Call it luck or destiny, I'll say it's a blessing in disguise that our stay in El Bolson coincided with the annual artesian beer festival. The small Patagonian city has a reputation of being a 'hippy town' and people from Bariloche don't seem to sound about their neigh...

We weren't going to stop in Bariloche and head straight to the hippy town of El Bolson but when we realised that stop was mandatory we told ourselves: why bloody not? 

We booked a night at the green house hostel and extended it for two more upon arrival. 

From the bus to...

We've been recommended this place by many, many Chileans. Some of them calling it the best place to see in the whole country. We haven't been all the way down so I can't confirm this yet! It was indeed a really nice town though. It looked like a european sky resort. Th...

Chiloe is an island located south of Puerto Montt so about 16 hours bus journey from the capital city, Santiago. The small island has three main towns: Ancud, Castro and Quellon. The atmosphere here is very laid back and one of the main activities is penguin watching....

This is not a popular touristic destination but I thought I'd mention it on the blog as we had such a lovely time in Los Andes. Located just an hour north from Santiago, we stayed in a farm with one of Liz's friends. It was a very local experience and in two days we tr...

Valparaiso is a must see city in Chile. Most travellers we've met actually preferred it to Santiago. I'm not gonna agree with this, as I think the two cities have got a lot of different things to offer. 

Valparaiso is a UNESCO protected site. What makes the Chilean metr...

So after five weeks traveling around Sri Lanka, Melbourne and Fiji we finally made it to our main destination, actually the purpose of this big trip, South America. 

First thing we noticed was that our spanish was pretty rusty to say the least. 

We landed in Santiago on...

Oh Fiji you really really grew on me! 

We arrived in Fiji after spending 5 days at an Australian festival and we were, to say the least, absolutely exhausted. 

Thankfully we got a warm welcome from the Fijians who shouted 'BULA' (hello) at us as we walked past the arriva...