Hispano Montevideo

... very different.Go for a one-day tour to Montevideo and take an original tour across Rio de La Plata on board a luxurious classic motorboat. Enjoy the city’s interesting history, modern architecture and rich cultural. During this day you will enjoy sightseeing the most important and beautiful tourist attractions of the city. The tour also includes a visit to the most important ...

... fairness to Montevideo we saw very little of it since there was no tour and we only walked around the few blocks in our hotel. All in all I think I got my fill of Uruguay and I don't have a need to go back. <br><br>I should mention that the title to this entry is sort of an inside joke we really didn't hate Uruguay and we thought it was cool that we got to say we were there even if it wasn't the highlight of our trip.<br>

... hotel, excellent dishes of foie gras, tiger shrimps, duck and steak and all washed down with an excellent Argentinian red vino (Malbec, Del Mundo, 2004).<br><br>During the day we visited the Mercado del Puerto - basically an old fish market but these days filled with little eateries that all offer humongous pieces of beef, sausages, lamb racks, pork ribs etc etc. Ivo of course decided all there is to do and see in Montevideo is select and ...

... seule à 200km à la ronde, portait le nom "Monte VI DEO", pour "Monte VI De Este a Oeste", la sixième montagne d'est en ouest... PPS: L'Uruguay est dans le Guinness des records pour une drôle de raison: c'est la pays avec le plus de bovins par habitant au monde! 3 millions d'habitants, 12 millions de bovins... À moi les asados de malade! :D ---------- Almost in front of Buenos Aires, on the other side of the Rio de la ...

Day 88 Monday 30th March - Uruguay Ismael was at work again all day and then at classes till 10pm so I had to amuse myself in Montevideo alone. Got up at 6am and had breakfast at about 7am then Ismael headed off to work at about 8am. I went to the room for a while to catch up on emails and my blog. Thought I may as well take advantage of the free wi-fi while I have it. At about lunch time I slapped a load of sun cream on and ...

... my defence I´ve been paying in cash for nearly everything that this was only the second or third time I´d used it....anyhow, no major disaster. I also checked out flights to Rio at a travel agent and decided they were too pricey, but spent a lot of time walking round weighing up my options - a ridiculously long bus journey of 30+ hours; sticking to my original plan and visiting Calafate and Bariloche in southern Argentina; or blowing my budget for a once in a lifetime ...

... to get the ferry to Buenos Aires, but hang out ion the twon for a few hours inbetween. Its sooo hot, 35oC so its a very slow stroll through the town, its quiet, old and very pretty. there are tons of yachts with Argentine flags..think the flashy jet set pop across from BA for weekends. Find an old tower restaurant and while away a few hours on their balcony with a view of the harbour and sea. am getting quite excited about going to Buenos Aires...

Another bad sleep - these beds are so short! The worst part is that because it's a bunk bed, my feet couldn't even hang off the edge of the bed. It was also hot, and when you shut off the light, it would continue to flicker every so often - pretty annoying when trying to fall asleep. One of the showers is also broken - so far, I'm not digging this place. The bar downstairs is kind of neat and offers free internet, but there aren't many places ...

... Luckily there wasn't much traffic as we had no walls or windows, no seatbelts, no indicators and didn't always know which way we were allowed to turn down the one way streets! Scarily, a skanky dog took a disliking to the roaring engine, and chased us down the road, nearly jumping into my lap and tearing my throat out but luckily we survived to tell the tale thanks to Nige's expert avoidance driving! After Colonia, we headed to ...

... photos from the safety of the beach. headed back to town and the out for dinner. was about oneish when we got in adn me adn becks sat up watching tele eating chocolate adn having girly times. was a nice day. and that brings s up to today. we got a bus this avo from montevideo to colonia, which is small town. quite pretty streets but not much going on. think its just a gateway to buenos aires which is where we are headed ...