by Hayley | Feb 8, 2014 | Blog posts, South America
Arriving in Bariloche was like arriving in a Swiss ski village. There was a beautiful lake, snowy mountains and lots of wind. Most importantly, we had finally made it to PATAGONIA!! It was postcard perfect, made even better by the fact that every second shop...
by Hayley | Feb 1, 2014 | Blog posts, South America
Our first taste of Argentina was Mendoza…and wine. This region is famous for it, producing 70% of all Argentina’s wine from more than 1000 vineyards. I planned to sample as much as I could!Before we sent off on any wine tours we had a little activity to...
by Hayley | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog posts, South America
After leavinvg the relative comfort of Santiago we hit Valparaiso on the coast. We realised we were going to have to peel back the layers to discover the real city.Originally it was one of the most important cities in South America as it’s deep water harbour was...
by Hayley | Jan 25, 2014 | Blog posts, South America
It has been a long time since I have been in a city that I really loved. They are usually big, impersonal and busy. Santiago is nothing like this! It really seems to be a city for the people.You could barely tell that there are around 6 million people living here....
by Hayley | Jan 16, 2014 | Blog posts, South America
Mum arrived in early January and wanted to visit Machu Picchu….since she was in the area.But first that meant coming back to Peru from La Paz. Here’s a photographic representation of that travel time…. I started off with a walking tour of La...
