We’ve managed to book our first batch of accomodation. We’re concentrating first on those areas which are known to book our early during summer. We came to a decision today and booked a hostel in Barriloche via HostelWorld.com. We’ve not really found any other online hostel booking site which has as good coverage of South … [Read More »]

We’ve now got all our flights booked. Since we have been able to confirm the dates of our two boat trips, the rest of the itinerary has been finalised, and I’ve been able to book our flights while in South America. I ended up booking directly through LAN – they let me book all four flights at … [Read More »]

Spent Sunday in town again, shopping for more travel gear. Still trying on shoes – that’s our first priority so we can get some and start wearing them in. We need waterproof boots for some parts of the trip we are planning (glaciers!), so that limits our choice a little … but most of the … [Read More »]

After a lot of research and thought, I’ve started putting orders in for some of the gear we are buying for our trip. Not all of it is just for this trip – we’re just using this as an excuse to buy stuff we’ve been wanting for a while. It will get a lot of use … [Read More »]

I’ve had trouble for a couple of years finding comfortable underpants. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been buying Holeproof Underdaks Hipsters – they were the only underpants that were comfortable enough for me. I have many pairs of other brands sitting in my drawer that I’ve bought over the years to try … [Read More »]