This is the first trip that i've ever bothered to bring a mobile phone. However, i've since discovered that South America does not have any International roaming agreements with Europe. Which obviously means that my mobile phone is useless in its primary function - however, it does make a useful alarm clock and calendar (always a silver lining eh!)

Apologies if anyone has been waiting for a response to any text messages - I simply can't get them. Once again it all comes down to good old email :-)