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Sorry it’s been so long since my last blog, am sure everyone is waiting in anticipation for the next exciting instalment! We have been in South America for about 5 weeks now and having incredible time! Sen and I were really sad to leave New Zealand and team consumption, especially the Great Danes (missing you both loads!!!), not so bothered about Simon and old WHJ (for those of you who don’t know WHJ stands for Wandering hands Jackson - I feel Phil’s new nickname needs no more explanation than that!) since they were following us to Chile a few days later. Really liked Santiago we hadn’t heard great things about it and so were surprised by how much we loved it, may have had something to do with all the amazing food which after all the pies in NZ was a nice change.

Caipirinhas, Cariocas and fio dental!!

Lozy
2006-08-21 10:51:43

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to Bariloche in a few weeks to hit the slopes! After 4 days there it was another 22 hour bus journey to Buenos Aires where we stayed in Millhouse (spiritual home of the 2 big J´s!!) and it certainly lived up to its reputation. We did all the tourist stuff in the first few days, visiting Boca and Evita´s tomb but Max refused along with everyone else I asked to get a tango lesson with me (have however been learning to samba which more than makes up for my tango disappointment!) Met a couple of amazing Irish girls in our dorm, Carol and Babs! Missing you both loads hope it’s good being home! And along with them and Phil, Simon, Steve (if that is his real name) and some people with very large foreheads...we had some amazing nights out!
Clubbing in BA basically involves getting so hammered that you fail to notice the terrible techno music and sleazy Argentinean men not to mention WHJ himself!! And getting back to the hostel about 9am just in time for breakfast! However our last night in BA I didn’t last quite as long, started drinking in the hostel and remember being worried that Max was getting too drunk and that maybe she wouldn’t make it out, but oh how the tables turned!!! Apparently I lasted all of 3 minutes in the club before I had to leave
as was feeling slightly unwell and poor Maxers had to take me home, not before I almost had us both arrested!! (I know it was you who spiked my drink Steve!!!) Won’t go into detail so as to worry Eunice!!

The next day we had to get up insanely early to get the boat to Uruguay, neither of us were on the best form that morning, I spent most of the time in the toilets and Maxers thought she lost her passport even although it was actually in her hand!! We both loved Uruguay such a beautiful county and such friendly people. First stop was Colonia, which is one of the most beautiful places I have been, then we headed ...