We heart Buenos Aires

Ok where to start...

12 days in BA, Christmas and New Year included. In summary lots of steak, lots of wine, lots of people equals lots of fun.

No stranger to being away from home at Christmas (this was our third time) we had decided some time ago to hire an apartment with friends in the trendy part of BA, Palermo, rather than stay in a hostel. We had planned to share the apartment with Neil but ended up picking a lot more people along the way including Kat and Kate from Cafayate, Anne from Colca Canyon and one of Neil's friend's Shaz.

Iguazu Falls

After muchos wine drinking in Cafayate we headed up to Iguazu via a short stopover in Tucaman.

We had wanted to see the falls since we planned our trip as we hold such good memories of our visit to Victoria Falls in Zambia during our honeymoon. We weren´t disappointed.

Unfortunately the journey there was far from relaxing. What we expected would be an 18 hour bus journey - standard - turned into 27 hours as our bus broke down and kicked us to the curb (literally) for three hours.

When we arrived at our hostel, in sweltering heat, we did what any normal human being would do and jumped straight in the pool.

Wine wine glorious wine

Ok so we arrived safe in Cafayate, wine country, known for its Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon and white blend Torrontes.

On our first night we met up with two girls, Kate from the UK and Kat from Germany for dinner (they had been on our bus and we got chatting) and then proceeded to spend most of the next few days with them (and a whole host of waifs and stray animals) checking out the numerous bodegas and wineries in the area.

Salta

Ok so I´ll admit it has been a long time since our last post. Shall I blame it on our ipad adaptor breaking and not being able to upload photos - partly; is it down to not staying in hostels over the last two weeks and therefore not having access to a computer - probably; or is it maybe because we have been lazy and enjoying ourselves a bit too much - definately.

So where to start on updating you all. First off happy new year - we hope you all had a great holiday period. We are now in Puerto Madryn, an area in Patagonia on the coast where, very weirdly, the Weslh settled way back when. There are lots of tours to Weslh named towns and villages where you can enjoy Welsh Tea (I have no idea what this is even after living in the country for three years) and Welsh Cakes. All very surreal.