woohoo.....well the falls were AMAZING!! Well worth the trip up here that's for sure! Well I arrived in Iguazu and got to my hostel which was rather empty - luckily I met a british couple who asked if I wanted to go to the falls with them the following day so that saved me doing it alone! Went out for some food that night 14pesos for a 3 course meal can't go wrong with that!!Next day got up tres early and left for the bus station. Bus didn't take too long and bef...

well.......spent the last weekend visiting lorena in uruguay and seeing the local area too. My boat from buneos aires wasnt too bad then i had a bus to get me to montevideo so i pretty much slept the whole way. In montevideo met up with lorena at the bus station - was so nice to see her again then we headed to her flat to drop all my stuff. In the arvo i was shown around the whole old town area, bositos, puerto antiguo and got a real feel for the city. I also tri...

Hola de Buenos Aires!!So I know some of you have seen the film evita (which is hated here as it's a load of crap!!) but anyway that's not the point I'm getting at - so anyway there is a song in it where Madonna sings "hello, buenos aires..........." and carries on the song like that. So to begin with everytime someone said Buenos Aires I couldn't help but break into song (not the best way to make friends I know) but just couldn't help it! Thankfully, I'...

Hola de Santiago! Well I won't carry on in spanish as not all can understand! So im finally in my last continent before home! I arrived here on the 11th and man what a long day that was as went back 16hrs so I arrived in santiago before I'd even left auckland - confusing or what!!So when I arrived I grabbed a shuttle bus with some people from my flight to the hostel called Hostel Bellavista. So after a hot shower - well it was semi hot - I went exploring with two...

Ok well im at my cousins house at the mo and have about an hour til i get my shuttle to the airport to fly to south america - really looking forward to going there but gonna miss NZ so much especially all the family members i have got to know here!! Sob sob!! So on sat my cousin, diane, picked me up and we headed north to orewa picking up my 2nd cousin Carolann on the way (i did meet carolann when she was 2 as used to live in brighton!) So we headed up to orewa...