Best Western Pedro Figari Montevideo

... an ice cold shower. Which wouldn't have been bad, if it hadn't been sixty degrees out...All in all, however, totally worth it for the experience.

Anyways, our first day in Uruguay we hopped another bus for about two hours to Punta del Este, which is this really touristy city located on a little tiny strip of land located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Rio de Plata (think the equivalent of Door County, Wisconsin). It is one of ...

... micro curry and another jacket potato, got to make the most of it! And prepared to head back into Argentina the following morning.

We had intended to go to Rio in Brazil next but have decided against it, partly because I am getting the hang of Spanish a bit now ( I emphasize a bit), Ang speaks Spanish well so neither of us particularly want to learn Portuguese. Rio is about 1000 miles up the coast so though it sounds awesome it is too much of an effort but we ...

Since we began planning this trip, we have received mixed reports on Montevideo from people who have visited the city. Most of the reports were negative, but a few people were quite enthusiastic about the city. After 2 nights and 1 day, our opinon (or at least mine) is that the reports were right - there are both negatives and positives.

Most of the city is quite run down and not attractive at all. Like many ...

Well, today I spent most of the day sh*tting through the eye of a needle, with the odd toilet pebble-dashing! It wasn't a pretty sight! My appetite has gone as well, so things don't look good. Spent the whole morning in bed watching the footy - convenient or what? We arranged to meet Celina, who I used to work with, at 2pm. She will be pleased to see me covered in my own pooh! It ...

... was about 3.30pm by the time I got to the top of the road near the funfair we'd been to so I thought it a bit let to be trekking across town on a bus so headed back to the hotel. When I got to the hotel I asked reception for an adaptor as I had bought some hair clippers in Oz but they had an Australian plug on them. Luckily the guy managed to get me one so I gave myself a number one all over, saves finding a hair dressers every two weeks. When Ismael ...

... s bus terminal in the morning, and shopped around for a bus to take us to Colonia tomorrow and a ferry from there to Buenos Aires...

Uruguay is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in South America, sandwiched in between Argentina and Brazil. Like its larger neighbours, the country has a rich history in fútbol and was the first to win the World Cup. The ...

... I arrived in Montevideo with no idea of where I was staying and needing to work out how I was going to get back to Cordoba before Friday night. I checked around some of the busses and there were none that were leaving on Thursday night that weren´t already full. I gave up and thought I´d head into town and try an information centre and book into a hostel before it got too late. I took a taxi to the Municipal Palace as my Lonely Planet recommended a hostel nearby. Red Hostel ...

... be worth all the itching!! Not really sure it was worth the effort we decided to walk around the edge of the island following a very basic map we were given as we left the boat. We very quickly found ourselves up to our ankles in mud. We spent about an hour sliding all over the place trying to slap all exposed areas of skin trying to stop the mosquitoes from landing. However, judging by the number of bites we weren´t ...

Evan told me earlier today that Quilmes Beer has a very low alcohol content. That would probably explain the near perfect state in which we awoke on New Years morning. Or maybe we are just superhuman. Either way, we were clearheaded enough to make a very split second decision to buy tickets for an afternoon Ferry to Montevideo. Since we had a few hours to kill, we were happy to receive Neil and Kate who were nearby and wanted to bring us breakfast. Sure...why not ...

... terrasses de restos et cafes sont desertes, les rares muses fermes ou serieusement delabres. Le soir, les restos sont peu remplis quand ils ne sont pas fermes et on a pas vu de bars ni de jeunes. Bref, l oppose total de Buenos Aires. Je pense d ailleurs que c est cette derniere qui attire toute l activite que pourrait avoir Montevideo. Ne le dites surtout pas a un Uruguayien, ils detestent les porteños (habitant de Buenos Aires). En deux ...