Cordoba... the place where I kissed a nun. She kissed me first. The second largest city in Argentina, and close to the Sierra Nevadas, Cordoba is a big university city with stunning examples of gothic and modern architecture, plus its the birthplace of revolutionary Che Guevara. Arriving early doors on the overnight bus from Mendoza we were very happy to be greeted by hot sunshine and blue skies. Turns out our (really nice) hostel is well and truly on the grin...

Gaucho in the Andes. In search of adventure, we headed up, up, up way into the Andes, the car shuddering over rocks as the roads turned to dust. Arriving at a ramshackle (but spotlessly clean) house perched high on the hill we were greeted by our hosts for the day - Gaucho Daniel and his wife Marissa (plus their 5 adorable kids). Gauchos are essentially farmers, working the land and tending to their animals (all the while looking very cool on horseback). Our ...

Wine country Mendoza is one of my favourite places from the whole trip.. I could spend weeks here. The town is gorgeous; wide tree-lined avenues and lots of plazas (designed that way after the whole town had to be rebuilt following a devastating earthquake some years ago), pretty architecture and a simple-to-navigate grid system. I'm a big fan of grid systems, it saves time wandering around getting lost... Arriving in style (cama suite, no less - the buses in...

I'm back in Argentina.. and I have a new travel buddy. Scott's here! He brought Marmite. Leaving Florianopolis and Brazil behind meant saying ciao for now to Lynne, who I've been travelling with for the past 6 weeks... going to be very strange not hearing her Scottish lilt every day! Safe travels Lynne, see you for festival. One bus a day from Florianopolis to Buenos Aires - a well-trodden route, how hard could it be? OK, so 25 hours on a bus wouldn't be pleas...

I have definitely found the Gringo Trail... Florianopolis is swarming with backpackers - the most English people I've met since I started travelling are lying beside me on the beach! It's lovely here, very laid-back with a stunning coastline, lush jungle, long beaches with dramatic waves... but it does feel a tiny bit like Spain just because it is so definitely ON the beaten track. No KFC thankfully, but there is an English pub around the corner - The Black Swa...