Another chance to relax in Vina del Mar and Valparaiso! I decided to take a longer break this time to fully relax after all my travelling. Also my da…

After Torres del Paine Rebecca and I went back to vina to rest for a few days. Rebecca is heading out on a tour on Saturday so she decided to return …

Torres Del Paine national park is stunning, it was great to get to see it at a different time of year. Now there is much less snow and flowers are st…

In Natales we stayed in a hostel called Casa Lilli at my friends recommendation. It was good value at only $5,000 CLP a night. It also has really fri…

Im back in the South!! I cant believe it really that Im back after 5 months away, I really did miss it. Although I had forgotten how powerful the win…

I am now travelling with a friend from the UK which is a nice change. Was beginning to become hard work always being by myself. My friend is only j…

So happy to be at home even though it is only for a week before I meet my friend in Santiago. Feel much safer now and good chance to relax after my…

Ok my last day in Ecuador was pretty hiddeous. I had planned to have a leisurely day relaxing the day before my flight to Santiago. Bu…

I really enjoyed my stay in Baños. its just as commercialised as Moñtanita but somehow still has a bit of a vibe to the place. I didnt really do …

Cuenca is a beautiful city towards the south of Ecuador. Unfortunitely though the whole town seems to shut down on Sundays. All musuems and majority …

The journey along the coast from Manta to Montanita is stunning. The bus takes about 3 hours and drives past alot of beautiful fishing towns. Montani…

Staying in Manta overnight wasn´t on the plan but once I arrived here from Quito (the bus took 8 hours), it was too late to get onto Montañita. The…

Crossing the border from Colombia to Ecuador was much easier than my journey 3 weeks ago. I got the first collectivo from Pasto to Ipiales which is…

The journey to Pasto was long and very tiring. There was a couple I met in San Agustin travelling the same way so we took the journey together.From S…

San Agustin is my last stop in Colombia. Ill be very sad to leave this country as I found it truely lives up to its advertising slogan...´Your a…

Bogota was not at all as I expected, I initially thought the town would be grubby and a dirty capital. I was completely wrong though and visual…

Tayrona National Park is absolutely stunning. I had hoped to catch a boat from Taganga but unfortunately my cash card wouldnt work in the town so I…

Taganga is a small fishing village that is also part of the city Santa Marta. I used it as a stop of place so that I could go visit Tayrona National …

Ive now broken up from my traveling group as they wanted to spend a few more days hanging out in Medellin and I wanted to get moving.I took a bus all…

We decided to arrive to Medellin a night earlier than planned as there wasn´t anywhere between Salento and here that we planned to stay. On the fi…

The coffee region wasn't on my agenda but I changed my plans after I found some people to travel with in Cali. Im very glad that I decided to go as…

As soon as I arrived in Cali I headed straight for my hostel by taxi. I stayed in Hostel Pelican Larry http://www.pelicanlarrycali.com/ which wa…

I left Quito very early to get to the border as its approx a 5-6hr bus ride. I didn´t want to bother with local buses so early in the morning so g…

When I woke up in the morning I found my dorm room in the Hostel Trail was empty, so I quickly decided that I would spend the morning here then hea…

I took a flight from Santiago up to Ecuador as I plan to see Peru in November and didnt fancy taking such a long bus route! My first impression of …

The journey from Mendoza over to Chile is really spectacular, even more so because at the moment its winter so the ski resorts are open. The bus is…

I really loved my stay in Mendoza. I spent day one just wondering round the town and the park General San Martin. The town itself it so much ric…

There are two buses a day from Cafayate to Tucuman, at 6am or 6pm. The bus takes 6 hours so I decided to go on the early morning one. I then could ta…

There are several buses a day that run from Salta to Cafayate. I took a bus that left at 11am from Salta, the journey is about 3 and a half hours so …

Once the train pulled into Yacuiba I took a taxi to the boarder crossing as it was pretty confusing town. It was worth it as the taxi ride was at lea…

As this is my second visit to Salta I didn't really do alot while I was there. I instead spent a fair amount of time shopping as Im soon to return to…

I decided to return back to Santa Cruz in time for the train ride to Yacuiba on the Argentina border. Trains leave every Tuesday and Thurday at 15.30…

Samaipata is paradise in Bolivia. The senery in the region is absolutely stunning. I stayed in a small but comfortable hostel there called Andorina…

I decided not to spend any time in Santa Cruz as there wasn´t much that I want to see. I arrived in the morning from Cochabamba and took a microbus …

Cochabamba was an interesting place to go and visit. It was much larger than I expected it to be, even though the centre is compact. There is a limi…

Our last day in La Paz was pretty short. We arrived mid afternoon as my brother needed to sort out things for the next day. He´s doing the Huayna Po…

Copacabana is a strange small town but I kind of liked it. We arrived mid afternoon so spent the rest of the day looking around. There is an interes…

Our second visit to La Paz was for two nights. We stayed again in the annex of Adventure Brew. Saturday night was a night that we had been waiting f…

Cycling the "Worlds most dangerous road" from La Paz to Coroico has been one of my travel wishes since the beginning of my trip. There are hundreds o…

Arriving in La Paz for the first time is an experience itself! The city is huge. We took an overnight bus from Sucre so the first sight of La Paz is …

Sucre was a really nice town to hang out in. Its the first place in Bolivia where we started to see a mix of the traditional Boliva and a new modern …

Potosi is famous because of its mining activity, especially silver which used to be found here in abundance. There are numerous tours set up now whic…

Uyuni is gringo town! We only stayed one night here after our tour dropped us off. I feel ill on the tour with fever so we literally bunked down as s…

There are so many options for doing a tour of the Salar de Uyuni. We chose to go from Tupiza as this is the nearest town to the border with Argentina…

Humahuaca was a slight disappoint after the beautiful Tilcara. The town was really windy and with all the sand this made it very difficult to walk ar…

Tilcara is a stunning village in the area of Quebrada de Humahuaca. The reason you visit this area is solely for the landscape. We didn´t go and s…

Anyone who goes to Salta will tell you how beautiful it is. It has a really nice atmosphere in the town and the landscape surrounding the area is spe…

Cordoba is very different to the other large cities Ive visited in Argentina. It feels slightly second fiddle to BA but still has a lot of interestin…

I really loved my stay in Rosario. In the town there isnt an awful lot of tourist attractions but it has a good feel to it. There´s always families …

I decided to take a few days and visit Paraguay. People on my travels have told me so far not to bother with it, but then none of them have actually …

Encarnation was really different to Cuidad del Este. Calm, relaxing and warming, even though I was just about the only tourist there. I stayed in a …

As I had already pasted through Foz do Iguacu on my way up to the Pantanal I knew I didnt want to stay in the centre. Instead I booked into the hoste…

This is another place that wasnt on my agenda, but during my stay in the Pantanal a number of other travellers told me they were heading to Bonito. I…

The Pantanal wasnt on my agenda when I first set out to Iguacu falls a week ago but somehow I found myself here with the promise of seeing an abundan…

I took a bus back to Colonia and then one of the fast ferries from there to Buenos Aires. The bus station and port in Colonia are next to each other …

Iguazu falls was one of my top destinations when I first started planning my south america trip so I was excited to finally arrive here. I stayed in…

I took an early bus from Colonia over to Montevideo from the bus station. Buses go really regularly with a few companies so there was no trouble with…

I took the slow ferry over to Colonia which takes 3 hours to save a bit of cash. It costs just under $100 AR for a single journey there with the comp…

I made it to Buenos Aires! This was one of my first destinations I listed before leaving for my travels so was very excited to get here. I spent mos…

If you have the time I would 100% recommend going to visit Puerto Madryn. The town doesnt have much to offer in terms of tourists, but it has a good …

San Carlos de Bariloche is well known as one of the top ski resorts in Argentina. Unfortunitely when we got there the snow hadnt arrived yet! However…

To get to El Calafate from Ushuaia I decided to take the bus, you can fly quickly and directly but this was a bit out of my price range. The buses th…

I stayed in Ushuaia for four days which is more than enough time there to see the main highlights. The four most recommended activities are.. 1. Tak…

In Punta Arenas I stayed with a friend so I have little advice on what to do in terms of tourism and hostels there. Punta Arenas was a stop of p…

I have spent the last month in Torres Del Paine working as a volunteer within the national park with Agrupación Medio Ambiental, AMA for short. It i…

  I stayed in Puerto Natales for 4 days which is a lot more than most travellers spend there. The reason why not is there isn’t an awful …

My first solo trip was taking the Navimag ferry from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales. It’s a four day (three night) trip on a ferry boat for touri…

I decided to take the Navimag boat from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales. In order that I could see some of the coast line of Chile rather than fly and…

Beautiful small hotel based right on the lake front. Rooms are fairly basic but have a lovely feel to them. Most importantly feels very clean. …

Hotel has nothing to shout about apart from the fact its very close to city centre. Rooms were large but didnt feel very clean. Mini bars make awful…

I have decided to write a travel blog of my travels around South America. I have never written a blog before so not sure exactly how it will go. &nbs…