Uruguay

Thank You

I have just arrived back in Spain after 5 months on the road, and what a ride it has been; certain people have followed by trip the entire way on my blog, and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. It’s very early to have a certain view on the trip in retrospect, [...]

Time in Ushuaia

New pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/twaize/ This has been one of the days with nothing really to do, tomorrow I’m gonna go up to the local glacier; instead I had time to convert a lot of pictures for flickr, and I thought I might try and reflect on the time I have had so far. Lonely Planet writes [...]

Colonia del Sacramento -> Buenos Aires

January 23rd I may not have liked Cabo Polonio, but I sure do love Colonia del Sacramento. It is extremely beautiful, very quiet and relaxed; nobody is in a hurry here (nor is anyone openly drunk). I spent several hours today, just walking around in the town (only 22.000 inhabitants) taking pictures. As a testament [...]


Oh clucking bell

Well I got to Cabo Polonio, it took me roughly 4 hours and cost 264 peso (each way). I took the ride to Cabo Polonio itself, looked around for an hour or two, and went all the way back to Montevideo, I had taken a bus from Montevideo at 10:10 and I was back at 20:30; just [...]

A Day in Montevideo

Photos from Uruguay After going to the internetcafe I went around buying some necessities (except a flashlight and a watch, neither of which I could find); and then headed back to the Hostel for some relaxation (and conversation). For dinner I went to one of the famous parillas (steakhouses) where for a mere 255 Uruguay [...]

Uruguay

So I arrived 20.30 yesterday (local time), just enough to get through security, pick up my bag and get through customs… And then it got dark. According to the hostel where I was going to be living, I just had to take any bus labeled Montevideo, so of course I did. Now in Zambia the neighbourhoods [...]