I arrived here in Villa La Angostura to find a very quaint little town full of wooden chalet type houses. Its quiet at this time of year becuase its halfway between summer and winter. Having said that, it is the best time of year to visit because the sun lights up the colourful mountains without being so hot that you can't breathe! Whilst waiting for the bus here I checked my finances to discover that they are running perilously low! Its quite annoying th...

Life is good right now. Having spent 13 hours on an overnight bus from Mar del Plata to Neuquen, I had an early morning decision to make. Do I stay in Neuquen or head straight to Bariloche? I acted on the advice given to me by a friendly Argentinian guy who lives in Neuquen. He advised me to head straight to Bariloche as there is apparently not much to do in his city. Besides, I only went to Neuquen because I heard that STA are paying commission for anyone w...

After a very reasonable five and a half hour coach journey through the remarkably flat region of Buenos Aires (Its like Kent but with more cows and less cabbages), I arrived in the city of Mar del Plata. Mardel, as the holidaying Porteños call it, is the Bournemouth of Argentina although it is more like Brighton with sandy beaches and huge skyscrapers. A population of 500,000 ensures a lively atmosphere but for the duration of my stay it was raining so not m...

Having spent a week in Uruguay, myself and the two remaining Danich boys decided to head back to Buenos Aires for a few days. We approached the city late at night on the slower three hour ferry from Colonia del Sacramento. Having negotaited the beaurocracy that is south american immigration (i.e. have you got all those bits of paper we gave you when you entered the country 3 weeks ago?) we arrived at the port of Buenos Aires where we were greeted by a beautiful...

Buenos Aires is without doubt the best city I have ever been to. It is European in style but everything is very cheap. There is so much to write about my two weeks here that I will split it into sections. 1. A typical 24 hours in Buenos Aires... Wake up at 4pm, take a shower and hang around drinking Quilmes (beer) until around 11pm. Then have brunchinner at a local restaurant. After this, head to a club around 3am (Get there before this and you wil...