Author: Rex and Sally

We’re not in Kansas anymore!

We’re not in Kansas anymore!

We leave Salta and make the short 158km run north to the quirky and charming village of Purmamarca. We start the day in cool rain and fog as we ascend the hills via some...

Salsa in Salta

Salsa in Salta

Ok so not exactly the Salsa but a high energy blend of Salsa, Flamenco and Tango all performed at volume eleven accompanied by a four piece Latin American country rock?? band…I guess that’s what...

Bonito

Bonito

Bonito is the Portuguese word for beautiful. It is also the name of a small town in the edge of the Pantanal region of Brasil, except it isn’t…beautiful that is. In fact it is...

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Brasil is a country of over 200,000,000 people in a land area about two thirds that of Australia. All those people need to be fed so agriculture is a huge industry. As we leave...

Meltdown in the Tropics.

Meltdown in the Tropics.

When travelling in new parts of the world it is probably appropriate to lower ones’ expectations and thus avoid disappointment. It is fair to say that many parts of South America have been struggling...

Buenos Aires!

Buenos Aires is ridiculously large. Some 16 million people live in the greater metropolitan area. It is also a ridiculously long way from Ushuaia. When we last reported in we were in the town...

A Yank, A Pom and an Aussie Walk Into a Bar.

If the weather last night looked awful then it is downright diabolical today. We leave Ushuaia, finally heading north after 4,600km of southward travel, in pouring rain and freezing temperatures. As we climb the...

The End of the World

Southward, ever southward the road beckons. From Torres Del Paine we leave the mountains again and return to the endless treeless steppe. Sheep, guanacos and the occasional rhea are our only companions. The road...