Tucuman, Argentina?

Sometimes you really feel like you've drifted into a different dimension in transit. So it was with my day in Tucuman. The only reason I went there was to break up the trip from Mendoza to Salta (though it was...

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Getting on the Horse

We're actually galloping...at what seems like a hundred miles an hour down the canyon, the horses' hooves are throwing up dust, I'm desperately trying to simultaneously grip with my knees, keep my feet in the spurs, and maintain my balance....

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Seven Years in Mendoza

Two hours of sleep wasn't a great prelude to my "Alta Montaña" tour, but with 85 Chilean tourism students determined to party in the hostel patio every single night, it was a case of if you can't ignore them, join...

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Che, Boludo!

The crossing of the Andes from Santiago was spectacular, as the road serpentined up right through the middle of the chunky granite peaks. I thought of San Martin crossing the Andes, and the journalist hero and heroine of Isabel Allende's...

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Bio

I'm from New Zealand and have taken a year off work to explore South America and immerse myself in its people and places. I've been here six months and, after lots of adventures, have wound up based in Arequipa, Peru....

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