hello!! well i arrived in lima sin problema and checked into my hostel which was nice but rather quiet but the guy that ran it was so lovely and helpful too. So i stayed in miraflores a nice area of lima as the centre can be a bit dodgy! So the next day i met up with fior (girl i met in NZ) and she took me around some of the areas and then took me for lunch at a peruvian place called Punta Sal where i tried Ceviche (fish slightly cooked in lemon with onion) ...

Last stop in argentina - sob!!So got here bright and early on friday after the night bus and after some much needed sleep I headed into town then in the afternoon I did a wine tour of 2 wineries and 1 live oil factory. In every place we learnt about the making of their products and got a sample of some of it. In the first winery the wine they gave us, 1 sample of red and one of white were disgusting! In the olive oil factory we got to try some olives and some oil...

the date says 8th but thats a mistake it was 01/05/06 Hola de salta! Ok well we arrived in salta kinda late so it was a mutual decision that ice cream was on the menu for dinner!! Dulce de leche and coconut - yummy!! So the next day we wandered around town looking at the different monuments, the main plaza, and searched for a tour for the following day. One thing we did notice about this town was the amount of pregnant women - we swear there was an epidemic - du...

Cordoba!!! Well again didn't really do much in this city as again just a city but it was fun to walk around and see all the jesuit influence in the area - especially when i found a vegetarian buffet - man I was in seventh heaven!! So I met a brit again called kate and we hung out and went for some dinner in a really funky restaurant recommended to us - had pizza and it was delicious!Next day we went on a tour to discover the surrounding sierras. Stopped off at di...

So arrived in tucuman after the 22hr bus journey. I met a couple of girls from my bus (sarah and nicola) so got a taxi with them and they ended up staying in the same hostel which was cool. So after dumping our stuff we headed out to eat before collapsing into bed!!Next day we had a look around the city at the market area, the plaza and some places of interest recommended in our guide. Got a bite to eat in a really nice italian place called il postino - I had som...