Melia Comfort Montevideo

... mozzie slapping time. On went the light…… Lou, Des and Lynn were in a flap about the mosquitoes in the room. When I turned on the light, I could see their dilemma. We got some wet flannels and each got out of bed to do a mozzie massacre. The ceiling is about 10 or 12 feet high so we had to throw the cloths up to dislodge the mozzies and smack them on the way down. Lou stood up on his bed to kill a few more. By this stage, we were in fits of ...

... park is omheind, maar als je een paar palen uit de grond trekt, kun je het hele hek makkelijk twee meter boven de grond uittrekken en zo kwamen wij dus ook binnen. Na anderhalf uur duin op, duin af, bukken voor rondslingerende takken, genieten van de palmbomen en af en toe een drafje, stopten we ergens langs de weg. Onze gaucho maakte de halsters van de paarden los en gaf ze een tik op hun kont: ¨jullie hebben tien minuten¨ en weg waren de knollen. De gaucho ...

... brownie points in my book lol). We went on the "roller coaster" which was kinda like that really small and naff mad mouse ride at Blackpool. It wasn't big but it could sure keep a few insurance companies in whiplash claims, as it snapped round corners like a rabid chewowa (if that's how you spell it). After the roller coaster we went on the pirate ship thing and swapped cameras so we could take pictures of each ...

... costing (around USD25). I was there for the experience of the whole market though, so it was like a tourist attraction and meal all in one. I wandered back through town, visiting the independence square and walking along the main street. Back at the hostel I needed a rest, so I hung out in one of the hammocks on the roof. I decided I needed to work out how to get back to Cordoba and after I talked about it with the girls on reception, got a bus back to the bus station. The ...

... t feel inclined to take a dip to try and cool off. The following day we caught a bus to Colonia (about 2.5 hours away), this is a beautiful place with cobbled streets and old colonial style buildings. Definitely could spend a few days there relaxing. We ended up staying in a hostel but with our own room which was a bit of a treat. However there was no aircon or window so both struggled to sleep. Having said that ...

... snacks from the shipboard café. Arriving in MVD, we joined the crush to get off the boat and breezed through customs...aside from the two bananas that were taken from me! My face is now posted in every Uruguayan Police station. Finding a Taxi, we quickly shot through the outskirts of downtown and toward our Hotel. Unfortunately, there were some ridiculous confusions caused by my using starwood points for the reservation, and we required about 90 minutes to check ...

... apagada, por no decir muerta. Se puede decir que la gente no vive en la calle como en Argentina. Se lo hicimos saber a un taxista, no se, por si acaso era porque no era fin de semana, y primero nos dijo que nunca hablásemos a un uruguayo de un porteño y segundo que allí tienen la cultura antilatina, es decir, que la gente esta mas en su casa y es mas tranquila. De todas formas, visitamos la ciudad tranquilamente y comimos excelente pescado.

... downstairs. I felt a bit guilty not buying anything. We then asked two men for help; they directed us back the way we´d come and around the corner to the entrance of the gardens. OK! There was no admission fee, and no one was at the front desk of the museum, which had a collection of plants and specimens. I did spy a bathroom inside and made a mental note of it. We walked around outside, enjoying the fresh air, wearing our jackets, and admiring ...

... artisans selling their finest wares. Of course I couldn´t resist and got myself an awesome necklace, which at $7 was a steal compared to what it would cost at home. I also got myself some natural perfume, sold in a tiny little bottle, which is applied using the apple stem which is attached to the lid and floats inside the bottle. Very cool!<br><br> <br>

A 2 week stint through Uruguay<br>Please visit www.murrayw.net for more info <br><br>It was time to start the traveling part of this trip. After a blur or a month in Buenos Aires, I needed a little tranquility, some time to chill from the 24 hour partying that Buenos Aires is famous for. <br><br>So my mate from Australia, Alan, and I caught a 3 hour ferry from Buenos Aires to a Colonial town in Uruguay called funnily enough ´Colonia'. <br>To be ...