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South America » Uruguay » North » Salto May 10th 2013

May 4, 2013 Start Stop and Start Again Posted on May 10, 2013 by Judy Thompson May 10, 2013 How Bizarre is this?? I planned this trip for months. Bags were all packed. My rental house was all swept. Seven boxes of storage were labeled and numbered. My friends took me to the bus and off I went. Salto, Uruguay has a modern bus terminal with a very classy shopping center. The transportation service “hurt” though. Even though it is a hub there must not be a huge demand for buses on into Argentina. I arrived on Saturday and missed the scheduled rides. Sunday there were no ferries plying the river and no local bus to take me to the customs site. Monday Argentina Struck! And I struck out. Long distance bus service paralysis set in. ... read more

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto May 4th 2013

At 4 AM it is pitch dark in Colonia Valdense, Uruguay. Walking around this small city never worried me, late or early. But my friends insisted I call a taxi. At the last minute Friday night Javier announced that the family would be at my door at 4:20. Javier, Marcela, Donald, Edith hauled my two backpacks, my sack of food to the car. I insisted I had to stop at the bank to give money to Donald for Argentina pesos. No, I'll meet you in Ecuador in a few weeks and you can pay me then. Javier drove right past the bank. As we rolled into a parking place the bus was nearly on our bumper. Had we stopped at the bank I would have missed the bus! The Agencia Central bus, Yes, the right temperature! ... read more

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto March 21st 2013

We arrived in Salto, Uruguay after a 5 hour bus ride from Parana to Concordia followed by a change of bus to cross the border into Uruguay which only took an hour including passport control. The bus goes over the hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay river which provides 65% of Saltos electricity. We decided to book a stay on a thermal spa ranch about 30km outside of Salto at Estancia San Nicanor. It took about 45 mins by taxi, majority of the journey being on a 12km dirt road. It was pitch black when we arrived but were glad to find that we were the only guests in the hostel accomodation. The next morning we found out just how beautiful this place was. Surounded by beautiful countryside the main estancia was very pretty and all the ... read more
Small Thermal Spa Pool
Beautiful Country Side
Luna

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto April 21st 2012

I am not known for my attnetion to detail. As my former bosses will tell you. Which means I don´t bother reading anything beyond the first two lines of everything. Which means if you are reading beyond this point you are a bigger man (sic) than me. It also means sometimes i end up in whole new countries i didn´t even know I was visiting. And thus it was with Uruguay. To break up the journey and try and avoid another night bus and the entire group mutinying we do an overnight stop over in Salto in the north of Uruguay. We stop in Termas which is an area made famous and dominated by its Thermal Springs. Its a small place with a spa that offers therapeutic spring water. We all decide to book treatments. Alfresco ... read more
Relaxing in hot springs

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto November 21st 2010

Why visit a big city popular with foreign travelers when you can soak in thermal baths? I jumped off the gringo trail in Argentina and hopped across the border (after a 7-hour bus journey) to Salto in Uruguay's little-visited north. And as Robert Frost would agree, taking the road less traveled has made all the difference. I'd decided to skip Rosario, Argentina's third largest city with well over a million people, in favor of visiting towns with thermal springs that run along both sides of the Uruguay River that marks the border between these two countries. From Mercedes, Argentina, I traveled 7 hours past open fields dotted with flowers and cows to Concordia, then another bus to the border with Uruguay. There, the two countries shared an office, making this the easiest border crossing so far. ... read more
great flying woman with boob on the most common bill--$1
very happy tuna cactus
fat, fluffy cumulus clouds with jacaranda

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto January 13th 2010

So.... Today we are playing catch up and trying to at least put down where we have been so my dad's map can be complete and he won't come searching for us ;) We have given up on the photos till we return. Such is our luck. But know that we tried, and we are getting really excited to come home. Hmmmm pickles, mexican and thai food, scones and lattes and a million other lovely things that make the USA so great!... read more

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto January 12th 2010

Salto has a zoo. A ZOO! And even better... a FREE zoo! And also, I got to see a capybara up close, so close, she squeaked right at me. Bill Peet , eat your heart out! Life long dream, fufilled. ... read more
Llama pen
Sweet old truck
Bird cage

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto August 9th 2008

After an early morning jog, oh yes you heard it here folks, there was just time to grab some breakfast and have a stroll round the shops. In one particular shop my eyes light up. For there, in front of me is a pair of Havaianas, their standard Brazilian flag has been replaced with an Argentinian flag - these are quite unique and I snap them up. I'm a little ashamed of my purchase though and the ease in which I bought them as Tor is the flip-flop queen and has yet to find a pair she likes. So shhhhh! In my excitement I don't realise that I've left my sunglasses behind and when we go to check out I am hit by the sense of something missing on my head. Arrrgh. One run up and ... read more
Photo 2

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto August 8th 2008

Once we exchange some of our left over Brazilian Reales for Uruguyan pesos we grab a taxi to the hotel and check in to Hotel Los Cedros. Nothing remarkable or otherwise to report about this hotel which probably means it was fine. Having had some lunch we grabbed the bus over to the natural spas. Salto is blessed by being located on a thin crust and therefore has geothermal heated water spouting from it. We actually got of the bus a little early and ended up walking the rest of the way there (note: the spas are where the road hits the roundabout at which point the bus comes back). As we walk I am imagining what these spas will be like. I imagine some naturally created wallows filled with Uruguayan beauties ready to perform a ... read more

South America » Uruguay » North » Salto September 6th 2007

Derniers moments qui furent très relax à Colonia... Nous sommes revenus de Montevideo le lundi 3 en soirée, et n'avons rien fait d'autre de spécial que de relaxer tout mardi... Le temps était lourd et gris, ca sentait les orages!... Nous avions prévu partir de Colonia mercredi 6h am, mais un gros orage nous a découragé (de nous rendre à pied jusqu'au terminal!). Nous sommes donc partis a 14h30, vers le nord et vers la frontière avec l'Argentine... Salto, précisément. Une route de 8 heures, pas très confo, pas les supers paysages (principalement des champs de vaches), mais il fallait s'y faire... Arrivés à Salto aux alentours de 22h30 mercredi soir, toujours les éclairs et de la pluie, nous avons marché un peu dans la ville à la recherche d'un hôtel. Nous avons réussi à notre ... read more
Le vin d'Uruguay!
Ben aime faire du bus!
Chevaux uruguayens, partie 2




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