Hotel Punta Trouville Montevideo

MONTEVIDEO - CAPITAL OF URUGUAY &#8211; DRIZZLY RAIN - 31.10.09<br><br>It must have been Halloween because all the children in the city of Montevideo were dressed up in costume and carrying pumpkins to have filled with money and sweets. They were running from shop to shop to plead with the owners for goodies. The parents seemed to be having as much fun as the children<br><br> We arrived in Montevideo after a 176 kilometer ride which saw us through some of the ...

De første dagene i Montevideo har jeg bare sosa rundt, sett på ulike deler av byen og shoppa litt. Uruguay har rundt 3 millioner innbygere, en av de beste velferdsstatene i søramerika og det sosiale er noen lunde bra... Inntekten kommer fra landbruk, turisme og eksport av lær, plast osv. Uruguay var spansk koloni fram til 1800tallet, og det er både italienere, spansk og portoguesere i landet. Urbefolkningen som levde her ble utslettet og idag sies det at det ikke ...

... but this animal seems to love the scenery in the Bariloche area. It is famous for being the tiniest deer species in the world. Google it, there are some pictures and cool facts. The thing is.... I didn´t think that the name fit these diminutive deer, so I came to thinking and I have renamed the Pudu to the Poopelope. Yes, much better - Poopelope ...

... en de bokkepootjes (van de duivel/Diablo) achter je dribbelen. Zelfs toen het woensdag regende, ja jullie lezen het goed, het REGENDE!, was het een relaxte plek om te zijn. Natuurlijk, je kunt dan niet naar het strand, het was koud (20 graden, brrr...), guur (het waaide) en je verveelt je eigenlijk te pleuris, maar dat is oke. Alles is oke in Punta del Diablo. Zelfs het feit dat de douche ronduit klote is, is oke. In de keuken proberen vijf verschillende mensen op ...

... and so did mobile shorts, which made it a little easier for me to follow conversations as there weren't as many people talking. Ismael tried to translate stuff but it was hard for him to keep in the conversation and explain everything to me at the same time. It started to feel a bit odd after a while as I was just kinda watching everyone talking with no idea what was going on. I heard H n H say (and I understood ...

... and even a big barbeque buffet. Afterwards I walked down to the bus station and by chance found a bus ticket for half price (only 120 pesos, USD35) to Montevideo, leaving at 5pm. It was a 15 hour journey, but the bus was far more comfortable than the one in Brazil, with only 3 seats across the bus and almost fully reclinable seats. Crossing the border into Uruguay we didn´t have to get off or anything, just give our passports to the bus attendant and they sorted it all ...

... the river amd the hostel we have been staying in was great. Very relaxed and in a huge old colonial house but with modern facilities. The highlight however was the 3 very friendly cats. Only downside was the usual with dorms: people coming in late and making loads of noise, loud snoring and the fact that we had to sleep in separate dorms. Didn´t manage to get a lot of sleep last night mainly due to the noise but also ...

... who is able too is at the beach some where on vacation so a lot of the cities are ghost towns. As for myself i will be heading to the beach as well a lil town called la paloma this weekend to go camping with some friends followed by heading to colonia and then taking the boat to buenos aires where i will stay and HOPEFULLY Visit some friends... Thats a biG IF coz i have had some bad luck recently with my latino friends and reliablity... Looking further into the future like say FEB i am ...

... the unnamed, never used church I wanted to see. I pretended I didn't see the "privado" sign, and began walking around the empty site taking photos. When I got around the back a dog started barking. It sounded big. 'Please be locked up,' I thought to myself. It stopped barking and I continued my journey. After circumnaviagating the church I went to the door. While the door was cleary locked, there was a large gap at the bottom ...

... wines (the lowest quality) to ¨boutique¨ wines. This group uses both American oak and French oak barrels. After watching a video of the history of the vineyard in the ¨cava¨ where it felt as though the temperature was 50 degrees (have to keep those barrels/casks cool), I asked if we could move to a warmer place for the wine tasting. The lab was available, plus Pablo hooked up an electric heater. Excellent! We tasted three different wines there ...