Been a while - couple of weeks since I have found time to sit down at a computer and get my thoughts down. I am now in Sao Paulo Brasil - mega city of Brasil and the major middle class commerce city as well. It may not be by the beach like Rio and the Paulistas may have a workacholic reputation but I think it has its charms. Anyway I´ll rewind a little bit. About 2 weeks ago I left the comfort of my apartment and boyfriend in Montevideo to travel North East to places that I´d heard were great on [View Full Entry]

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So...after Patagonia, we were back in Buenos Aires - our favourite city! We weren't here for long this time, though, as we had decided to head into Uruguay for a week or so. However, whilst in BA we did take the chance to visit the hospital as Ben's thumb was still playing up from his fall in Colombia 4 months ago! The doctor was a little surprised that we hadn't had it checked out yet and sent us off to the hospital to have x-rays taken. Things are a little different here than in the UK - after blundering around the [View Full Entry]

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Uruguay - punta del Diablo rocks! As soon as we stepped off the boat even though i had a raging fever and about four layers on in the high 20s, we felt this country was so chilled out. Richard is so strong these days he has been carrying 2 rucksacks around like a hero as i have been so weak! The roads in this country are amazingly flat with loads of palm trees and cows everyehere. Its mega weird seeing hundreds of cows kicking back in the field amoungst palm trees, very cool. We hired a car as Punta del Diablo [View Full Entry]

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Its 3.30 am, we have just been dropped off by the bus, we are standing in the dark, the cold. We stand outside a police station, on the main street, its not a street, its a sand track. Where are we? Where do we go? Will our hostel guy come pick us up in his truck? He does. He arrives in the smallest van you have ever seen. Our bags take up the entire back of the van, we struggle to fit on the row of seats. The man sets off, he speaks no English, the hostel guy gives him directions. [View Full Entry]

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Day 6: Colonia, Uruguay. Nick and melissa brought me breakfast in bed, which was nice. Nick went for a run on the beach in the morning. Then, we all headed off to the coast. Fresh churros for lunch, Greg´s choice. Nick made a friend in Diego, the stray dog we found. Diego was a fan of cliff bars, especially the sandy variety. We had dinner at a local restaurant, then went to a casino for awhile. Both Nick and Greg walked in with 4 dollars to spend, walked out with a combined 12 dollars. We used the winnings for bday gelato. [View Full Entry]

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I made it out of Cabo Polonio. Finally. After saying that I would probably only stay for one night in this tiny fishing village on the coast of Uruguay I left after three nights. I could have stayed for much longer. There is magic in this place. In the sand dunes and stucco walls and tin rooves of the huts where 70 locals live year ´round. Magic in the plants that have evolved over thousands of years to be able to grow in such salinated soil and are specific to the area. Plenty of magic in the picturesque lighthouse and the [View Full Entry]

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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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What an interesting find. Punta del Diablo is this neat little beach town and we were grateful that we had arrived after the high season. We loved the empty beaches and quiet atmosphere (especially after our paradise in Cabo Polonio). It is a town of approximately 500 people, but during the high season sees over 20,000 per day! Luckily for us, on the day we arrived at the El Diablo Tranquilo, it was the least amount of people they had had all year! We spent our time there mingling with other travelers and enjoy the serene little village. We met up [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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