San Pedro De Atacama, Chile

Mar 18, 2011

The overnight bus was not too bad actually, but with about 70km to go, we had to get off the bus for half an hour while they refuelled... we got to San Pedro at about 9am, it is a really small, dusty desert town, and the hostel was pretty much a little shack, but it was cool! That day us and the Irish couple went on a valley of the moon tour, it was some pretty stunning scenery, lots of rocks, salt flats, and desert. We had only booked one n...

Santiago, Chile

Mar 18, 2011

Santiago was great, the hostel we were staying in was probably one of the best hostels we have ever stayed in. It was full of really nice people and it was really clean. We had it recommended to us by one of the girls from Chile who we met in Uruguay. There isnt a great deal to do here, but the city itself is really nice. While we were there we did a free walking tour which showed us all of the historical buildings, and explained a lot abo...

Mendoza, Argentina

Mar 18, 2011

We took another overnight bus from Cordoba to Mendoza and got there pretty early in the morning. Unfortunately when we left the bus, I left my ipod on the seat, when I realised and went back to get it it was gone! Suppose that was my own fault really, still a pain though! We took a taxi to our hostel and couldnt check in until 2 so we just had a walk around. The city itself is ok, nothing special really. We had some drinks with some peopl...

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mar 2, 2011

We took the boat from Uruguay to Buenos Aires, it was good, only took an hour and they do all the immigration stuff before you get on which meant there was no hassle at the other side. We had booked a hostel online, but thought it was located somewhere else... so it meant we were a little bit out of the city centre, but the metro is so easy and cheap (1.10 AR pesos = 18p) for one journey, so we used it a lot, there was a station 2 minutes fro...

Montevideo, Uruguay

Feb 21, 2011

We both enjoyed Montevideo, very nice, clean city. Its really strange though because everything closes at 7pm! So there isnt much to do in the evening unless you go hunting for it. We were initially going to stay for 3 nights but decided just to stay two. Once you have wandered around the city there is not much else. We did go to the mercado which had an amazing grill, Jack got a steak and I got Salmon, it was good but expensive! The bui...