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Tag: South America

  • All Good Things…

    All Good Things…

    This is it. This right here is my final blog post for South America. After a year of travelling throughout this continent, and not even able to see the entirety of it in that time, I bid farewell to my Latin American friends and prepare for my long flight back home. And in truth, Sydney…

  • Salento: Home to Colombian Coffee and Why I Don’t Want to Leave

    Salento: Home to Colombian Coffee and Why I Don’t Want to Leave

    I had foolishly decided not to write down the address of the hostel I had booked,thinking it was a small enough town to walk around for a while and eventuallystumble upon. However I arrived a little later than expected and it gets darkhere early, so I had arrived in the dark and began walking around…

  • Cali: Oh the Humidity!

    Cali: Oh the Humidity!

    Stepping out into Cali weather was like a flash back to Sydney on a bad day; the same mix of heat and humidity that leaves you sweating after a 10 minute walk. Outside the airport I caught a taxi into the city. The airport is a fair distance out oftown and they print you out…

  • Bogota: Welcoming me back to Latin America

    Bogota: Welcoming me back to Latin America

    The foolish plan was to sleep on the 6.5 hour flight to Bogota. I made sense at the time, but in practise it never works like that. I think I may have dosed off forabout an hour or two, so I was awfully tired when I arrived in Bogota airport.After clearing passport control and customs,…

  • Buenos Aires: Part 2 – Food and People

    Buenos Aires: Part 2 – Food and People

    One of the most important features of a good hostel is a good common area. If you can sit around in a great space and meet random people it becomes a fascinating and enjoyable time. For me, the two and a half weeks in Buenos Aires flew by because of the people I’ve meet in…

  • Buenos Aires: Part 1 – There is Tango in the Air!

    Buenos Aires: Part 1 – There is Tango in the Air!

    The last time I booked a hostel online through the HostelWorld website was all the way back in Ecuador, and that was only for Quito and Otovalo. Ever since then I’ve just been winging it and hoping for the best, and on the odd occasion I’ve been left to wander the streets for a couple…

  • Rosario: Beautiful City, Shame About the Mozzies

    Rosario: Beautiful City, Shame About the Mozzies

    With the bus so late I didn’t arrive in Rosario until 7pm. I hate arriving at night as I’d been burnt previously walking around and trying to find a hostel with nodaylight and in need of food. When you’re going from hostel to hostel in themorning it isn’t so much of a problem as you…

  • Heading South and Loving the Sun

    Heading South and Loving the Sun

    Posadas: Staying for the Heat and Chilled Cheap Cheap Beer. The bus ride to Posadas was the first single story bus I’ve been on since Bolivia. It was kind of a shock actually, after 3+ months of nothing but 2 story buses it’s anodd experience getting on a normal bus again. The most obvious different…

  • Towards the Iguazu Falls

    Towards the Iguazu Falls

    Resistencia: There be Motorbikes Here! After the heat of Salta I was looking forward in continuing this weather trend. While it was an experience to witness and feel 0 degree temperature in Calafate, I’m very much an Aussie and lose strength and vitality when absent from the sun for too long. Arriving in Resistencia the…

  • Salta: The Sun Returns!

    Salta: The Sun Returns!

    Northern Argentina continues to surprise and delight. Getting off the bus in Salta I was greeted with something I’d not come across for some time – hawkers at theterminal flapping on about their hostels. I don’t actually mind this, as it’san easy way of find out how much a place will cost without the wasted…