Lafayette Montevideo

... keep moving. A friend of mine had her camera stolen there. If I had to make a suggestion, I would say skip Montevideo (or spend an afternoon there at the most) and spend your time in Punta del Este or maybe one of the old cities close by. <br><br>Whatever you do though, do not skip over Uruguay entirely. It is definitely worth seeing, especially for the relaxed traveler who just wants some good food, a beautiful strech of beach and a sunset.<br>

... it has several miles of beautiful beaches along the Rio Plata. We were told that the water is safe for swimming; a rare luxury for a national capital. <br><br><br> <br><br>The city also has a very extensive park system that is generally well-maintained. These big parks provide well-landscaped open space and recreation for each of the main neighborhoods in the city. The parks are often enhanced with beautiful ...

Day 87 Sunday 29th March - Uruguay Woke up at about 9am and went down to the restaurant for breakfast. It was your typical continental breakfast so, bread rolls, ham, cheese, fruit, yoghurt etc (help yourself stylee, so I did). 4000 calories later and we went to get changed and went to meet some of Ismael's friend on "The Rambles", which is basically just the name for the long stretch along the beach. We parked ...

From BA we took a ferry over to Uruguay for a couple of days. We arrived in a town called Colonia which is a beautiful old colonia port town with cobbled streets and quaint buildings, a lovely place to spend an afternoon. We caught the bus to Montevideo which took us through strangely familiar scenery of its countryside. If you could see church spires you would have thought you were driving through the Monmouthshire countryside. Rolling green fields and ...

... distance. Historic sites : Colonia del Sacramento, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is Uruguay´s oldest city, once a Portuguese settlement in 1680, located 177km (1h ½ southwest from Montevideo). The fortresses of Santa Teresa and San Miguel  (also a hotel) near the Brazilian border. Montevideo, the capital city, has an Art Deco style in many of the buildings of ...

... one from Calgary during my travels, before. If it has happened, it can't have been more than a couple of times. Of course, both girls live in the deep south, and I live way up in the north, so we might as well be living in Lethbridge and Airdrie. Sara and Sam (hereafter referred to as the Calgary Cuties) have just started out their travels through South America, which should last about 6 weeks. Their plan is to finish up in Rio de Janeiro ...

... paid for by the company and a flight at 6,30 the next morning. the pilot emerged from the cockpit accompanied by four armed policemen and babbled some lame excuses about de-icing and too many working hours and not enough personnel blabbity blah. hooray. just a sidenote: as i write this, i am fully aware of how drawn-out this story is...i wish i could say that nothing else went awry but alas... the hotel staff told us that they were unsure of ...

... USD each to go back. At the counter, they also wanted to rip us off on the change rate. So Sean went outside to get the proper rate. People were getting in the last boat and I was anxious we would do it. Sean came back, paid the as*holes and we were the second last in the boat. <br><br>We spent our last night in BA, reorganising our bag for the last time.

... I am used to the cold weather (but warm atmosphere) of England at Xmas.There is a large new building in Montevideo called the Antel Tower (after the government telecoms company Antel whose HQ is in the building) which is 160m high . There is a public viewing platform on the 26th floor of what is essentially a working commercial building so I went up there and enjoyed some super views over the city and the port. One extraordinary thing about ...

... is delayed! I keep wondering how all these stores survive around here! 8 pm - This afternoon was one of the highlights of our visit here! We did get out this morning, walking, in spite of Philip's hip acting up (as it does every once in a while and feels better when he walks rather than sits), to the Alianza Cultural UY/EEUU, where we totally enjoyed sitting quietly and reading magazines - in English! I devoured a Reader's Digest while Philip read ...