Josie and Paul

From Montivideo we caught another bus to the city of Colonia, 2 hours on a nearly straight road. We had the pleasure of finding our hostel and making ourselves comfortable, then it started to rain. Our 4th day of rain in 8 months. Our first day in Colonia was spent inside because of more rain. Everyone had said what a gorgeos town it is and very Portugese in the old neighbourhood. The old part of town was from the old days and had some remaining stone walls. A light house was built in the ruins of an old convent and we thought it was very out of place, but it was built 150 years ago and the builders probably did not know to keep modern stuff out of the way of really old stuff. Many of ... read more

When there is very little information on the internet about a town, you are a bit short on options, especially when you arrive late at night, so the only place I had found out to stay in Melo was the Grand Hotel, so we taxied there and took a room for the night. It turned out to be the most expensive place we had stayed in, in South America, full of business people. Paul went looking for another place, immediately after breakfast, He found a cheaper place around the corner a bit at the Hotel Principado de Asturias. This was more within our budget, it was a bit damp in the bathroom though, there was a worm on the floor the next morning. I don't think there was a tourist information place. We walked around town, ... read more

I don't think many tourists come here. We had some trouble finding out what we should do, so we did what we usually do when we don't know what to do. We walked around town and went to the museum. The museum is very interesting and had some old town plans, models of what the town was like after Spanish bombing, lots of old guns, the usual stuff. On Sunday 2nd we found a parrilla place just down the road and around the corner from the Hotel Columbia, where we were staying. The parrilla cost $250 including drinks and was huge, we did not need tea that night, breakfast or lunch the next day. Had chops, steak, kidneys (barbecued beef kidney) and sausages and other bits. After our big lunch, Paul slept and I walked around ... read more

We stayed at Backpackers Soul. We walked around Salta, went up the cable car to a lookout of the town. It was a cool overcast day. The lookout site had a large water feature that was very tastefully done. 25th We walked around town some more and we caught an overnight bus to Corrientes. 26th Arrived in a cold hole called Corrientes. Paul booked us in a room that was not much bigger than a cupboard and felt like a fridge. I stayed in bed all day trying to get warm and Paul walked around town. 27th Caught a taxi to the bus stop and managed to get seats on the bus leaving in half and hour for Iguazu. We stayed at Hostel Noela, this was a nice place and close to town. We had a ... read more

Paul visited the mine... read more