It's a risk having a name similar to some eleses. Even if we don't mean to, sometimes sub-consciously, and often consciously, we compare and contrast. What might Uruguay and Paraguay have in common I wonder? We don't idly consider what Uruguay and Chile might have in common. I fear for the 'stans. How little Tajiki... …
Iguazu Falls
For much of the last 200 miles to the very northern tip of Argentina I was muttering under my helmet that these falls better bloody be worth it. Well, I eventually made it and my mood was immediately lightened when I checked into my swanky accommodation. A log cabin with two bedrooms, kitchen, it's own …
Hard days on the road
I say "hard".. it's all relative isn't it? Swanning about South America with total freedom and no real cares in the world can't really be called "hard" can it? No doubt many faithful readers will happily point out how hard it is to get up in the pitch black at 6:00am and grind out a …
Punto Del Diablo and across the centre
After a heavy couple of nights in Montevideo I had to hit the road north to the windswept hippie haven of Punto Del Diablo. I'm a bit disappointed that I hit this place overtired for just one night. Everyone speaks very highly of the place but I just wasn't really in the frame of mind …
Original Skinhead brother number one
Having beat a hasty retreat from the carnival shenanigans and taken in a pretty good live blues band elsewhere, I decided to head to a small bar/restaurant that had a night billed on Facebook as having a guest French DJ playing Afro-groove. After walking in and seeing DJ Baobassa spinning old vinyl 45s I knew …
Montevideo
I can't say that I knew much (anything) about Montevideo before I traveled the uncannily like-Leicestershire-in-the-summer countryside. I guess I did have a creaping curiosity about how a national capital predicted the rise of the VCR, or perhaps gave it its name? My mind playing tricks or the A426? The route to my digs took …
Into Uruguay
And so we bade a fond farewell to Buenos Aires by jumping on the super slick, super fast, catamaran ferry which ploughs the Rio Del Plata between BA and Colonia Del Sacromento. Another cloudless blue sky and temperatures tipping into the low 30s made me grateful not to be in my motorbike getup for long. …
Quick quiz…
Welcome to the downright bizarre world of Uruguayan supermarkets. Q. Rank the following items in order of price, and what is the total cost? a) 500g - Frosties cereal b) 1kg - Frozen hash browns c) 850g - Special selection steak (answer at the bottom of the page) __ __ __ __ __ __ __ …
First 5 week reflections
I've been on the road for five weeks now and needless to say the time has just flown by. It seems like I've covered so much in such a short time and the sheer variety from place to place, from landscape to landscape, town to town, has made the journey grand already. Landscapes Patagonia...breathtaking Without …
Air B and B
Just thought I'd post a little piece about where I've been staying on my travels. For the most part I've been really lucky to find some great Air B and B places. I've chosen to do this for a few reasons really: Cost - on the whole, the cost of a self-contained flat/house is less …
