Oh no! It is the last day in Buenos Aires and the last in South America. Until next time.

In between shopping for leather jackets and top notch malbec, we have compiled a best of and worst of list for our 7 month trip. Enjoy!

Accommodation
Best hotels

Dora, Buenos Aires
Link

Everest, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro
Link

Royal Inka, Cusco, Peru
Link

Best self-catering places

Ayen Quen, Bariloche, Argentina
http://www.interpatagonia.com/ayenquen/

BYT Argentina Apartments, Buenos Aires
http://www.bytargentina.com/

Rio Flat rentals, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://www.rioflatrentals.com.br/

Barra Summer Flats, Salvador de Bahia
Av. Princesa Isabel, 526 - Barra Avenida - Cep: 40144-000
Fone: (71) 264-0152 / 0259 - Fax: (71) 264-4250
E-mail: barra.sumer@ig.com.br

Best Hostals

Marani, Cusco, Peru
http://www.hostalmarani.com/

Cheapest hostel

Residencial J'os, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
http://patagonia.hospedata.com/pag/show_hotel.php?id_hosp=02931

Worst Hotel Room

Atlantis Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
http://www.hotel-rates.com/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/hotel-atlantis-copacabana.html

Biggest Rip Off

Rupa Wasi Eco Lodge, Aguas Calientes, Peru
http://www.andeantravelweb.com/Peru/hotels/machupicchu/rupa_wasi_ecolodge.html

Transport

Best bus

Andes Mar, Argentina
http://www.andesmar.com.ar/shop/default.asp

Most interesting bus journeys

Salta to Jujuy and up to the Bolivian border
https://jomynard.tripod.com/salta/index.album?i=18

Through Bolivia

Most boring bus journey

Through the desert scrub of Patagonia

Best train journey

Through Bolivia

Best view from a plane

Landing and taking off in Tierra del Fuego

Best boat trip

The Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego
https://jomynard.tripod.com/tierradelfuego/index.album?i=10

Worst boat trip

From Buenos Aires to Montevideo (Uruguay) on Buquebus
http://www.buquebus.com/argentina/fr_horariotarifas.html

Food

Best breakfast

Posada del Fin Del Mundo, Ushuaia, Argentina
http://www.posadafindelmundo.com.ar

Poder Andino in the Andes (pancakes, granola...)

Best coffee

VIP Mall, Ipanema, Rio

Best tea

Gaiman, Argentina

Best wine

Malbec, Argentina

Best juice stands

Rio

Weirdest food we tried

Guinea pig, Peru

Heart kebabs, Peru

Skewered chicken hearts, Brazil

Dulce de leche, Argentina

Mate, Argentina

Millejas and chinchulines, Argentina

Giant pop corn, Bolivia

Fruit in Brazil - custard apple, acai, umbo, and cashew fruit

Weather

When we were stickiest

Amazon rain forest
https://jomynard.tripod.com/jungle/

When we were coldest

Bariloche, Argentina
https://jomynard.tripod.com/bariloche/

Chiloe, Chile
https://jomynard.tripod.com/chiloe/

When we were hottest

Salta, Argentina
https://jomynard.tripod.com/salta/

Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

Wettest

Amazon Rain Forest walking through the jungle to see budgies (OK, macaws then)

Montevideo, Uruguay
https://jomynard.tripod.com/montevideo/

Driest

The road to Cafayate near salta, Argentina
https://jomynard.tripod.com/salta/index.album?i=13

Best storm

Night three in the Amazon rain forest

Windiest

Bariloche, Argentina

Rio Gallegos, Argentina

General

Wackiest national dress

Bowler hats in Bolivia

Hats like pin cushions in Peru

Hooped skirts in Bahia

Worst smells

Favela in Rio

Bahia around carnival time

Latrine - day three of the Inca Trail

Best beach

Ipanema, Rio

Best heritage towns

Cusco, Peru

Paraty, Brazil

Pelorinho, Bahia, Brazil

Best markets

San Telmo, Buenos Aires

Praca XV on Saturdays in Rio

Cusco food market (ask David to tell you his rat story)

Best Museums

Artes Decorativos, Buenos Aires

High Altitude Archeological museum, Salta, Argentina

Best Mall

Patio Bullrich, Buenos Aires

Best Cemetery

Recoleta, Buenos Aires
https://jomynard.tripod.com/buenosaires/index.album?i=17

Welsh Cemetery in Trelew
https://jomynard.tripod.com/valdes/index.album?i=30

Best wildlife

Penguins - Punta Tombo, Argentina
https://jomynard.tripod.com/valdes/index.album?i=15

Best sunset

Seen from the top of the Sugar Loaf in Rio

Best Sunrise

In the Andes. 4th and final day of the Inca trail and our first glimpse of Machu Picchu.

3 signature tunes

The girl from Ipanema

Vertigo by U2

Somewhere only we know by Keene