Travel blogs are not only an interesting read, they are useful to research places & equipment for anyone planning a trip. I regularly read a number of blogs, and as there is not much going on with my own tour at the moment, I thought it might be a good idea to post some links [...]

Day 236 – Saturday 13th May 2006 Arriving at 9.00am in Mancora (north of Peru) about 18 hours after leaving Lima, it was clear it was going to be a hot day! I jumped into a golf cart taxi and told my caddy to take me to a hotel. He drove me down the main [...]

Day 172 – Friday 10th March 2006 The huge distances between points of interest in Argentina means a lot of time is spent on buses going from town to town. That is unless you want to fly, which works out a tad too expensive. So with the Oasis concert in mind I set out from [...]

Days 169, 170 & 171 – Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th March 2006 I wanted to do some hiking in the area but the weather took a turn for the worse. Not having a lot of waterproof gear I decided to put back the day I started from Tuesday to Wednesday. That left [...]

Day 168 – Monday 6th March 2006 Although I was a little tired from the previous evenings activities I wanted to do something a little active, however I didn’t really have a clue exactly what. In the end I caught a bus out to the Hotel Llao Llao on the Circuito Chico and walked some [...]

Day 166 – Saturday 4th March 2006 I thought it would be a good idea to hire a bike for the day in order to see some more of the countryside surrounding Bariloche. My intention was to cycle the 65km Circuito Chico, leaving from town and heading out along Lago Nahuel Huapi and towards the [...]

Day 165 – Friday 3rd March 2006 No rest for the wicked. It was up early to catch a bus to Bariloche, supposedly the tourism capital of Patagonia and one of the most visited towns in Argentina. As both a summer and a winter resort Bariloche lies between lake Nahuel Huapi to the north and [...]