MONTEVIDEO After about 5 days in Colonia(even though you could see the place in a couple of days it was so nice and relaxing there so we spent longer) we went to Montevideo, capitol city of Uruguay, where we spent about 3 days. Not a lot to say about it really except it rained quite a lot, which might have dampened (excuse the pun) our enthusiasm for the place. Highlights of our time in Montevideo were, Spending time in the port market (Mercado del Puerto) wh...

Wow! what can we say - Colonia is a beautiful, charming colonial town by the coast. We are having a wonderful time exploring the old town, sitting by the sea and feeling very relaxed. Its a pretty small town and there are not many sights ie buildings, museums etc (though the ones they do have are beautiful) so that was all done in a day but there is just a really nice feeling here that makes us want to stay a while. The weather again has been a scorcher unt...