Golf Uruguay

... ; We joke with Colin that his name has gotten us places and our helicopter will be landing at any moment (Colin Farrell).  Uruguay is beautiful and Michelle canīt stop talking about the scooters.  We go to rent a scooter and come to find out ...

... push the engine as hard as possible! Eventually it was time to head back across the water (there is a one-hour time difference between Uruguay and Argentina so that confused us for about half an hour when we had no idea what the time was or when our ferry ...

... government.  In the late 1950s, partly because of a decrease in demand in the world market for agricultural products, Uruguay experienced inflation, mass unemployment, and a steep drop in the standard of living for workers.  This led to student ...

... - there was nothing really left to do there and I was itching to get back to Buenos Aires. I boarded the Ferry feeling that Uruguay had been a little waste of time and put it down to the wrong time of year and Rio being so good. Buenos Aires ...

... as the automatic glass doors slid shut - oh it was a glum, heartbroken moment, indeed, to leave him behind looking so forsaken! Uruguay for a day, and surely we would have spent more time here if we had more afforded to us; but it was back to Buenos ...

... I'd hop over and get some sun for a day or two, but it's been cold and rainy the entire week - I wanted to see Uruguay, but wasn't keen on walking the beach with an umbrella. So I changed my plans, skipped the Uruguay resorts and went to a ...

... it was contageous. I suppose I should preface this lovely day in Uruguay by telling you that we just barely made it to Uruguay. Like I mentioned in a previous post, some of us had a late night - ahem, Ben and Matt, who stumbled in at 7am ...

We're off to Colonia, Uruguay today courtesy of Buquebus. So up early once again to get the ferry. Big queues at check-in and very confusing immigration. Some of us had pieces of paper took off us, others didn’t and again, no English speaking ...

... was skeptical of getting on a moped, but convinced against it when that happened. Us three girls just hung out on our dinky golf cart and cruised around town. Well, "cruised" would be a misleading term. It was probably about 35 degrees out, and ...

... but except for the horse track, they were never utilized.  That drive was hilarious.  We were driving this dinky little golf cart along a main street, going well below the 75 km/hr speed limit.  Other motorists were just staring at us with ...

Just got back from a hilarious day driving around this gorgeous old portuguese port in Uruguay. We hired a golf cart thing (which seems to be the thing to do - Olivia I think you told me about this already) and Rob drove! We headed up to the beach which ...

... , but this seems to be the biggest company. The terminal building was super-modern and it also acts as the border between Argentina and Uruguay. There were two options of ferry. There was the high speed ferry which was 1 hour each way, and cost AR$244 ...

... so we nipped down to the riverfront and before long we were underway for Concordia, back into Argentina, 'cos we weren't finding Uruguay all that interesting (I think we needed to head inland to find the gauchos).. This was another biggish town with not a ...

... beach about 5 hours from Montevideo the capital of Uruguay. So the next day we had an early start and a lot of travelling. Uruguay looked amazing as we passed through green lush fields and very well kept landscapes. We stopped for a couple of hours in ...

... midnight – a first! The next day we keep moving and take a two hour bus journey to Montevideo – the capital of Uruguay.  It’s only a flying visit as we have a bus the next morning.  We stay at Unplugged hostel in Pocitos which ...

... ) awaited us. Then onboard, as the ferry was leaving, it suddenly came to a halt and for a moment we thought we were stuck in Uruguay. However, after a couple of hours the problem seemed to be fixed and we were on our way back to Argentina. Per ...