I have decided to leave the sailing expedition and venture off on my own.... Currently I am returning home for the Thanksgiving holiday and will be back in Argentina in December. Ben [View Full Entry]

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We were up early for our transfer - not that we had much choice as the ibis nesting around the farm made far more noise than the cockerel, and driven into town, for a 4 hour bus ride to montevideo. Doesn't look like a south american city - there are plane trees, and mixture of european architectural styles, (it's small, too). There is, of course lots of drab concrete, but it could be europe 10 years ago - especially with the types of cars on the streets. We went for a walk through the old town, to mercado del puerto - [View Full Entry]

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We were met in Salta by Juan miguel, and he was kind enough to ferry us over to the thermal baths (think hot swimming pools) and then the 3 hours into the middle of nowhere, to the ranch. It turns out that Uruguay is absolutely lovely - verdant, gently rolling countryside and pretty little towns. Our first job on the ranch was to herd 200 sheep onto a lorry, and then we had some free time - Rab had decided to build a fire (must be an aussie thing) an was busy hacking an 8 foot long chunk out of a [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Montevideo about 12 days ago via a boat trough the Delta from Tigre in Argentina to Carmelo in Uruguay. On the journey we noticed Tigre actually had a theme park (we hadn't done much as it had been raining) and saw lots of little houses dotted through the bush including little old rotting boat-houses with people putting out their washing and drinking mate. oh the simple life! We found our host family pretty soon after arriving as it had a giant Couch Surfer logo on the wall outside it and were greeted by our host Ramón who had [View Full Entry]

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This is the wonderful sunset we had for Halloween. The sky is on fire. [View Full Entry]

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We had a near gale this evening. The water was breaking over the breakwater at Puerto Buceo in Montevideo and the tide was almost over the quay. [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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Nach gut 1 1/2 Wochen in Buenos Aires. Muss ich villeicht wieder einmal meine Meinung ueber Grossstaedte revidieren. Buenos Aires ist super nett. Die Stadt lebt und zieht einem einfach mit. Die Leute sind aeusserst freundlich und von der Arroganz die man den Porteños (Einwohner von BA) nachsagt, habe ich nicht viel gemerkt. BA hat nicht viele sensationelle Sehenswuerdigkeiten, aber es gibt immer wieder einmal etwas zu entdecken und durch die Stadt spazieren bringt viele spannende Erlebnisse mit sich. Wieder einmal empfand ich den botanischen Garten als eines der Highligths. Gestern waren wir d [View Full Entry]

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After spending sometime in Argentina we decided to hop on a boat and take a 1 hour ferry to the country of Uruguay. Our first stop was Colonia del Sacramento. This cozy town sits on the Rio Plata and still has its cobble stone streets and quaint houses. It wasnt a very big town but a nice break from the hussle and bustle of the Big City. [View Full Entry]

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After two days in Colonia we took a 2 hour bus ride East to the Capitial of Uruguay Montevideo. The architecture here was amazing (Very European). The city was big but easy to negotiate. We enjoyed it better in B.A. because you did not have people coming up to you constantally trying to sell you things. We stayed here for two nights and took in a Tango show too. The entertainment was great and the food once again outstanding. [View Full Entry]

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