As Arthur continues his unscheduled tour of Africa and Brazil we set out to fill our time in Montevideo. The Río de la Plata or River Plate is romantically described as a tapering intrusion of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of South America between Uruguay and Argentina. But is it a river ? At its mouth it is some 132 miles wide. Some geographers regard it as a gulf or a marginal sea, and others consider it to be a river or an estuary. But whatever yo...

I was excited by the thought of the ferry across the Platte. I had visions of Titanic poses on the bow but this was all thwarted as the boat was totally sealed with no access outside. We landed at the town of Colonia some 2 hours drive from Montevideo and finally arrived at the bus terminal at 4. The weather was sunny (that soon changed) but the wind has an icy chill to it. Our apartment was booked through Airbnb and the owner lives on ground floor and gave us an...