few days before and had arranged to meet them here so we c...

Hey gringoes!!We moved to Mendoza now which is much more my kind of place. The sun is shining, although not enough to go sunbathing, can just about manage a t-shirt but it`s better than wearing everything I own!! Mendoza is in the middle of a desert (a bit like vegas) and only is here due to the irrigation system all over the town which allows lots of trees and grass to grow. If you go outside the city it`s just desert for half the year and ski slopes for the oth...

Hello.......................after another epic bus journey we are now in Cordoba, not really sure what it?s famous for but there are a lot of universitys here (5 in total) and obviously lots of students and therefore bars!! Had a chilled out day yesterday and met up with one of the Dutch girls we met in the Pantanal, Krystal. Had dinner with her then headed back to the hostel where most people were having the BBQ. Had a few drinks and this then of course turned i...

Hello all, Well we survived our week in Buenos Aires altough I think we spent most of our time drinking, no change there then!! Now in Montivedeo in Uruguay, it's a very small city with only 1.5 million people here and there isn't that much to do. Yesterday we, when we got here, we went out for a walk down to the port and found the famous BBQ grills. They cook every meat you could imagine and some vegitarian stuff but of course it was the meat everyone came fo...

We?re now in Buenos Aires and are going to put our feet up for a week and relax.............spent the first few days looking around, enjoying the cafes and restaurants and watching some Tango in the local square. Also managed to do some shopping as it?s really cheap here and of course there is eating steak. It`s about 5 pounds for the best steak and it?s absolutley enormous, I haven`t been able to finish one yet but of course steve has managed to eat his and the ...