Misfits, Missionaries and Herbal Tea
Paraguay is a fascinating country. Compared to other places in South America there’s not a lot to see in terms of amazing or famous sites – scenery or architecture – but there are some hidden […]
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The Supermarket of South America
We’ve picked up a bad habit of crossing borders by taxi. Well, we’ve done it twice now. I know it’s a bit decadent and kind of cheating but it’s so much easier. Especially with the […]
Wildlife and Waterfalls in Iguazu
It’s been a bit of hard travelling to get from the bottom of Uruguay to the top of Argentina – part exhilaration, part tedium and part comedy of errors. There were some painfully long bus […]
Montevideo – Take 2
Back in Montevideo, Uruguay, I’m trying to get my head around this intriguing city. We were going to stay in the amazing but unsettling Palacio Salvo again but (much to my relief) it was unavailable. […]
Land of Ice and Snow
The thing that strikes me most about Antarctica is the vast emptiness. It is endless thousands of miles of nothing but ice and snow. There are no trees just the occasional simple lichen or moss […]
Antarctica
Now this is an adventure. We get on our ship, the ‘Ushuaia’, from (surprise) Ushuaia, right at the bottom tip of Argentina. As we are sailing out of the Beagle Channel towards Antarctica, we see […]
Torres del Paine
Standing on the street in icy sleet before I’m properly awake isn’t the best way to start the day. We were waiting for the bus to the Torres del Paine National Park at ridiculous o’clock, […]
In Patagonia, Chile
Patagonia is a huge and mysterious area of wilderness that stretches across both southern Chile and Argentina, bisected by the Andes mountains running down the middle and forming the border. It covers over a million […]
Adventurous Hermit 