It seems that since we got to Buenos Aires we struggle to get up before around lunch time. I suppose it isn’t such a bad thing – the weather isn’t great at this time of year, and the Argentinians tend to be a lot busier in the evenings/night. For example, last night we were in the bar until around 3am, and it was still completely packed; you certainly don’t realise quite how late it is.

This morning saw the earliest start in a while, with us taking advantage of not having gone out the night before in order to see some more of the sights. Our first stop was the obelisk which stands prominently in the middle of Avenue 9th July.

Today was my first full day in the Argentinian capital, and it turned out to be a rather slow one. After a terrible night's sleep due to a very loud snorer in the hostel, Jonty and I awoke to find there was a power cut in the entire building. Realising there was no reason to hang around, we made our way to our hostel for the next couple of nights in an area called Florida.

It’s now over a week since I arrived in Santiago (with Easter Island in between of course), and today I finally made it on the walking tour of the city. Unfortunately, the weather decided it wasn’t going to cooperate, so we had to stick it out in the drizzle and overcast skies (reminiscent of a miserable autumn day back home).

After nearly 10 days apart, we were finally reunited today! Marc arrived at the hostel around lunch time after a flight down from Calama in northern Chile. It was great to finally talk English to an English person after the time travelling on my own.

Today was my last full day on Easter Island, and I had a choice between two self-guide tours. The first visited the Rano kau volcano and birdman festival village of Orongo, and the second visited the Moais on the island's interior and the topknot quarry.

*Edit 14/08/12: I later found out that Tristan Da Cunha is in fact the most isolated permanently inhabited place in the world.*