Day 250 – Saturday 27th May 2006 Waking up with enforced freshness (due to no alcohol sales) I made my way to the beach. That took me all of ten seconds as I walked out of my hotel, down 5 steps and there I was. Then it was straight into the water to cool off.

Day 238 – Monday 15th May 2006 I rose early again with the intention of catching a bus to Quito. Leaving the hostel at about half eight I took a taxi to the bus station where I immediately boarded a bus operated by one of the supposed better transport companies in Ecuador.

Days 210 & 211 – Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th April 2006 I got up early to watch Spurs and Man Utd, but wish I hadn’t bothered. Afterwards got to take the piss out of the Swedes who had left the following day but had to return as they had no money and there were [...]

Days 205 to 207 – Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th April 2006 As we had celebrated Robin’s 21st the night before (albeit in his absence as he was sleeping of the effects of the top shelf) it was a fairly slow start to the day. Once we had acquired some breakfast and woken up our [...]

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 74 – Friday 2nd December 2005 I woke up unable to walk. My legs had stiffened up and I was hobbling like an old man as I walked towards the lakeside restaurants to get breakfast. I was unsure what to do with my day, and the way I saw it I had two options. [...]

Days 59 & 60 – 17th November & 18th November 2005 I woke up on Thursday with the intention of sitting on the beach all day, then using the internet during the early part of the evening before catching an overnight bus to Chetumal, through Belize to Flores in Guatemala. The plan began well, I [...]