Blogs from West, Uruguay, South America - page 18

The blogs are coming through thick and fast now. No sooner was I leaving Buenos Aires, I was heading to Uruguay. Uruguay, or "The Republic East of the Uruguay River", to give it its official and needlessly strung out name, is sandwiched between the South American powerhouses of Argentina and Brazil (and to the East of the Uruguay River). It is the second smallest sovereign state in South America, after Suriname, although no-one really knows Suriname exists (French Guiana is also smaller, but is still officially a French territory. Hence; Which country has the longest land border with France? Answer: Brazil) Conveniently enough for me, Uruguay is positioned on a route between Buenos Aires and Iguazu National Falls, so made an ideal stop for some much needed tranquility after the hecticity of a week in BA. ... read more

31 maj Tidigt pa morgonen den 31 maj tog vi en snabbfarja av katamarantyp fran Buenos Aires i Argentina, over sundet, till Colonia i Uruguay. Allt fran incheckning (ja de hade incheckning av bagage), passkontroll och security check till fikaservicen som gavs da vi satt i vara saten ombord, kandes som att vara pa en flygning. Det forsta vi mottes av i Uruguay var forfallna hus och vagar samt fattigdom. Men sa snart vi tagit oss till den gamla stadsdelen fran 1600-talet, mottes vi av ett helt annat Uruguay. Vackra, val underhallna hus och sma sota kullerstensgrander fordelade over en udde som landvagen skyddades av en befastning. Vi hyrde en Beach Buggy som Johan till sin besvikelse snart upptackte hade en maxhastighet om 25km/h. Den forde oss anda runt till de mer avlagsna sevardheterna i ... read more

Hola a todos ! Currently we are in Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. But let´s update you first on our last great days in Buenos Aires, where we are still going to return twice in the coming weeks ! So Buenos Aires, definitely a city to check out ! We walked for hours and hours through several interesting neighbourhoods. Palermo Viejo is an artistic, charming part of the city with lots of trendy galeries, bars and restaurants. It´s also called Palermo Soho and for sure it has a feel of NYC ! Of course a tango-show was part of our program ! (we still need to do the classes...). We met a Mexican guy who had taken his very cute, 82-year old mother to BA for Mothers day. They gave us many good advices for survival ... read more

Hi, Finally finally finally i´ve managed to get my email account back! So you´ll now no longer be receiving desperate pleas for money from me in Nigeria!! I only hope that no one actually fell for that.... Well as it happens this is my last full day in Buenos Aires, so I decided to go away to Uruguay if that makes sense... to a place called Colonia (3 hours by slow ferry and 50 mins by catamaran from BA). Well it sure seems like it might be a nice place - very tranquil and old worldy. Unfortunately the heavens opened today and i´m reduced to sitting in an internet cafe. I did see some incredbly large fossilised armadillo shells in a museum and did the entire spanish conquest of uruguay in 5 mins (on account that ... read more

Visiting Julio South America » Uruguay » Carmelo By valeriavineApril 7th 2007Valeria Vine Quiéreme mucho Dulce amor mío Qué amante siempre Te adoraré Yo con tus besos Y tus caricias Mis sufrimientos Acallaré Cuando se quiere de veras Como te quiero you a ti Es imposible mi cielo Tan separados vivir Cuando se quiere de veras Como te quiero you a ti Es imposible mi cielo Tan separados vivir Tan separados vivir Es imposible mi cielo Tan separados vivir Tan separados vivir written by Gonzalo Roig & Augustin Rodriguez Quiéreme Mucho (Love Me A Lot) Love me a lot Sweet love of mine How loving you... read more