After leaving Montevideo I headed to the small coastal town of Colonia del Sacremento, or just Colonia. Compared to some of the other places I've visted colonia really is small with only about 10x10 blocks. It has a very historic centre with cobbled streets and many old buildings including Uruguay's oldest church and other stuff. The first days was really hot and I wandered around the town (which took about 10 minutes) before going for drinks with people ...

Have spent the last few days in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The city is divided in two with many of the older buildings preserved in the Cuidad Veija (not sure bout spelling) or old town where I am staying, and the more modern Microcentre as it is known. Many of the buildings around the old quarter are used as squats by victims of rural poverty and for the first time on my trip I have been regularly pestered by beggars. Some of these squats are magnificen...

Greetings one and all!After giving the Isreali guy the slip once again (did I mention I've bumped into himn 3 times already?) I headed southward towards Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. However, the journey from Peurto Igacu (the Argentinian side of the Igacu falls) to Buenos Aires is around 30 hours so I decided to break this up with a stop in Argentina's third largest city Rosario. Rosario is a university town side next to the Parana river and is...

Check out the pic of the fals on the left! unfortunately i didnt take it but its still pretty good isn´t it! you will allpleased to hear however, that I did in fact take thousands of photos and will be uploading them as soon as possibole for you all to peruse at your leisure.I have spent the last 4 days in Foz do Igacu (Brazil)/Puerto Igacu (Argentina) where these falls and the river divide the two countries. There is also a border with Paraguay nearby and ...

Just a quick update of teh past few (busy) days. I left the Isreali guy I Curitiba which was a small relief as his brain seemed to be slowly dying from the abuse he was putting it through.From Curitiba I headed toward the coast and caught a boat from the tinmy town of Pontal du Sul to Ihla do Mel (island of flour) apparently named by the German man who first visited the island and saw the women making flour from wheat. Personally I didnt see anyone making flour b...