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South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo December 5th 2005

Spent some time travelling around the Uruguayan coastline (and doing rather a lot of nothing much!). Here are some snaps!... read more
Up the lighthouse
Street scene
Street scene 2

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este October 24th 2005

Hmm, yes unfortunately I seem to have cursed the weather and am now grateful for a moment´s shelter in the internet cafe (where I´m sitting in a fleece and soaked trousers from the torrential rains outside)! I do have an embarrassingly crispy red nose to prove that it has been hot though! Didn´t think I´d be speaking French in South America but I have spent the last few hours listening to a Swiss right-wing ex-politician´s tirade on Europe. Interesting. Although aren´t you meant to meet like-minded hippies whilst travelling?! Hee hee - takes all sorts, innit? When I arrived in Punta del Este on Friday, with Maria, it was beautifully hot but it´s been overcast with sunny spells over the weekend. Fortunately rains have only just started this afternoon so, since I´m heading back to Buenos ... read more
View from Punta del Este to Garritti Island
Me and Maria at Punta del Este

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este December 23rd 2004

On the 23rd of December we took a ferry from Buenos Aires (the Buquebus - pron. Bukkybus) to the capital city of the second-smallest country in South America, Montevideo. The Ferry Crossing Much the same as getting the ferry to France it was a smooth and relatively uneventful affair. The queue at immigration for passport stamps and suchlike could have been more smooth - these countries really do need to create some kind of mini-EU where nationals need only to show a passport - but anyway, we got through whilst noting that the population travelling with us probably had an average age of over 50, and that their attire and fashion sense was most distressing (bearing in mind that the residents of Buenos Aires are reputed to possess a certain ammount of chic). Well, on board ... read more
BA from the Buque
Pete Calls For Help From A Phonebox
Very Crapolis




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