2minionsontour backpacking escapades: Money, Money, Money….

How does the ABBA song go? ‘Must be funny. In a rich man’s world.’ Well it’s definitely funny in South America. When coming on the trip, we obviously knew we’d have to get used to handling lots of different currencies as we traveled around 17 different countries. What we didn’t really account for is how

Bolivia

Up to the highest height That’s an understatement. Being between 3,000m and 5,200m above sea level for most of our stay in Bolivia we experienced some of the most magnificent landscapes so far on our trip. From the rock formations of Tupiza, to the views from the hills of Sucre, to seeing La Paz from

Mendoza to Humahuaca, Argentina

Farewell Argentina (for now) After Chile, we were looking forward to our return to Argentina. Partly because it meant returning to cheaper living (which will continue for some time now as we work our way north), and partly because we loved Argentina so much the first time round and were excited to explore some more.

2minionsontour backpacking escapades: Sleeping beauties

Well, some of the time so it seems. Before this trip we probably didn’t realize how precious a good night’s sleep was.  We generally got the 8 hours recommended per night (more or less). Since we started the trip, we’ve often been lucky to get 3-4 hours. Thankfully there’s been times when we’ve not been

Chile

Country stats Population: 17.57m Area: 756.096 km2 Elevation: Between 0m (Pacific Ocean) to 6.893 (Atacama Region) Average temperature: 30-35C A 3rd minion makes the trip If we had to describe our experience of Chile in one word, for us it would be – expensive. Not by European standards, but compared to the cost of Brazil

Patagonia & The Lake District, Argentina

“The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.” (Albert Einstein) If Buenos Aires was the city that stole our hearts, Patagonia and the Lake District were the landscapes that stole out heart. We didn’t even scratch the surface (so much more

Buenos Aires, Argentina

City stats Population: 2.89m Area: 4758 km2 Elevation: 25m Average temperature: 24C The city that stole (a part of) our heart We arrived in Buenos Aires (Bs. As./ BA/ Baires), having decided to skip Paraguay this time round; partly because we wanted to get into Spanish lessons ASAP, partly because we weren’t sure Paraguay would be

2minionsontour backpacking escapades: Home sweet home

We can hardly believe it’s 12 weeks now since we started our trip – it’s gone so quickly! By far the longest either of us have travelled. Given this milestone, we wanted to talk in this post about how we’re finding being away from home. Albeit we love our home and the lives we have

Uruguay

Country statsPopulation: 3.5mArea: 176.215 km2Elevation: 0mAverage temperature: 20C (ish, although Punta del Este was coooold) Best laid plans often go awry Our plans for Uruguay changed a bit compared to what we were originally had. For a start, we missed Salto in the North as we skipped Paraguay (choosing instead to fly from Foz do

São Paulo & Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

City stats São Paulo Population: 12.2m Area: 1.521 km2 Elevation: 780m Average temperature: 24C City stats Foz do Iguaçu Population: 263.508 Area: 618 km2 Elevation: 164m Average temperature: 30C From one jungle to the next One a concrete jungle, the other an actual jungle (or Atlantic forest we were told); our final two stops in