OH MY GOD IT?S FREEZING!!! We are not joking - just over the water in Buenos Aires it has snowed for the first time since 1918!!!!! BRRRR! We are abit bored to tell you the truth. We are sure that Uruguay is a lovely place in Summer, but in Winter it is slightly less desirable. We got the bus from Colonia yesterday and arrived in Montevideo in the rain - rubbish. We then trogged about 2 miles to find a hostel recommended by Lonely Planet - we are staying there, ...

Well, we have made it through yet another (somewhat dubious) border crossing! Our first sea crossing went very smoothly, and was very quick - only 50 mins from Buenos Aires. The only issue was that the customs forms were all in spanish, and although we could decipher the majority, there were a few things we couldn't understand, thus we decided to ask the customs guys in Uruguay- however, they had other plans, they didn't check the forms and just kept saying &quo...