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Day 7/8 - Montevideo
Day 7 / 8
Valentine's Day started with a romantic stroll along the promenade with Kirsty & Matt... and a Dutch girl who was kind enough to show us a few city sights as she'd previously lived in Montevideo for 6 months. 26 degrees and not a cloud in the sky - very agreeable!
There is a fantastic meat market at the port (Mercado del …
A trip to the beach
After a week in Buenos Aires it seemed necessary to find some sea and sand, so a ferry ticket was purchased and a trip to Montevideo in Uruguay commenced. While thinking about what to write about our little excursion I suddenly remembered something that a man much wiser than myself once told me; 'why write down today what was already written …
Aerial view of the falls
I awoke for another steamy day in Iguazu, to be massively disappointed when there was no water for toilets or showers. My skin felt like it was suffocating. After complaining the hostel they refunded some money, which went a long way towards paying for some of my costly cabs today.
With a plane to catch, I was told I wouldn't have enough …
Montevideo
The late night left me hung-over and in need of a sleepin. Mid morning I set off to wonder around Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. It is quite a small, compact city, which not a lot of major attractions. Like a lot of cities in South America, the shopping sections seem to be conveniently categorised. All the watch shops are clustered together, …
Fondo fondo fondo fondo.......
Ah sleepy Uruguay. It was a welcome break after the bustle that even quiet season Buenos Aires manages to muster. Apparently the Montevideanos go to the Uruguayan beach resorts in the summer too so the city was super tranquilo. The people we did meet though were relaxed but more talkative than Argentineans.
It wasn´t sleepy when we arrived …