Los Medanos San Gregorio de Polanco

... by the 86,000 fans is everywhere. Stopped at a beautiful park and the wild parakeets sings beautiful songs.The people do not like the parakeets as they damage the crops. The parakeets are approximately 10" in length; a far cry from the small parakeets we see in the states. Actually one can teach the parakeets to talk. Well, so long for now, will write more from the Falkland Islands. Phil and Francene

... the heat we decided to walk the 1or 2 kms to the ferry terminal. Towards the end of the walk we were starting to regret our decision but all grumbles were quickly forgotten as we dragged ourselves into the air conditioned goodness that was the Buenos Aires Buquebus. We immediately fell in love with this building. After 30 hours on the road the cool air, clean open spaces and free bathroom were only missing a shower to be all we needed to be perfectly content. We ...

... a suburb of BA (it is only an hour away by the fast ferry). We arrive at the bus station cum ferry terminal and haul our bags along the seafront to Viajero B&B our home for the next few days. This is a new B&B /hostel and is part of a Uruguayan chain. It is really nice and certainly one of the nicer places we have stayed at in South America. The first thing we notice is how remarkably quiet this place is. It is midweek so there are no tourists around although ...

... because the room was on the street and far too noisy. Happily settled in the third room we headed to tourist information and got a map of the city. The man helping us was called Santiago and was very kind. He gave us his number in case we needed any help. We went to the mausoleum of Artigas which is in the main sqaure. It was huge and very modern. It was a massive room underneath a big statue and was completely empty apart from his ...

... gone and the cool spots are closed until the spring. Stepping on La Pedrera Beach, ¨From Here to Eternity¨ came to me instantly: I could not believe my eyes and that famous scene in the movie. You know the scene where Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster and that iconic kiss on the beach. The kiss and visioning them here on this beach filming ...

... Del Este & spend the day there walking along the promande & visiting the beautiful beaches. I feel like i have left South America & am in L.A. I spent the last night & day at Colonial which was also first discovered by the Portugese & a little like Paraty with small old cobbled streets,very historic town. The national language is also spanish here & i am trying to learn a few new words every day. The best thing about Uruguay is ...

... prosperity and still impresses with its craftsmanship and quality of materials. Unfortunately, like many other buildings in Montevideo, there is a lack of funds to maintain some of the less vital elements such as the graffito on the exterior of the inner walls. The Uruguayan constitution is modeled on the US, with an executive presidency, a senate (30) and a house of ...

... everlasting 45 minutes on the river that one does not need to be in space to feel this uncomfortable. If people were not being sick in the boat, they were as soon as they hit le "plancher des vaches" (land). EDude and I were a great shade of Uruguayan sea green...lovely! Luckily for us, we recovered our land legs quickly; nothing like a swerving taxi ride to our digs to help the matter. Colonia turned out to be a very pleasant three day sojourn ...

... maybe not one of my finer moments and i´m sure it has now been officially put on the pile of things to discuss with dinner guests about their quirky child Kate. I had a splendid 10 days with my parents. It all kicked off when I met them in the Alvear Palace Hotel and saw my roll away bed being rolled right into the space where my dad would normally do his work. Here is a big difference between the study abroad experiences of me and my brother, or just a big ...

... and STRONG here... the shots in mixers are up to half the glass. It was good speaking to foreigners in English but I detest the fact that I can´t speak to the locals in their mother tongue. As mentioned to Hector, I really believe that the language barrier is the greatest disadvantage of travelling RTW for we can´t really get an indepth experience of a place if you can´t communicate with the locals unless they speak ...