The last time I wrote I mentioned that Brazil was my favourite country on the travels so far, well we may have a new leader and I have a feeling this wont be the last time I update the list. Argentina has been amazing! The country basically has everything, great food, amazing cities, majestic landscapes, beautiful girls and everything is ridiculously cheap. We were told before we arrived of $5 steak well those guys were way off the mark as we found quality $3 steak. Gotta love a little economic recession. Well enough humping of the proverbial Argentinean leg and more of what I´ve actually been up to.

We crossed the border from Brazil and were greeted by the amazing Iguaçu falls which was a pretty good introduction to the place it has to be said. I was a little apprehensive about our first overland border crossing with Russian borders still relatively fresh in my memory but stampy stampy occurs alot faster in south america for some reason (take note for the Pan Am) and after 5 minutes we breezed through with the shocked looks and dropped jaws still plastered on our faces.

From the falls we took a bus which was the most luxurious method of transport I have ever taken, (not entirely sure whether that says more about me or not) but you can trust me it was impressive, think first class airline service and your about there, with fully reclinable seats, big steak meal and of course champagne whilst you watch your God awful movie. Anyway we arrive in Buenos Aires (B.A) which had be built up be pretty much every traveller I had met claiming it to be THE city in south america, some claim considering the company it keeps, but they weren't far off and I think had it not been for Carnival in Rio it may have a contender. One highlight has to be during a Boca Juniors game where at half time they showed highlights of Maradona, (not the best thing for an english football fan to see) but they continued to chant his name constantly for 30 minutes into the game. He still is a God for these people you see his face and virtually everything out here. After chilling out, eating ourselves silly and watching the Argentinean girls go by we headed down to Patagonia. Felt a little weird buying winter clothes in BA in 30 degree weather, but it was definitely worth it.

Visited the San Moreno Glacier which was stunning. Its the most active glacier in the world (or so we were told) and breaks at least once every half hour and is cracking almost constantly which sounds like gunfire or when they use explosives to clear snow in the mountains. Anyway I was impressed. From there we crossed over another border into Chile where we went to the Torres Del Payne national park to camp for a few days.


This is where I realised how ridiculously unfit I was but it was fun non the less, especially the way we camp, full on pasta meals, ipod playing the background and of course in Chile, a nice bottle of wine. Since then I have been heading back up north with my eyes on Bolivia and the salt flats in the south east which are supposed to be spectacular. Unfortunately that has meant I´ve spent less time in some really nice towns and cities like Barriloche and Mendoza than I would have liked but its all in the name of progress (or maybe photos) Im currently near the border and should be there tomorrow but needed a little rest after two 19 hour bus rides back to back just 2 days after a 30 hour one.
So thats it, if I survive Bolivia there maybe another story to tell, but until then.

P.S. I had the most frightening incident of my whole trip in south america so far which should give you some indication of the place. I had, my haircut. At least the haircut lady found my miming and spanglish hilarious.