As soon as we arrived in Buenos Aires we had the feeling again of being somewhere entirely different, a big city which felt more familiar to home with parts resembling London, Birmingham and Madrid. We checked into Milhouse hostel, a place that Brendan (an Irish friend we met horse riding in Mendoza) had recommended to us as 'the' party hostel of Buenos Aires. We could see why when we got there, it was full of young travellers and the hostel itself was covered in...

From the first people we spoke to in Mendoza we had a really good impression of the place, everyone was so helpful and friendly and the hostel was particularly impressive. So much so that it was booked up for the following days so after one night we had to move to the sister hostel, Independencia (which was just as welcoming). We had a free introduction to wine tasting when we arrived - so we could be experts on our wine tour the next day! The city is much more d...

We arrived at the border crossing at Villazon at 5am, extremely cold! The process of crossing the border was easy but waiting around was painful. When we did cross at about 8am (Argentina is an hour ahead) the bus terminal on the other side was just a 15 minute walk. With no Argentinian Pesos and no snacks, the following 8 hour bus journey to Salta was incredibly slow (although the bus considerably nicer than the one we had just been on). Being tired and hungry ...

We arrived in Sucre at 4am with no hostel booked - luckily one of the b&bs we had written down let us in (after a while of knocking and waiting). We shared a taxi with a couple from England, John and Becky, who we had met previously at the salt flats. The Santa Celia was a beautiful family run b&b with extremely helpful and friendly owners. We got a really good first impression of Sucre, with blue skies and sun which was amazing after 3 days of minus tem...

We arrived in Uyuni at 7 in the morning, extremely cold (the windows were frosted over) and having had very little sleep as the ride was really bumpy. Our office was closed when we first arrived - 2 breakfasts later we finally found our guide and set off about 10.30. The tour was carried out in a land rover, we were with 4 Bolivian lads (3 with excellent english) which was cool as they taught us a lot about the local culture, foods to try (and where to try it) a...