Lo, Vic's hungry, so this will be a quick one. We're in Valparaíso de Chile after a few days in Mendoza, Argentina and Xmas in Santiago. First thing, arrived in Mendoza and within a few minutes got robbed. Standing on a street corner looking for a bus, someone distracted Vic while someone else took a bag and ran off (I was off hunting taxis). Fortunately, a man ran after said thief and got the bag back. He also ran off before we could offer him some kind o...

Lo, Today we find ourselves yet again killing time (this time 14 hours) until our bus leaves for Mendoza at midnight. This time round we're in Córdoba, Argentina. The train from Uyuni down to the Argentinian border was a bit rubbish in the end. The seats were a bit uncomfortable and terrible music was played very loudly at us while we tried to sleep (we paid a fair bit extra for 'Executive' class, which I think entitled us to said music and very little els...

Lo all, Quick one this time, crappy connection means we only have a few minutes left on the hour. First thing, photo's not us - with the crappy connection comes the inability to upload our photos, so that's some other random people. We're in Uyuni in southern Bolivia following a few days in Chile and a tour of the Salar de Uyuni and surrounding stuffs. We lost a few days in Iquique, Chile due to illness, which meant we unfortunately had to skip the paragliding...

Yo all, We've been a bit busy over the last few weeks and completely neglected this whole thing. We're now in the Bolivian capital of La Paz following many adventures through canyons, lakes and rainforests. Next after Cuzco was Arequipa on a bloody freezing overnight bus. Not much happened there, we went on a tour to Colca Canyon, the second deepest canyon in the world, which was mildly interesting. We saw llamas and alpacas and vicuñas (oh my!), but no c...

Morning all, Today is our last day in Cuzco after a bloody knackering Inca Trail. We moved to our fancy hotel after the last entry and found that the shower had no hot water. Not a great start for a place that cost double what we were paying in the previous hostel. We met the tour group that evening: Three Brits from the Lake District, two German guys, an American couple and a Canadian fella. Vic later realised she'd left her diary in the last hotel. It's now i...