Hola! After another cheap, lovely night in Hostel Casaltura we left Santiago and Chile. Both sad to leave but we will be back for our last night before flying home in April, argh!!! Arrived in Bogota after a 5 hr flight to a downpour, we were expecting that though as Bogota is high (about 2600m) so often wet and always cold. Our hostel was a bit of a shock to begin with as there was no heating and only shared bathrooms, but all were very clean and they gave yo...

Ok so after our unscheduled extra days stay on Easter island, the city of Valperasio (our last proper stop in Chile) was next up. So what's it like. Well first impressions at the bus terminal weren't great, but arriving late at night in a lot of places can be a little unnerving. Getting a cab that looked like it could barely make it five yards let alone tackle the many steep hills of 'Valpo' didn't help either, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. The amount of gra...

So, we had a night in Santiago after our stunning journey across the Andes. Stayed in a lovely, cheap hostel - big old renovated colonial style house called Casaltura. Massive room at the back so pretty quiet too. We were up super early to head out to Easter Island, to say I was excited about going there is an understatement! After a five hour flight out over the Pacific, we landed to be greeted with flower necklaces before being taken to our hotel (transfer of ...

Greetings!!! So I believe Becky filled you in up to us arriving at our lovely hotel in Mendoza. Now we've both enjoyed the small individual places that we've stayed in until now, but when you are in a city, the rules change. A big city calls for a proper hotel and the Modern Hotel is one such place. The young Beckster has outdone herself once again. The Modern is a splendid abode for us to lay our hats and at a mighty fine price to boot. Marvellous!! Right onto...

Well, the hostel was cool and people were nice. G had to listen to someone throwing up on Sat night but apart from that, everyone behaved themselves and they made pancakes for brekkie! Bariloche itself is bigger than the other towns we have seen in the lake district and not pretty but there is loads to do around it and we had perfect sunshine. We took a tour to see Tronador, an area famous for its black glacier and glacial waterfalls - see photos. The black gla...