Holiday Inn Montevideo

... center and lunch at the restaurant “Coffee of the Port”. At the end of the day you'll be back to Buenos Aires full of new memories and experiences from across the river.Exigent customers can also enjoy this trip in a VIP location on the boat. Book your tour to Montevideo today, and see a new country like you’ve never seen before! Contact Buenos Aires 4 U on our website!

Friday 7 August 2009<br><br>Up at 6 the next morning - or something like that for one hour bus trip to Tacuarembo where we say our goodbyes to Juan Miguel - the time on the ranch was probably the hightlight of the trip to for us all. Though there are so many highlights it's hard to single even that out.<br><br>We make the 5 hour bus journey to Montevideo - the Uruguayan capital. It is a big city - not much character but a walk ...

... meat, so we went for the full bbq selection of every kind of meat on the menu (see pics). There is nothing else we can do today but wait for our tummies to shrink .... and do it all over again ...! We had a nice bottle of Uruguyan wine, never tried before but went well with the meat! We made one horrendous discovery though when looking through the menu - see pics!! I had no idea otters were being grilled and eaten anywhere - served ...

... there's Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, a little country of 3 millions inhabitants. The travel guides say very little about Uruguay, but I had heard that Montevideo is a nice town and I wanted more stamps in my passport, so I went there for a bit. :) It's very simple to get there: there's a maritime terminal in Buenos Aires, we take the Buquebus, the ferry, and three hours later we're in Montevideo! And there ...

... for a walk along the beach to the furthest point. Took a few photo's and then got myself a tortilla with ali oli from the garage and a bottle of water. Sat in the sun on the grass and ate my lunch which felt great being able to just sit on the beach in the sun with the breeze so it wasn't too hot (jealous yet? Lol). Oh I now have some of the names lol:- Happy - Jhon Dalton Hat - Rodrigo Diaz Mobile Shorts - Mauricio Romo Mr ...

... I know it sounds like a tough choice, but sometimes you get tired of having to make all the decisions and just want the problem to be solved for you. Anyhow, as I don't have a camera and any pictures to show you, I'd best get down to some (not so) creative writing: Montevideo old city juts out into the Rio de la Plate so at certain points you can look down the street and see the port on one side and the river on the other. There's loads of leafy plazas with ...

So we had just 10 days in Chile and it was amazing. Chile was originally just a 3 hour stop over but now I am extremely glad we decided to lengthen it! We spent out last night in Chile in a beautiful and trendy area of Santiago called Bellavista, with our friends Phil and Bex whom we originally met at the hostel in Ritogue Beach. They happened to be flying back to ...

... sit. Breakfast - stale bread, bad coffee, and some kind of spread that looked like messed-up peanut butter. I avoided it, because it looked quite sketchy. They did serve some pretty tasty gruyere-like cheese, but that was about it. Off to the old town to sightsee - Montevideo is an interesting place, because there is a mix of beautifully restored and maintained buildings, with some dumpy ones. You might see a gorgeous example of architecture ...

... capital, Montevideo, which like most Uruguayan coastal towns, is built on a peninsula, and again, we'd heard great things, but this time unfortunately we were disappointed. We stayed in a horrible cramped and busy backpackers, the weather was cold, cloudy and windy, and the city was dirty and deserted - not a great first impression as you can tell! However, just before we left the next day, we found time to go to the Mercado del ...

... cant believe theres only three days left o fthe tour. its gonna be weird fending for myself againa nd am realy gonna miss traveling with becks, but am thinking of going to mexico for a month to meet up with her in november, have to see how finances go. otherwsie we're gonna doa road trip round sydney together as thats where shes from. nothing else to report i dont think. cold again at the mo, have definielty left ...