Colonia parte dos

Well, I´m back in colonia only this time staying at the Hostel Español. The big advantage at this hostel is that you can do your washing in one of the sinks in the court-yard. My washing was washed, drying and I went for a shower. While in the shower there was a storm and flash [...]

Montevideo parte dos

Oh well, I´m back in Montevideo again and it´s wet here as well. After not getting any sleep at Red Hostel and paying $300 a night I went for a wonder around and found the Juncal Hotel (Durazno 1279 Tel 908 7997) for $300 with baño privado, double bed and cable TV. Ok so the [...]

Punto del Este

Shakira has a house here, so does Julio Iglesias. Why for the miles of sandy beaches and the sunshine. Well, my blog is called too grey to grind and at the moment the sky here is saying “too grey to go out”, it´s wet and cold down here on the beach and it´s not the [...]

****SitRep****

The way that I´m feeling now, I think I`ll go to the east of Uruguay and see how I feel. If I feel the same way as now, I`ll go into the Delta office in Montevideo and change my flight to a sooner one.

Montevideo

Montevideo again was not really on the Radar as a must see place, although I had always planed on taking the ferry over. The ferry turned out to be expensive and it was best to go to Colonia, which again was a result. Montevideo has an old town by the port which still has it [...]

Colonia a Montevideo

The trip over to Montevideo was quick, even my trips from London to Manchester are over 3 hours but this trip was only 2 and a half hours. So by Latinamerican standards very short. Traveling without a Lonley Planet in hand was was a new experience this trip, I have travelled before without one but [...]

Colonia

One morning I was out walking around the old historic town of Colonia and saw a group of people. There was a photographer who looked professional and all his group were treating him like he was some guru. The photographer was saying to the model how beautiful she was and asking for new poses. Seeing [...]

Buenos Aires a Colonia Uruguay

Well, I´ve booked myself onto the good ship Eladia Isabel. The slow but cheap ship to Uruguay. It´s a 3 hour journey and the fast one is 1 hour. Cost for the slow boat $83 ar I changed my mind about going to Montevideo due to the cost $212ar. Colonia sounds nice, more chilled than [...]