South America 20090Harrogate, United Kingdom26-MAR-2009 12:45:40Planning and setting up TripTracker...0Finchley, United Kingdom05-MAY-2009 12:51:01Collected Visas for Venezuela, had our last English meal for a while, and a couple of pints of Guiness!0São Paulo, Brazil06-MAY-2009 06:00:15Transfer to Buenos Aires at Sao Paulo International Airport0Buenos Aires, Argentina10-MAY-2009 15:15:58Truly brilliant place, awesome nightlife, great food and loads to see and do! Walked the whole city, had sensational Morcilla and Steaks!0Mendoza, Argentina11-MAY-2009 21:12:10Amazing wines and met some great people! Not to mention Faye nearly dying on a mountain!
We tamed a 50m cliff by abseiling down it, then relaxed in natural hotsprings...0Salta, Argentina21-MAY-2009 19:04:08Quite possible the prettiest town in the world...
After an interesting 28 hour bus journey, which involved 4 different coaches, the best night sky I´ve ever seen, and an inbred garage beast, we arrived in Salta, great setting, the pictures don´t do it justice!0La Quiaca, Argentina23-MAY-2009 08:00:05From Argentina to Bolivia, Salta to La Quiaca then Villazon, the border crossing...0Villazón, Bolivia23-MAY-2009 14:20:09Our first taste of Bolivia, only stayed for a few hours, waiting for the train, after the bus we bought tickets for, mysteriously didn´t actually exist!0Tupiza, Bolivia23-MAY-2009 17:00:16Tupiza, just what I´d imagined the "Wild West" to be like.0Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia25-MAY-2009 14:00:29Absolutely incredible journey between Tupiza and Uyuni!0Uyuni, Bolivia28-MAY-2009 14:00:51Nothing special, but it was a means to an end, cold and flooded Hotel, enough said...0Potosí, Bolivia29-MAY-2009 14:30:04The Colonial mining town of Potosi, there for one simple reason, to go down a mine. However, it was more than I bargained for, llama sacrifice and explosions... Luckily for Faye she didn´t do it, cramped and dusty tunnels were the norm!
Also the best hot chocolate in the world , bar none.0La Paz, Bolivia01-JUN-2009 05:00:23Bolivian time keeping meant that we arrived 3 hours early, then had the lovely task of finding a hostel at 5am. But when we did it was lovely, Arthy the owner was a gem. We still moved out after two nights though...
La Paz is an insane city, Faye´s hand was pinched by a well dressed businessman, I had "travellers squits" and cycled the "Worlds Most Dangerous Road." Unbelievable! If that wasn´t enough we watched Bolivia lose to Venezuela, terrible game...0Copacabana, Bolivia07-JUN-2009 18:00:47On the coast of Lago Titicaca, the "Highest freshwater lake in the world", or so they say... Just another Bolivian superlative! Great views though...0Cusco, Peru13-JUN-2009 17:00:56Wonderful place, however it became insignificant after our visit to Machu Picchu...0Lima, Peru19-JUN-2009 16:00:11"For One Night Only"... All that we needed, overcast, but pleasant, just! Food was ok too!0Guayaquil, Ecuador21-JUN-2009 19:00:02Not a bad city, but nothing special, the Malecon 2000, or main shopping promenade was good though... Also good ice cream!0Montañita, Ecuador23-JUN-2009 12:00:27A cheaky bit of beach-time! Well earned after a long few days bus travel! Great atmosphere and beach, also went whale watching which was awesome!0Quito, Ecuador28-JUN-2009 13:00:56What a setting, cool city, had no trouble, despite its reputation! Good night out to in what is known as "Gringolandia", or the New City, great cocktails and good cheap beer!0Tulcán, Ecuador01-JUL-2009 15:00:39Another day, another border...0Ipiales, Colombia01-JUL-2009 16:00:40The nearest significant town to the border, actually not too bad, really relaxed and good atmosphere... First taste of Colombia was definitely a good one!0Popayán, Colombia02-JUL-2009 21:00:4600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000