Cool Trips America - North and South

Our Travels and Adventures in South America

We haven't reached South America yet and won't get to our first destination, Santiago in Chile, until we've spent some time in the Cook Islands. But, Rob's been to Chile before and to Easter Island, so we've included some details of his first trips. Once we reach South America we hope to spend time in Chile, recent earthquake damage notwithstanding, and then move on to Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Colombia. It'll all depend on flights and money, but we're hoping to see some great stuff. Rob loved Chile the first time round.

Cool Trips South America

Our Cool Trip to Lima and Peru

Finally, a Peru update … Our first day in Lima was spent mostly flying and sleeping. The hostel we stayed in was adequate, if noisy and a little...

Rio de Janeiro – Corcovada, Copacabana and Ipanema

A bit of a disappointment on the organisation front as in reality we only had two whole days in Rio de Janeiro with the other two being wasted...

Just left Brazil on Route to Peru

Hi all, just a quick update on where we are as we haven’t been able to do much online since we left Santiago in Chile. For the past few weeks we’ve...

Back to Buenos Aires …

After what was a really great trip to Iguazu Falls we arrived back in Buenos Aires around 10pm and went straight to our hotel. It was nice to...

Our Fantastic Trip to Iguazu Falls

We had a busy morning in Buenos Aires, rushing around the city trying to get organised for our trip to Iguazu Falls. It wasn’t your usual...

Uruguay – Montevideo and Colonia

We got a taxi to the Buenos Aires docks and got the Colonia Express, a fast catamaran to take us across the bay to Colonia in Uruguay. The taxi driver...

Buenos Aires, Hola Desde Argentina

We left Santiago feeling good and having had a fantastic time there. After a bit of confusion about which flight we were on and if we were even...

Last Day in Santiago and the stunning Cathedral de Santiago

On our last day in Chile we took ourselves on a walking tour of Santiago using a map we got from a tour company (the red bus one that is in London,...

Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar, Chile

We took a tour to Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar. On the way we went through the biggest tunnel in South America and into the valley of Casablanca...

Saint Lucia and Santiago, Chile

One bumpy 11 hour flight later and we landed in Santiago, Chile. The time difference between Santiago and New Zealand is around 17 hours and...

Santiago Chile – Our Cool Trip to South America Begins

Buenos Dias … We left the Cook Islands on the 22nd March and returned to Auckland for two days before catching our flight to Santiago in Chile. We’d...

A Cool Trip to Easter Island

Rob took a trip to Easter Island a couple of years ago, to see the Moai Men and drink in the history. Just a few quick pics. Great place, the Moai Men...

Cool Trips Chile and Santiago

A few photos of Robs first trip to Chile in South America. Loved Santiago, loved the Andes and loved the people. Looking forward to getting back there...

Our Travels and Adventures in North America

Again, we haven't got to North America yet, but Kirstie has been and has family in a few states. We'll be getting to Florida first and hoping to take a cruise round the Caribbean Islands and the Gulf of Mexico before heading West for San Francisco, California. Hoping to spend some time in Yosemite before moving on to Oregon. It'll all come down to our dwindling funds by then, so fingers crossed.