Helen & Kirsten

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Helen was famous for:

- leading the Conga at the famous El Chalten party
- slipping on the Gray Glacier boat (ouch ... that hurt between the legs!)

Kirsten was famous for:

- Quotes like "Patience is a virgin" and "Don´t spill the peas"
- taking lots of photos and videos

Rio hotel room

Carneval on the streets

On the road

Sharing a room in Bertioga

Chinese laundry in Bonito

Walking through knee-deep water to see the wildlife of the Pantanal

Lots of wildlife on truck safari

Iguazú Falls on the Argentinian side and boat ride under the falls

Our room in Asunción

Helen is throwing the sandwiches into the rubbish

Helen in a post office in BA - no space on the post cards to write!

Balloon fight on the truck

On top of Ushuaia

Leaving Ushuaia

Hiking to Laguna Verde

St. Patrick's Day party - Truck dance

Hike to the Three Torres

Walking on Moreno Glacier

Lunch at a wasp nest

Hiking Villarica volcano

Preparing the Easter costumes

Easter party - Pucon will never be the same!

Prue's speech about everyone on the trip

Spanish lessons and Valle de la Luna

Lots of balloons for Helen on the truck

Los Baños are playing for Helen 'Cumpleaños feliz!'

Blind Date

Trucks going wild

Visiting the Uros on their reed islands

Basic meal and football game

Our hotel in Cusco

On top of Dead Womans Pass - waiting and celebrating

Machu Picchu

Flying over the Nasca lines

Relaxing at the pool

Bike ride with lots of action

Climbing waterfalls and getting really drenched

Denise´s birthday party

Visiting an Indian village

Toga party games

Our mini-suite in Quito

Our Mondriaan cabin

Turtles on Black Beach.

On the summit of Bartholomé Island (about 350m above sea level)

Seymore walk

Standing in the water full of sharks

Sugarloaf video

Corcovado video

At the waterfall and on the boat

Great lunch and rest after the snorkeling

Bumpy drive through swampland

Fun afternoon with Chicitita

Kirsten´s birthday party

Samba night performances

Asunción video

McDonalds on the truck on the way to BA

Posh dinner in BA

Crossing Magallan Straight

Hike in Ushuaia National Park

Camping in Torres del Paine National Park

Sunset and Helen cooking Irish stew

Fantastic Grey Glacier tour

Snowball fight

Camping at Los Alerces NP

Rivers of Babylon truck dance

Great rafting trip in Pucon

Dressing up for the Easter party

Lunch at the famous Hacienda del Linguas vineyard

Saying goodbye

Going up to the Bolivian Border

Handing out balloons to the locals

Helen´s birthday cake

Funny poem for Helen

Helen´s excellent mining tour video

Helen teaching Quechua

Great evening with lots of dances

Breakfast at KM 82 and Wayllabamba camp

Fantastic camp site on Day 3

Hail and Helen´s commentary about the road block

Quick stop at the Maria Reiche watchtower

Hilarious salsa lessons

Swimming at the lagoon

View from our Shangri-La cabin

Muddy jungle walk

Ode to Prue

Final 'Beautiful Day' and champagne on the truck

Thanks Prue and Darrell for the fantastic trip!

Getting ready for the snorkel trip

Giant turtles on Santa Cruz Island

Rescuing our baby turtle Lucky

The Pelikano

Walk on Santa Cruz and large land iguana