NH Columbia Montevideo

... before washing a **** film on our cable telly and bed.

Next morning we got a bus to what we thought was a natural hot springs but it turned out to be a kiddies water park with I suspect artificially heated pools. The bus back was 6 hrs later so we made the most of it and it turned out to be really good with a wave pool and several jacuzzi type things. Gave the slides a miss this time though, they looked a bit gay.

After that we went back for ...

... cities, it seems Montevideo's life has been desiccated by the suburbs. The main plaza, Plaza Independencia, is a very nice urban space. Currently there is an exhibition of "peace bears" sponsored by the U.N. Each bear represents one country and is painted by an artist of that country.
A young woman from Berlin; cute, articulate even in English, and covered with tattoos, took pictures of us at several of the bears ...

... calls etc but we've never met. He's gonna show me around the place while I'm here so I won't be on my own the whole time. Went through to the arrivals area and there was quite a bit crown of people all with signs with names on. I couldn't see him at first so walked through and found a place to stand away from the crowd, but then spotted him towards the back of the crowd. We got the bus to his house first where he picked up some clothes etc then went ...

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 ...

... They do love a statue of men on horses - in so many plazas there will be a significant statue of a notable horseman. Enough of that, I've run out of inspiration - After cooking a little later I sat on the rooftop and discussed my invitation to Rio; everyone was in favour of the Rio trip so I set to work and tried to get a ticket booked. I came so close - flight chosen, credit card details entered and a confirmation number received......but a few hours later I checked my ...

... so we opted for one of the restaurants that had an air conditioned balcony area and we had a little to eat there. After lunch we split up and Monroe went off in search of an internet café and Jim enjoyed a cigar and I shopped a bit in the art galleries and small stores around the Mercado. Before we knew it we were due to return to the ship so that was a brief recap of our day in Montevideo.

... out that she wasn´t buried there at all, but in Italy, because fans of hers kept breaking into the tomb and trying to cut her hands off as a keepsake (can´t see the same thing happening to Maggie Thatcher - can you?). Also visited another area of BA called Palmero, which has all the nightclubs and bars, and more street markets and loads of parks. We went to a mad Bongo percussion night there as well, which was out in the open with about 30 people banging on drums. We met ...

... in the 17th century to keep a nosey eye on the Spanish across the river in Buenos Aires. After hiding in our hostel for the first few hours due to ridiculous amounts of rain, and Nige's reluctance to go out in his uncool raincoat, we ventured out to explore early evening, and discovered a gorgeous little town of cobbledy streets, colourful old houses, little squares with pavement cafes and whitewashed churches. As it had only ...

... didnt fancy the all night drinkathon again tonight. we were going to hire a car on friday but i was undedided about going as really tired adn didnt want to surf which is what they were planning. but the talked me into it so juan alex and becka dn me set off on our adventure to peurto de estat or somewhere. first we had to go to ticket office so juan could get our bus tickets for next day so we had a fun hour in the cr ...

... including the hot tea. Total cost was $152. Ur. plus $25 tip. Philip noticed a young woman using her bare hands to take food out; I thought she was getting an order to go, perhaps for a group from the school. The food is definitely home-made. I loved it! Back home to rest a bit before tackling the 2:30 pm tour of the Pal. Leg., hopefully in English. 9 pm - I´ve discovered You Tube! Turner Tech, Riverside Mil. Ac., there´s a lot to keep me ...