Blogs from West, Uruguay, South America - page 10

Yesterday was the 3 month trip to Uruguay that everyone who travels to Buenos Aires has to take. Upon entering the country you are given a three month visa, and so since most of us from the class arrived at the same time, it was time for us to go. Out trip ended up being Ayla, Julia and me, with Heather and her parents also taking the same boat, Tom, Chris and Hans had to go earlier because they had entered the country about a week earlier than any of us. We left from the terminal at 10 and took the hour long boat trip to Colonia across the Rio Plata. The river, which is pretty close to the ocean is very brown and the morning was cloudy, so the day wasn't looking so good. By ... read more

Strand, Sonne und Sterne - Reisen mit der großen Schwester Hi, also erstmal bevor ich es vergesse: Ich möchte mich ganz herzlich bei meinen Freunden für die vielen Geburtstagsgrüße bedanken. *DANKE* Ganz besonders das unglaublich geile Gruppenfoto aus München. Überragend!!! Am liebsten hätte ich euch alle zur Party nach Buenos Aires einfliegen lassen. Aber ich sehe euch ja bald alle wieder. Ich bin Passagier des Fluges Rio De Janeiro - München, und werde bei der Landshuter Hochzeit im Juli mit dabei sein. Bis dahin will ich noch möglichst viele interessante Orte in Südamerika sehen und hab deshalb meine Wanderschuhe wieder geschnürt, den Rucksack aufgeschnallt und Buenos Aires „ade“ gesagt. Wo ich bin, mit wem ich reise und warum dieser Blogeintrag den Titel - 5 Stars Traveling - trägt, könnt ihr euch auf den besten 50 ... read more

We arrived in Colonia in no time on the boat. The journey only took an hour by fast boat. We had only just relaxed and settled into our seats and we were getting off again. We were given a glass of champagne for travelling first class. Everyone else seemed to be getting more, so we ended up having a few. Our hostel was easy to find and our first impressions of Colonia was that is was very picturesque. We checked in and went out to find a restaurant that didn’t have steak on the menu! Michelle got a chicken salad and I got chicken and chips. A jug of the house wine was only €1 so we also had to have that too! We noticed as we sat beside the street that the same cars and ... read more

I made it...one more thing off my bucket list. I took the ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia, Uruguay. The weather is humid, with thundershowers; I think there is a tropical storm passing by. Colonia is a wonderful historic town. Uruguay is a mixture of Switzerland and Bermuda, I think, with a dash of Italian culture mixed in. Cars do not honk!! and they stop for pedestrians! I have met more Canadians here than any other part of South America that I visited. I think Uruguay is laid-back like Canada, with more of a European twist, and tropical weather. Many people are driving on mopeds with no helmuts. The cars are mainly from Europe. The pace of life is gentle. The only complaint so far is the very, very slow computers that do not let you ... read more

by anna (and david) Pues! Well. We have just spent the last week and a half recovering from a hard core week of "touristing" with Ed and Trace (yes, yes, more friends from LEK). The dynamic duo joined us in Buenos Aires after a couple of weeks touring Patagonia, Iguazu Falls, etc, and there was little rest for the wicked. We settled into the week with some beers by the pool in our building, before heading out to one of the many restaurants we sampled over the week. Day one saw us heading south to San Telmo and La Boca, the traditionally poorer areas of the central city. We strolled through the cobblestone streets and antique shops of the former, and colourfully painted tourist park of the latter. La Boca isn't really a tourist park. It's ... read more