DanAndHolly

We are finally able to upload some fotos for you all. Some of our favorites:br Lima - Miraflores fog Rio De Janiero Where we found Cristo: Holly learns Capoiera in Brazil Dan becomes an Uruguayan millionario (in Pesos that is) Montevideo sunset (Uruguay) Blooming mechanical flower in Buenos Aires: El Viejo Almacen taking in a Dinner-Tango ... read more

We arrived in Montevideo on a bus from Colonia, after crossing the bay from Buenos Aires. If the ferry were the USS Minnow, we´d be sunk. Let´s just say we were happy we didn´t have a car down below on the boat. One wave jolted us so badly, you could hear the banging in the hold. Kids screaming, people vomiting in the bathroom...it was awesome. The bus was much less eventful, as we could not see a thing through steamed up windows during the 2.5 hour drive. We learned from the tourism office that a cab to our hotel would be about 90 Uruguayan pesos. So we stopped at the ATM and withdrew $400U, just to have some extra after the cab. We later learned this was equivalent to about $16. So lets do the math ... read more

The negative: We managed to eat something that must not have agreed with our sensitive American digestive systems in Lima. Probably the fruit drink mix that came as part of our 7 peso ($2.50) lunch, or the 4 hour old cream cheese at the hotel happy hour. Possibly an additive effect of a bunch of things. Lima food was great, don´t get us wrong. Every type of chicken we tried was excellent. The positive: Besides the taste? Hmmm...have to think about that one, the stomach issues were pretty bad. The positive is that we arrived in South America with the proper medicine as prescribed by our doctor. And it hasn´t kept us from doing anything we wanted to. The negative: The time zones are odd. Buenos Aires is three hours ahead of Lima, but Rio is ... read more

We have spent two and a half days in Lima and fully enjoyed it. Not much time to write at the moment, but hopefully once we get to Rio tomorrow. Our flight leaves at midnight tonight and stops in Buenos Aires on the way. Hopefully we can sleep, hopefully our stomachs calm down a bit, and hopefully the sunburn fades fast. Back to Miraflores for dinner now, before heading to the airport. Good stories, good food, and good pictures to share; hope you can wait.... read more

Hey all - We are tying up all our loose ends and getting ready to go. The dogs, plants, cars (with emergency breaks), parking spots, credit cards, passports, visas, backpacks, rentals, hotel rooms, salsa event plans, tango classes, visits with a friend, and camera bags are all in order. We even went to La Tasca the other night to practice our Spanish and get our taste buds prepared. (I should warn you that you may need to use www.wordreference.com to translate parts of the posts that I write.) We hope to have some adventures, and hope that you enjoy reading about them! Hopefully my camera makes it out alive this time so that I can post some photos. Tons of thanks to my in-laws for taking care of Lily and Pedro. We know that they are ... read more