Well, here I continue, skirting the Uruguayan Coast and sleeping in a new bed every night. I loved Colonia and stayed there longer than I thought I would and then a few days ago I took a very comfortable bus a couple of hours down the road to the capital city of Montevideo. It was nice there and I was traveling with a really wonderful girl, Eva, from Frankfurt and we spoke Spanish the time and explored the city together. I also traveled with two guys from Spain who I will no doubt run into again along our route. Montevideo had [View Full Entry]

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Heeeeeeeeeeeeeei igjen!!! No er vi i Rio de Janeiro og her kosar vi oss!! Superduper by!! Blir Buenos Aires skubba ned ifraa 2.plassen sin? (Fortsettelse foelgjer i neste reisebrev). Vi er litt forkjoela og har hatt litt daarlig vaer, men ellers er alt berre velstand. Vi fikk tidenes uvaer igaar. Det lyna nonstop (!! ja, virkelig nonstop!!) i fleire timar. Heilt sproett. Og veldig fascinerande. Pluss at det var ei god unnskyldning for aa ligge inne og pleie sjuka, ete vannmelon og sjaa paa ¨Soooony Entertaaainment Televisioo-ooooon¨. Fantastisk kanal, med den mest irrit [View Full Entry]

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My bus from Montevideo dropped me at Maldonado, which is about another 10 minutes away from Punta del Este, Uruguay's most famous beach resort, and also one of the best in South America apparently. In summer, and over Easter weekend, the place is thronging, but by the time I arrived on Easter Monday it was quiet as a mouse. Indeed, for the last 2 nights, I've been the only person staying in my hostel. This isn't going to be a long entry, as I haven't really done that much here. My days have always followed a similar pattern of wake up [View Full Entry]

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I hadn´t planned to go to Punta del Este, Uruguay´s version of Miami Beach; but as life unwinds and email conversations lead me down unexpected paths I found myself on a bus heading towards Servas hosts who did not speak English but were happy to have me visit their home. I was apprehensive, but when I met Daniela and Gabriel I could not have been made to feel more welcomed. Using a potpurri of Spanish, English, French words and creative body language and a trusty dictionary we were able to communicate. On the first evening we went out with an English [View Full Entry]

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Visitamos Punta del Este durante dos dias. Es una ciudad muy pequena pero con mucha vida. Basicamente es playa, restaurantes y discotecas.... un buen lugar para ir solo de vacaciones. Montevideo es una ciudad muy bonita con mucha arquitectura antigua y calles estrechas para caminar y ver artesanias. El carnaval de Uruguay es muy importante y en algun momento llego a ser el mas largo del mundo. La musica que tocan es llamada Murga. [View Full Entry]

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You KNOW I hadda go in. They wouldn't let me take pictures but there was a great selection. Something for everyone. [View Full Entry]

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As you move south from Brazil into Uruguay the land changes from verdant, hilly country to gently rolling land of dry, brown grass that's been grazed short. A few islands of dark, green trees, occasional groups of cattle nosing the ground - this is the pampas. Apparently they're having a very dry year, with dead livestock (now there's an oxymoron) lying here and there in the fields. Punta del Este is an international destination, like Marbella in Spain, or Ibiza or Cannes. Magazine people (not journalists but those who wind up as the subjects of articles in the scream sheets) - [View Full Entry]

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After getting the complete opposite directions from a guy working at the bus station claiming he can speak so so English, I managed to get a lift from a friendly local to the 1949 hostel - this place rocks! It was basically full of Argentinian holiday makers. We met a couple of Chilean guys, Yerko and Marta who were really cool and basically weith a few others kinda formed a small group, and basically partied every night. First day Yerko and I went to the beach in the nearby town of La barra which was quite pretty. In the evening I [View Full Entry]

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Day 1 (Tuesday) - Brian and I were traveling to Uruguay the exact same days as Vanessa by weird coincidence, so we decided to make much of the trip together. The only portion of the trip that we were apart was the initial bus ride. When we got to Uruguayan customs, Vanessa was waiting for us. She had arrived 15 minutes before. We all caught the same bus to Montevideo, which picked us up directly from the boat terminal. We were in Montevideo shortly after noon and were all hungry. We went to a hostel I had read about in the [View Full Entry]

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Another one of those song quotes that you'll have to figure out for yourself... Punta del Este is the vacation spot for South America´s rich and famous. There are tons of beaches, but even more clubs and bars. The sand and the waves are nice, but the beautiful people sitting on those beaches are what makes them amazing (that and the dental floss the girls call bathing suits). We set up camp on Bikini Beach, cause with a name like that which other beach would four single guys go to, and simply enjoyed the day. The beach, oddly sponsored by Fox [View Full Entry]

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