On the second day of Rob's tour for us, we started by heading out to the shopping centre for another ill fated attempt to buy a waterproof cover for our bags (at some point our luck is going to run out on that). After mooching around for a while we headed over to the slightly less famous Montevideo sign, and after some photos, then walked around the rambla for a while to take in the view. At that point the coast is still a river, but it's so massive you&...

Rob was in charge of planning today so we started early and met a walking tour in plaza independencia. The girl was really interesting, especially as we later found out it was her first tour, and started with a walk through the old town, explaining loads of the history and a bit about Uruguay as well, which is apparently quite a liberal place, having been the first place in South America to legalise gay marriage (not that many people living there get married acco...

We got an early bus and arrived in Montevideo late in the morning, ready to start exploring. However, we didn't know that in Uruguay nobody wants to work on a Sunday, so there was barely anything open to see! We found out later it's not for religion or anything, apparently they are 'just lazy'(!)We were staying just near the central plaza de independência, which separates the old and new town, and houses the president's houses (old and new). ...