Our bucket list of places to see and things to experience was built back in our cosy home in Leicestershire. With Sarah in the dining room and me in the lounge, we both got to work plotting where we each wanted to go on our year of travelling. The plan was to join up as many of the dots as possible between the the two 'wishlists'. The Salt Flats in Bolivia was easy, it was on both of our lists. So know sacrifices or discussions were needed. On reflection, we think we were h

Our time (for now) in Chile ended in Santiago. We spent 4 nights in the capital and honestly didn't know what to expect. We hadn't heard good nor bad of the City, so we entered it with open eyes. Being located on a fault line makes Chile the most seismically active country in the World. Santiago is a fantastic geographical example of this. The City is located on a plain and surrounded by mountains, providing a truly spectacular setting. Arriving from the airport, we recommend

Our 5 hour coach journey took us to into Chile (technically for the 2nd time on our trip but the first was spent in an immigration office). More specifically into the town of Puerto Natales, a small holding set in the Patagonian Andes. We stayed for 6nts (some for rest after our whistle stop tour of El Calafate and El Chalten). Our host, Diego, from Last Hope Hostel could not do enough for us and made our stay, one of the most comfortable yet! On our first day, as has come cu

Our 15 hour coach journey from Ushuaia took us across the Magellan Strait where we were treated to seeing a pod of dolphins and also via Rio Gallegos, a town Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid held up a bank in. We eventually arrived in El Calafate, we were knackered, arriving at our hostel at 1.30am. Now being honest, we hadn’t even heard of El Chalten before we set off on our travels, but based on the advice of alot of people, we needed to go. So we squeezed it into our eve

2 years ago, if you had asked me where Ushuaia was, I would have said it was a pool party in Ibiza, such was my lack of knowledge and experience. If you were to ask me now, I would describe it as a playground for adventurers at the tip of world! We had read up on visiting Ushuaia and many blogs had suggested 2-3 days, no more. Personally, I would recommend a week minimum. We don't think you can fully appreciate the place in a short space of time. In fact, it should be visited