rosi yannick

After such an awful plane ride to Barca, we managed to get to out hotel and sleep for the whole day til night - Mind you, this was after…..catching the bus from the airport to Catalunya; Then spending the next half hour figuring out which metro to take (it wasn’t as easy as we thought…….at first! We actually fell in love with the metro in Spain compared to that of Sydney!!); to then deciding it wasn’t worth the half hour wasted walking around the plaza and then caught a cab to our hotel, which after7€ later (2€ for luggage!) we found out was only a 10 minute walk from where we were!!! Ahhhh we eventually made it! The weather in Barcelona was very cold compared to the hot weather we had in Uruguay - but surprisingly ... read more

Carnival…dancing…birthdays…cerveza and pizza are what mostly made up our last few weeks in Uruguay! Of course we did manage to squeeze in some more sightseeing too! Seriously, we couldn’t have picked a better time to come back to Uruguay! Las Llamadas were on both the Thursday and the Friday nights. Just recently they have separated Las Llamadas into two nights as previously it would start at 9pm and finish in the earl hours of the morning!!! For those who don’t know (and those who do can still read along!) Las LLamadas is a traditional festival held on the street Isla de Flores in the city centre Barrio Sud. (For more info http://www.carnaval.com/uruguay/ )The costumes, the tambores, the dancers…its nuts!!! We’ve seen it on tv before but nothing beats being in that crowd! Luckily we managed to ... read more

Well here we are in sunny Uruguay! Still haven’t had a chance to relax a little because again we’ve been all over the place…we’ll try to run it down as short as we can! )and sorry we tried to minimise the pics but we took too many!!!) The flight was long but after what felt like forever we made it hip hip hooray! We’ve come at a great time to be in Uruguay with so much to make the most of…Carnaval, the beaches, soccer…its Nuts! Oh and how could I forget finally meetn up with Belle….a new face to our travels! Within a couple of hours of arriving we headed off into the city to see El Desfile de Carnival where all the groups of the Carnaval parade in the city streets - just a taste ... read more

So here we are…..sorry it’s been three weeks since our last blog but it’s just been crazy! Haven’t had a chance to update this but we’ll try now to summarise as short as we can!! (we’ll try!) Well let me just start in saying if you're deciding to rent a car here in Peru, i suggest you think otherwise! A driver from another country would crash as soon as their car hit the roads here! Road rules??? What are they?? Every 2 seconds another person is cutting you off....zebra crossing?? They don't exist here!! Then again with taxis so cheap (a 30minute taxi ride will costs you approx $5 and that's pushin it!!) No will definitely not be renting a car here!!! Mind you, when you're running late to make your plane to Cusco at 5am, ... read more