so South America is awesome. 4 months that could've easily been 6+, but my sister got engaged (to a guy who used to work with me, whom she met when she came to visit me in Toulouse, who woulda thunk it?) and i had to go back.Florianopolis, BrazilMontevideo, Cabo Polonio, and Punta del Diablo, UruguayBuenos Aires, El Calafate, El Chalten, and Mendoza, ArgentinaPuerto Natales/Torres del Paine national park, Santiago, Valparaiso, and San Pedro de Atacama, ChileUyuni salt flats and La Paz, BoliviaCusco/Machu Picchu, Lima, and Huaraz, PeruBogota, San Gil, Santa Marta/Taganga/Tayrona national park, Cartagena, Medellin, and Salento, ColombiaIguazu falls on both the Argentinean and Brazilian sideshighlights include riding a bicycle down the death road near La Paz, the jaw-droppingly beautiful 6-day hike through the Torres del Paine national park in Chilean Patagonia, and taking Ayahuasca twice. the latter, guys, read up on it if you haven't already, it's incredible.i'm back in Lisbon now, loving it, but will go to London in September for a 2-week intensive wine course, trying to change careers from this Finance crap to the wine and spirits industry, let's see how it goes.