Saturday Andrew and Rosanna took us to a large kids park, el Jaguel. Heaps of swings, slides, etc. free too, so it’s popular with the locals. It has BBQ and picnic areas, all the stuff you’d expect at a park. There’s a small fee for the trampolines (Ur$20) and for the go-karts. (Ur$25) We also went on horses for half an hour. (Ur$100) Zane, who’s 3, even got his own horse. Great for the kids, they all loved it and now, of course, want a horse. Juan and Teresa took us to the meeting that night and while we don’t really [View Full Entry]

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Punte Ballena (near Punta Del Este) What a top spot. The view is absolutely spectacular. With good eyes, you would have a uninterrupted view to Antarctica. A long way, I know, but the water here is almost as cold. The days have been warm enough for a swim, and it’s nice in the heated pool, but I wanted to go in the ocean. Dipped my feet in and nearly had to crack the icicles off. Played in the shallow end for a bit, then slipped and fell in up to my neck. Brrrr! Jumped out gasping for air. Not even Callum [View Full Entry]

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Couldn't fit the photos I wanted to put on in the last listing, so here's a few more. [View Full Entry]

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Ah, Colonia. Where have you been all our lives? If you look anything up about it on the web or elsewhere, believe the hype. Serene beauty that has been somewhat protected to keep it set back in time. Portuguese laid cobble-stoned roads, they got there around 1680, with ruins and buildings in tact also. Those in tact have been restored though, and display some old relics of history. Most of the houses in the historic part, as well as the whole town, (pop. c. 20,000) are well looked after and painted brightly. There’s even an old Bull Ring here that’s falling [View Full Entry]

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Don't know what happened to the video, so I'm trying again. Hope it works this time. In Colonia del Sacremento at the moment. Why didn't we come here first?????!!!!! Maybe because we'd never leave. Will write more soon, tonight maybe. [View Full Entry]

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Didn’t manage to go rafting - SPEWING!! It turned cold, and the wind made it freezing. Just stayed at the hotel, in the pool. Cal doesn’t mind, he could stay in there all day. Sometimes I think we could stay at home and just go to the pool all day and he’d be happy. On the last day we took a cable car up to Cerro Otto and had lunch in the revolving restaurant. Perfect unspoilt view of the Andes, as far as the eyes could see anyway. Absolutely fantastic. Shame about the food though. Maybe we expect too much, but [View Full Entry]

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This is a snap shot of the trip of Argentina. [View Full Entry]

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Arrived at Bariloche yesterday arvo, a bit cooler, but by no means cold. Apparently they had a 3mt base two weeks ago, but it’s down to 1.5mt now. So we’re going on Monday and Tuesday. I went to the meeting on Saturday night by myself because Callum was sick, had a high temperature. There was only a few sisters who spoke English, so it was hard to organise anything for Sunday, or the rest of the week, especially with Callum crook. Didn’t do much on Sunday, keeping it simple before hitting the slopes on Monday. Marianne didn’t go skiing, but got [View Full Entry]

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Not much to say about during the day. Went to the Museum of Contemporary Arts-closed, to the ‘Garden for Kids’ (rides and shows)-closed, Pichincha (area of note)-yawn. The architecture is magnificent though, and if we could stay longer, we would’ve. There’s a fair bit we’d liked to have seen or done, like taking the boat across to the Island or see the north of the city. Now though, we were looking forward to going to the meeting on Wednesday night. One brother, Lalo, in his 50‘s, accosted Callum straight away. (everyone loves Callum, with his blonde locks) [View Full Entry]

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In Rosario now, heaps to see…if you can’t get enough of monuments. Everywhere. Not enough memory on camera for them all. Very proud of their past. More in your face than at home I guess. Lots of night life here too, be better as a young couple eager to go out at night. Even after a siesta, we’re keen to hit the sack at midnight, just when things liven up. Dinner at 10, drinks afterwards. Too much for us…until now. Nah, but you could get used to it. We met the brothers after their meeting on Saturday night, about 8. They [View Full Entry]

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