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11.01.2008
Crossing into Uruguay
Since our home base in Buenos Aires, the Borges Hostel, was booked over the weekend, we decided to cross the Rio de la Plata and visit Colonia and Montevideo in Uruguay, before returning to Buenos Aires. This little excursion was very badly planned! As a result, we wasted a whole afternoon, because we missed the 3 o’clock boat … Unfortunately, we had never bothered looking at the map and thus did not realize that the bus station El Retiro in Buenos Aires, where we arrived from Rosario, was only one kilometer from the Buquebus...[more] Category: Uruguay
12.01.2008
Colonia "Maravellosa"
Our short excursion to Uruguay over the weekend was so spontaneous that we had very little information, except half a page in our travel guide. What a great surprise when we discovered that the city’s “Barrio Viejo” is one of the most charming places we have been in Latin America so far! Truly colonial as its name suggests with abundant vegetation and a Mediterranean flair ... The tranquil and shady cobblestone streets underline the romantic ambiance. One of them, The Streets of Sighs, exhibits two houses dating back to the time...[more] Category: Uruguay
13.01.2008
Surprised by Montevideo
On Saturday morning, after two days in Colonia, we moved on to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. This meant riding through the vast Pampa plains for about 2.5 hours, nothing to see but grazing cows. Arriving Saturday around noon, we found the city almost deserted, with most shops closed and very few people on the streets. At first, we thought that this was the usual fiesta phenomena, but we soon found out that this is just what Montevideo is like: very quiet and laid back! Having hardly any information about his city, not...[more] Category: Uruguay
14.01.2008
Changing impressions of Montevideo!
It was only on the second day that we discovered the real gems of this city when we took the bus all the way through the city to Playa Pocitos. This beach can easily compete with most beaches in Rio de Janeiro like the world famous Copacabana, except that it is less crowded. It has very shallow waters for a about a hundred meters, ideal for families. After taking photos of the mellow beach scene, we strolled back through the barrio of Villa Biarritz with its nice houses, high apartment buildings and huge palms creating a kind of...[more] Category: Uruguay
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